Pre-Engagement Coordinator, SWIFT Education Center
Linda has worked with the SWIFT Education Center since its inception in 2012. She currently serves on the Center’s State Education Agency and Capacity Team and as a Pre-Engagement Coordinator for potential partners. Linda’s professional experience crosses multiple sectors, including... Read More →
Kathleen Lynne Lane is a Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor in the Department of Special Educationat the University of Kansas and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research. Dr. Lane’s research interestsfocus on designing, implementing, and evaluating Comprehensive, Integrated... Read More →
Matt Coleman, DEd, has worked at every level of the secondary education system, from educational assistant to assistant superintendent. As assistant superintendent in Springfield Public Schools, he led and supported high school reform efforts that increased cohort graduation rates... Read More →
Distinguished Professor of Occupational Therapy, University of Missouri
Dr. Dunn is Distinguished Professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Missouri. She wrote definitive texts for OT about serving children in schools and other community settings and about applying research to practice based on her extensive experience in school settings... Read More →
Executive Director, National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
Theron (Bill) East, Ed.D. Dr. East began his work at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) in 1998 as Deputy Executive Director and was appointed Executive Director a year later. Previous to this national organization role, Dr. East served in several... Read More →
Director, EPIC School Partnerships, EPIC - Educational Policy Improvement Center
Carmen lived in Mexico for eight years before returning to the United States as an ELL student at the age of nine, giving her a unique understanding of what it feels like to be thrown into a system that did not really know how to support her needs. As a teenager she was an at-risk... Read More →
Co-Director, SWIFT Education Center, University Kansas
Dr. McCart, Associate Research Professor and Co-Director of SWIFT Education Center at The University of Kansas serves as Co-Principal Investigator for Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation Center, a national technical assistance program for inclusive school reform. She... Read More →
Assistant Superintendent, Groton-Dunstable Regional School District, Massachusetts
Internationally renowned education consultant, author on the subject of Universal Design for Learning and an assistant superintendent of schools in Massachusetts
Dr. Wayne Sailor’s academic pursuits are focused on comprehensive school reform at the elementary and middle school levels. He has done extensive research within the framework of multi-tiered systems of support and response to intervention (MTSS/RTI). Much of this research has been... Read More →
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the U.S. Department of Education under the Obama Administration.
