An agency Language Access Coordinator (LAC) is the designated employee of a covered entity with major public contact who coordinates and supervises his/her agency’s Language Access activities and any other Language Access related endeavors undertaken to comply with the provisions of the Language Access Act including, but not limited to, creating and implementing an agency biennial language access plan. Below you will find the contact information for all current LACs.
 

Agency	Language Access Coordinator	Email
Department of Health	Ivan Torres	Ivan.Torres@dc.gov
Department of Human Services	Jaime Holguin	Jaime.Holguin@dc.gov
Department of Employment Services	Faith Blackburne	Faith.Blackburne@dc.gov
DC Metropolitan Police Department	Enrique Rivera	Enrique.Rivera@dc.gov
Department of Disability Services	Willa Ward-Shumate	willa.ward-shumate@dc.gov
Office of Planning	Gwen McCall	Gwen.McCall@dc.gov
Office of the People's Counsel	Barbara Burton Silvia Garrick	Bburton@opc-dc.gov Sgarrick@opc-dc.gov
Fire and Emergency Medical Services	William Hayes	William.Hayes@dc.gov
Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency	Jo'Ellen Countee	Jo'Ellen.Countee@dc.gov
Office of Human Rights	Aryan Rodriguez Mari Tekle	Aryan.Rodriguez@dc.gov Mari.Tekle@dc.gov
Department of Housing and Community Development	Ms. Angelita Colon-Francia	Angelita.Colon-Francia@dc.gov
DC Housing Authority	Adrian Todman	ATodman@dchousing.org
Department of Mental Health	Dr. Tedla Giorgis	Tedla.Giorgis@dc.gov
Department of Motor Vehicles	Carole Cade	carole.cade@dc.gov
Department of Transportation	Amy Vance	Amy.Vance@dc.gov
Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services	Mary Phillips	Mary.Phillips@dc.gov
Office of Unified Communications	Yvonne McManus	Yvonne.McManus@dc.gov
Department of the Environment	Ms. Chiquita McCauley-	Chiquita.McCauley@dc.gov

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