Meet the Directors

State:	Director:	Agency:	Department:
Alabama	Mabrey Whetstone Gordon Persons Building, Room 3346 50 North Ripley St. Montgomery, AL 36104-3833	Alabama State Department of Education	Special Education
Alaska	Art Arnold 801 W. Tenth Street Suite 200 Juneau, AK 99801-1894	Alaska State Department of Education & Early Development	Special Education
American Samoa	Moeolo Vaatausili Pago Pago, AS 96799	American Samoa Department of Education
Arizona	Colette Chapman 1535 W. Jefferson Street Bin 24 Phoenix, AZ 85007-3280	Arizona Department of Education	Exceptional Student Services
Arkansas	Marcia Harding 1401 West Capitol Suite 450 Little Rock, AR 72201-2936	Arkansas Deparment of Education	Special Education
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Bureau of Indian Education	Gloria Yepa P.O. Box 829 1011 Indian School Road, NW Albuquerque, NM 87103-0829	Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)	Office of Indian Education Programs
California	Mary Hudler 1430 N. Street Suite 2401 Sacramento, CA 95814	California Department of Education	Special Education Division
Colorado	Ed Steinberg 201 E. Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80203	Colorada Department of Education	Exceptional Student Leadership Unit
Connecticut	Anne Louise Thompson P.O. Box 2219 3rd Floor, Rm. 369 Hartford, CT 06145	State Department of Education	Bureau of Special Education
Delaware	Martha Toomey 401 Federal Street – Suite #2 Dover, DE 19901	Delaware Department of Education	Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Education Group
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Department of Defense Education Agency	Lorie Sebestyen 4040 Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203	Department of Defense (DODEA)	Special Education
District of Columbia	Tameria Lewis (acting) 51 N Street, NE 7th Floor Washington, DC 20002	DC Office of the State Superintendent of Schools	DC State Office of Special Education
Federated States of Micronesia	Arthur Albert P.O. Box P Kolonia, Pohnpei, FSM 96941	Federated States of Micronesia National Government
Florida	Bambi Lockman 325 West Gaines Street, Ste. 614 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400	Florida Department of Education	Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
Georgia	Nancy O'Hara and Kimberly Hartsell 1870 Twin Towers East Alanta, GA 30334-5054	Georgia Department of Education	Office of Standards, Instruction and Assessment - Exceptional Students
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Guam	Narrisa Britania-Shafer P.O. Box DE Hagatna, GU 96932	Guam Department of Education	Division of Special Education
Hawaii	Paul Ban 637 18th Avenue Building C, Rm 201 Honolulu, HI 96816	Hawaii Department of Education	Special Education Services Branch
Idaho	Jacque Hyatt and Jean Taylor (Co-directors) P.O. Box 83720 650 West State Street Boise, ID 83720-0027	State Department of Education	Special Education
Illinois	Beth Hanselman 100 N. First Street Mail Code N-243 Springfield, IL 62777-0001	Illinois State Board of Education	Special Education Services
Indiana	Robert A. Marra State House Room 229 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798	Indiana Department of Education	Division of Exceptional Learners
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Iowa	Lana Michelson Grimes State Office Building Des Moines, IA 50319-0145	Iowa Department of Education	Special Education
Kansas	Colleen Riley 120 SE 10th Avenue Topeka, KS 66612-1182	Kansas State Department of Education	Student Support Services
Kentucky	Larry Taylor 500 Mero Street Room 805 Frankfort, KY 40601	Kentucky Department of Education	Division of Exceptional Children Services
Louisiana	Susan Batson (Acting) P.O. Box 94064 1201 North Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064	Louisiana Department of Education	Educational Improvement and Assistance - Special Education
Maine	David Stockford Station #23 Augusta, ME 04333	Maine Department of Education	Special Services
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Marshall Islands	Ruthiran Lokeijak Republic of Marshall Islands P.O. Box 3179 Majuro, MH 96960	Ministry of Education
Maryland	Carol Ann Heath-Baglin 200 West Baltimore Street 9th Floor Baltimore, MD 21201-2595	Maryland State Department of Education	Division of Special Education and Early Intervention
Massachusetts	Marcia Mittnacht 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148-5023	Massachusetts Department of Education	Special Education
Michigan	Jacquelyn Thompson P.O. Box 30008 608 West Allegan Street Lansing, MI 48909-7508	Michigan Department of Education	Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services
Minnesota	Barbara L. Troolin 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113-4266	Minnesota Department of Education	Division of Special Education
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Mississippi	Ann Moore 359 North West Street Jackson, MS 39205-0771	State Department of Education	Office of Special Education
Missouri	Heidi Atkins Lieberman P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480	Department of Elementary & Secondary Education	Division of Special Education
Montana	Tim Harris P.O. Box 202501 Helena, MT 59620-2501	Office of Public Instruction	Special Education
Nebraska	Gary Sherman 301 Centennial Mall South P.O. Box 94987 Lincoln, NE 68509-4987	Nebraska Department of Education	Special Populations Office
Nevada	Frankie McCabe 700 E. Fifth Street Suite 113 Carson City, NV 89701-5096	Nevada Department of Education	Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education & School Improvement Programs
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New Hampshire	Santina Thibedeau 101 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301	New Hampshire Department of Education	Bureau of Special Education
New Jersey	Roberta Wohle P.O. Box 500 Trenton, NJ 08625-0500	New Jersey Department of Education	Office of Special Education Programs
New Mexico	Denise Koscielniak 300 Don Gaspar Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786	Public Education Department	Special Education
New York	Rebecca Cort One Commerce Plaza Room 1606 Albany, NY 12234	New York State Education Department	Vocational & Educational Services for Individual with Disabilities
North Carolina	Mary Watson 301 N. Wilmington Street 6th Floor Raleigh, NC 27601-2825	North Carolina Department of Public Instruction	Exceptional Children Division
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North Dakota	Robert Rutten 600 E Boulevard Bismarck, ND 58505-0440	Department of Public Instruction	Special Education
Northern Mariana Islands	Suzanne Lizama (Acting) P.O. Box 1370 CK Saipan, MP 96950	Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Public School System
Ohio	Kathe Shelby 25 South Front Street Mail Stop 202 Columbus, OH 43215-4183	Ohio Department of Education	Office of Exceptional Children
Oklahoma	Misty Kimbrough 2500 North Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599	Oklahoma State Department of Education	Special Education
Oregon	Nancy Latini 255 Capitol Street, NE Salem, OR 97301-0203	Oregon Department of Education	Special Education
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Palau	Helen Sengebau P.O. Box 189 Koror, Palau, PW 96940	Republic of Palau Ministry of Education
Pennsylvania	John Tommasini 333 Market Street 7th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333	Pennsylvania Department of Education	Bureau of Special Education
Puerto Rico	Miriam Merced Cruz P.O. Box 190759 San Juan, PR 00919-0759	Puerto Rico Department of Education
Rhode Island	Kenneth Swanson 255 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903	Rhode Island Department of Education	Office of Special Populations
South Carolina	Michelle Bishop (Interim Director) Rutledge Building, Room 808 1429 Senate Street Columbia, SC 29201	State Department of Education	Office of Programs for Exceptional Children
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South Dakota	Ann Larsen 700 Governor's Drive Pierre, SD 57501-2293	Department of Education and Cultural Affairs	Office of Special Education
Tennessee	Joseph Fisher Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th Floor 710 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243-0380	Tennessee Department of Education	Division of Special Education
Texas	Kathy Clayton W.B. Travis Building, Room 6-127 1701 N Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-1494	Texas Education Agency	Special Education Unit
U.S. Virgin Islands	Carrie Johns P.O. Box 44-46 Kongens Gade Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas, USVI 00802	U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Education
Utah	Nan Gray 250 East 500 South P.O. Box 144200 Salt Lake, UT 84111-4200	Utah State Office of Education	Special Education Services
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Vermont	Karin Edwards 120 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2501	Vermont Department of Education	Special Education
Virginia	Douglas Cox P.O. Box 2120 Richmond, VA 23216-2120	Virginia Department of Education	Office of Special Education & Student Services
Washington	Douglas Gill Old Capitol Building P.O. Box 47200 Olympia, WA 98504-0001	Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction	Special Education Section
West Virginia	Lynn Boyer Building 6, Room B-304, Capitol Complex 1900 Kanawha Boulevard Charleston, WV 25305	West Virginia Department of Education	Office of Special Programs, Extended and Early Learning
Wisconsin	Stephanie Petska P.O. Box 7841 Madison, WI 53707-7841	Department of Public Instruction	Special Education Division
Wyoming	Peggy Brown-Clark 320 West Main Riverton, WY 82501	Wyoming Department of Education	Office of Special Education
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