Region 5 and chapters

Region 5
Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Regional Co-Directors:
Ashraf Esmail 
Dillard University
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator Criminal Justice and Sociology
Director for the Center for Racial Justice
Ph: 504-914-2818
Email: ashesmail@aol.com
 
Co-Director:
María Gabriel
Thompson School District
Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Email: maria.gabriel@tsd.org
 

Colorado NAME Chapter
 CO-NAME website: https://sites.google.com/thompsonschools.org/co-name
Co-President
Maria Gabriel
Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Thompson (CO) School District
Email: maria.gabriel@tsd.org

CO NAME Co-President
Jan Perry Evenstad
Executive Director
Western Educational Equity Assistance Center
Professor of Secondary Education Teacher Education
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Campus Box 63-A  P.O. Box 173362
Denver, CO 80217-3362
Ph: 303-615-0396
Email: evenstad@msudenver.edu 


Kansas NAME Chapter

Lorie Cook-Benjamin, Chapter President
Teacher Education Program
FHSU
600 Park Street
Email:  llcookbenjamin@gmail.com,


Louisiana NAME Organizing Chapter
Gwen Duhon, Chapter President
E-mail: gduhon@mcneese.edu


Missouri NAME
Omiunota Ukpokodu, Chapter President
University of MO-Kansas City
309 School of Education, Teacher Education
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City MO 64110
Office: 816.235.2469
Fax: 816.235.5270
Email: ukpokodun@umkc.edu


Texas NAME Chapter
Texas NAME website
Lakia Scott, Chapter President
Baylor University
Associate Professor and Curriculum & Instruction Program Director
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Waco, TX 
Email: lakia_scott@baylor.edu