Statewide Leadership Team Member List
Updated April 2014
Robin Dodd
Executive Director
Second Circuit Youth Council
Lucille Eber
Statewide Director
SASED-Illinois PBIS Network
Carole Franke
C & A LAN #26 Co-Convener
I-KAN ROE
Elizabeth Frisbie
Infant/Early Childhood Specialist
ISBE and Ericksen Institute
Kathleen Gould
Project Director
IATTAP (Illinois Autism Training and Technical Assistance Project)
Susan Coleman
Special Education Supervisor
Warren Township High School Dist 121
Andrea Damenti
Community Partner
IATTAP (Illinois Autism Training and Technical Assistance Project)
Kathryn Dittemore
Mental Health & Schools Coordinator
IDHS-DMH, Child and Adolescent Services
Michele Carmichael
Principal Consultant: Schools and Mental Health Supports
Illinois State Board of Education
Lori Casey
Associate Superintendent of Education
Woodland SD 50
Amy Jo Clemens
Regional Superintendent
Lee/Ogle Regional Office of Education #47
Roberta Brown
Grant Coordinator
Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Collaborative
Sara Balgoyn
Operations Manager
IL Balanced & Restorative Justice Project
Sam Bentsen
Assistant Principal
Willowbrook HS - DuPage HSD 88
Melissa Bergstrom Hannasch
RtI Coordinator
Illinois RTI Network Monroe Randolph ROE
Lisa Betz
Associate Deputy Clinical Director
IDHS-DMH Child and Adolescent Services
Craig Blum
Assistant Professor - Special Education
Illinois State University
Mike Bolden
Assistant Principal
Addison Trail HS - DuPage HSD 88
Andrea Brown
Illinois State Board of Education
Roberta Allen
SASS Coordinator
IDHS-DMH Child and Adolescent Services
Susan Alborell
Clinical Manager
Hanover Township Youth & Family Services
Nakia Hall
Educational Consultant/School Board President
Professor of Psychology and Education/Crete-Monee 201U
Elizabeth Hanselman
Assistant Superintendent of Special Education and Support Services
Illinois State Board of Education
Pamela Harris
Special Education Director
School District U-46
Ava Harston
Professional Issues Director
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Chris Hendrix
Statewide Family Leadership Coordinator
IL Children's Mental Health Partnership
Tammie Henry
Project Director
Project CHOICES
Roslyn Horn
Behavioral & Instructional Analyst - Instructional Support Team
SASED
Robert Horner
Ph.D., Professor Special Education
University of Oregon - College of Education
Kelly Hyde
Research Consultant
Accountability Solutions, Inc.
Juli Kartel
Director of Youth & Family Services
Community Elements
Ann Kremer
Family Contact Coach/Consultant
Project CHOICES
Colette Lueck
Managing Director
IL Children's Mental Health Partnership
Joan McGarry
Secondary RtI/PBIS
CUSD 300
Terry Mitchell-Morgan
Family Representative
Valley View 365U
Vic Morris
Director of Programs and Services
North DuPage Special Education Cooperative
Daryl Morrison
Director
IEA/NEA
Nancy Mundschenk
Associate Professor
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Julie Nortell-Briggs
Family Representative
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Lynn Owens
External Coach
Schaumburg SD 154
John Parquette
Director of Youth and Family Services
Hanover Township Youth & Family Services
Jackie Philp
Family Representative
La Leche League International
Kay Poyner-Brown
Executive Director
West 40 ISC #2, Region 6
Ronald Raglin
Chief of Equity & Social Justice
School District U-46
Sam Redding
Executive Director - Represented by Bernadette Anderson, Director of Institutional Development
Academic Development Institute
Kathleen Ryg
PBIS Advocate
John Schornagel
Director - Represented by Linda Prewitt, Regional Coordinator
Community & Residential Services Authority
Mary Shahbazian
President
Allendale School
Merle Siefken
Statewide Director
The Parent & Educator Partnership
Susan Smith
PBIS/MTSS Director
School District U-46
Laura Swanlund
School Psychologist/External Tier 3 Coach
Palatine School District 15
Pandora Taylor
Assistant Director
Project CHOICES
George Timberlake
Retired Judge
Mission Possible Coalition
Jose Torres
Superintendent
School District U-46
Michael G. Volpe
Executive Director
SASED
Kenley Wade
Wade Management Consulting Services
Phillip Weishaar
Assistant Professor of Special Education and Communication Disorders
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
Julie West
RtI Network Statewide Administrator
Lee/Ogle Regional Office of Education #47
Karen Westbrook
Family Representative
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Kathy Wilhoit
Executive Director - Represented by Ruth Poage-Gaines, Northern RtI Partnership Lead Coach, Early Intervening Services Coordinator, and School Psychologist/Social Work Coordinator
SEDOM
Victoria Williams
Family Representative
Batavia SD 101
Sally Wolf
Executive Director
IL Balanced and Restorative Justice Project