State Title I Leaders
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State Title I Leaders
| Alabama | |||
| Jacqueline Davis | Federal Programs Administrator | Alabama Department of Education | 334-694-4524 |
| Calandra Hawkins | Education Administrator | Alabama Department of Education | 334-694-4520 |
| Jason Isaacs | Education Administrator | Alabama Department of Education | 334-694-4860 |
| Molly Killingsworth | Director of Federal Programs | Alabama Department of Education | 334-694-4711 |
| Amanda Rylant | Federal Programs Education Specialist | Alabama State Department of Education | 334-694-4528 |
| Alaska | |||
| Sarah Emmal | Education Specialist II | Alaska Department of Education & Early Development | 907-465-3826 |
| Courtney Preziosi | ESEA/Title I Administrator | Alaska Department of Education & Early Development | 907-465-2888 |
| Arizona | |||
| Chris Brown | Assistant State Director of Special Education | Arizona Department of Education | 602-542-3854 |
| Janice Rakoczy | ESSER Program Specialist | Arizona Department of Education | 602-542-9571 ext. 1 |
| Šárka White | Deputy Associate Superintendent of Academic Achievement | Arizona Department of Education | 928-530-2526 |
| Arkansas | |||
| Whitney Bordelon | Program Advisor Title II & IV | AR Department of Education | 501-371-3471 |
| Elizabeth Gomez | Program Director | Arkansas Department of Education | 501-682-5295 |
| Jayne Green | Coordinator of Federal Programs | Arkansas Department of Education | 501-682-2395 |
| Matt Sewell | Assistant Commissioner of Federal Programs | Arkansas Department of Education | 501-682-4282 |
| Bureau of Indian Education | |||
| Margo DeLaune | Associate Deputy Director, Division of Performance & Accountability | Bureau of Indian Education, Department of Interior | 202-860-4209 |
| Marie Silverhatband | Education Program Specialist | Bureau of Indian Education | 928-380-9169 |
| Jacqueline Wade | Education Program Specialist | DOI Bureau of Indian Education-DPA | 602-240-8593 |
| California | |||
| Sylvia Hanna | Education Programs Consultant | California Department of Education | 916-319-0948 |
| William McGee | Division Director | California Department of Education | 916-319-0926 |
| Colorado | |||
| Tammy Giessinger | Federal Programs Monitoring Supervisor | Colorado Department of Education | 720-827-5291 |
| Nazanin Mohajeri-Nelson | Director of ESEA Programs Office | Colorado Department of Education | 303-866-6205 |
| Connecticut | |||
| Jennifer Murrihy | State Title I Director | Connecticut State Department of Education | 860-713-6503 |
| Phillip Testerly | Test Contact | National ESEA | 123-456-7890 |
| Delaware | |||
| Philip Keefer | Title I Program Manager | Delaware Department of Education | 302-735-4110 |
| District of Columbia | |||
| Mark Harris Jr. | Program Analyst | Office of the State Superintendent of Education | 703-809-2124 |
| Georgia | |||
| Brittan Ayers | Coordinated Federal Programs Manager | Georgia Department of Education | 404-491-3669 |
| Margaret Baker | Program Manger, Title III, Part A | Georgia Department of Education | 678-794-3695 |
| Ken Banter | Title I Part A Program Director | Georgia Department of Education | 404-673-2372 |
| Jeff Barnett | ERES | Georgia Department of Education | 404-695-1883 |
| Jill Curtis | Title IV, Part A Program Specialist | GaDOE | 678-591-4865 |
| Dawna Hatcher | Title IV, A Program Manager | Georgia Department of Education | 404-293-1490 |
| Sunita Holloway | Outreach Program Manager, ESSA Ombudsman | Georgia Department of Education | 404-606-2991 |
| Kelli Kendrick | Coordinated Federal Programs Specialist | Georgia Department of Education | 678-378-5216 |
| Christopher Leonard | Title II, Part A Education Program Specialist | Georgia Department of Education | 404-561-4888 |
| Eric McGhee | Grants Program Manager | Georgia Department of Education | 404-651-7555 |
| Margarita Munoz | Senior Program Manager | Georgia Department of Education | 404-272-8762 |
| Shaun Owen | Deputy Superintendent of Federal Programs | Georgia Department of Education | 404-971-0096 |
| Wes Sherrell | Director of Internal Audit | Georgia Department of Education | 404-556-5033 |
| Charmaine Simmons | Federal Programs Manager | Georgia Department of Education | 404-308-6797 |
| John Wight | Director, Federal Programs | Georgia Department of Education | 404-463-1857 |
| Kathleen Yarbrough | Director of Federal Programs (ESSA) | Georgia Department of Education | 678-378-9972 |
| Hawaii | |||
| Lisa Wilkinson | Director | Hawaii Department of Education | 808-445-1963 |
| Jacy Yamamoto | Institutional Analyst | Hawaii State Department of Education, Monitoring and Compliance | 808-307-3607 |
| Idaho | |||
| Patty Dalrymple | School Improvement Coordinator | Idaho State Department of Education | 208-332-6917 |
| Kateryna Dyer | Finacial Specialist Principal | Idaho Department of Education | 208-332-6900 |
| Lisa English | Federal Programs Coordinator | Idaho Department of Education | 208-332-6800 |
| Josh Noteboom | Federal Programs Director | Idaho State Department of Education | 208-332-6893 |
| Michelle Perreira | Program Specialist, Federal Programs | Idaho State Department of Education | 208-332-6942 |
| Stacie Rekow | Title I-A & Title IV-A Coordinator | Idaho State Department of Education | 208-332-6891 |
| Carol Roessler | Title II-A/ Educator Effectiveness Coorinator | Idaho Department of Education | 208-332-6889 |
| Indiana | |||
| Frank Chiki | Director of Title Grants and Support | Indiana Department of Education | 505-264-6530 |
| Kansas | |||
| Renee Brant | Public Service Executive | KSDE | 785-296-7077 |
| Nicole Clark | Public Service Executive | Kansas State Department of Educaiton | 785-296-4925 |
| Brian Dempsey | Attorney | KSDE | 785-296-6518 |
| Joe Jewett | Coordinator | Kansas State Department of Education | 785-296-8337 |
| Christine Macy | Education Program Consultant | KSDE | 785-296-3287 |
| Bert Moore | Director | Kansas State Department of Education | 785-291-3097 |
| Stacey Noll | Data Coordinator | Kansas State Department of Education | 785-296-3129 |
| Angela Rice | Public Service Executive | KSDE | 785-296-5072 |
| Emily Scott | ESOL/Title III Program Consultant | KSDE | 785-296-4941 |
| Twyla Sprouse | Education Program Consultant | Kansas State Department of Education | 785-296-5674 |
| Maureen Tabasko | Education Program Consultant | Kansas State Department of Education | 785-296-1101 |
| Melissa Valenza | Coordinator | Kansas State Department of Education | 785-296-6035 |
| Dean Zajic | Assistant Director | KSDE | 785-296-2425 |
| Roxanne Zillinger | Education Program Consultant | KSDE | 785-296-7260 |
| Kentucky | |||
| Matthew Courtney | Policy Advisor | Kentucky Department of Education | 859-489-3549 |
| Kelly Foster | Associate Commissioner | Kentucky Department of Education | 502-564-5130 |
| Gary Martin | EL/Title III Consultant | Kentucky Department of Education | 502-564-4970 |
| Emily Meade | Program Consultant II | Kentucky Department of Education | 859-351-4936 |
| Tara Rodriguez | Division Director | Kentucky Department of Education | 502-564-3791 ext. 4042 |
| Natasha Stein | Program Branch Manager | KY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 502-564-3791 |
| Erin Sudduth | Education Program Branch Manager | Kentucky Department of Education | 502-564-3791 ext. 4021 |
| Ruth Swanson | Program Manager | Kentucky Dept. of Education | 502-564-2116 |
| Erica Tipton | Program Consultant II | KY Department of Education | 502-564-5130 ext. 4036 |
| Louisiana | |||
| Tasha Anthony | Program Monitoring Supervisor | Louisiana Department of Education | 225-342-3645 |
| Alicia Bethley-Dawkins | Education Program Consultant | Louisiana Department of Education | 225-200-1508 |
| Edeltress Brown | Education Program Consultant | Louisiana Department of Education | 225-342-0024 |
| Bernell Cook | Executive Director of Federal Support and Grantee Relations | Louisiana Department of Education | 225-342-1050 |
| Daphne Flentroy | Ombudsman | Louisiana Dept. of Education | 225-936-1725 |
| Cindy Hilton | Education Program Consultant | Louisiana Department of Education | 225-342-3391 |
| Antiqua Hunter | Education Program Consultant | Louisiana Department of Education | 225-603-4116 |
| Kenya Jenkins | Director | Louisiana Dept of Education | 225-936-8180 |
| Iris Jones | Program Education | Louisiana Department of Education | 225-202-8372 |
| Denise Karamales | Ed Consultant, Federal Support/Grants | LA Dept of Education | 318-218-0513 |
| Randy Littleton | Chief of Staff, FSGR | Louisiana Dept. of Education | 225-342-6266 |
| Melanie Mayeux | Education Program Coordinator | Louisiana Department of Education | 225-235-1704 |
| Angela Randall | Executive Director | Louisiana Department of Education | 225-200-8311 |
| Julee Wright | Education Consultant | Louisiana Department of Education | 318-652-1216 |
| Maine | |||
| Laura Cyr | Federal and State Legislative Specialist | Maine Dept of Education | 207-446-8791 |
| Chelsey Fortin-Trimble | Associate Commissioner | Maine Department of Education | 207-624-6215 |
| Janette Kirk | Chief of Federal Programs | Maine Department of Education | 207-441-2958 |
| Maryland | |||
| Reginald Burke | Executive Director of Federal Programs | Maryland State Department of Education | 410-767-0313 |
| Shanna Edmond | Director, Title I | Maryland State Department of Education | 410-767-0047 |
| Massachusetts | |||
| Simone Lynch | Director of Federal Grant Programs | Massachusetts Dept of Elementary and Secondary Education | 781-338-3123 |
| Michigan | |||
| Chanel F. DeGuzman | Equitable Services Ombudsman | Michigan Department of Education | 517-241-5391 |
| Corinne Edwards | Director, OES | Michigan Dept of Education | 517-275-1401 |
| Kathleen Hoehne | Foster Care Liaison | Michigan Department of Education | 517-243-7171 |
| Michelle Patton | Regional Education Consultant Manager | Michigan Department of Education | 517-241-6970 |
| Michael-Garrett Powell | Assistant Director, Office of Educational Supports | Michigan Department of Education | 517-755-9007 |
| Shoua Vang | Financial Manager | Michigan Department of Education | 517-335-0909 |
| Minnesota | |||
| Leigh Schleicher | ESEA Program Director | Minnesota Department of Education | 651-582-8326 |
| Teresa Taylor | Director | Minnesota Department of Education | 651-582-8756 |
| Alicia Waeffler | Supervisor | Minnesota Department of Education | 651-582-8227 |
| Mississippi | |||
| Barbara Greene | Title I, Part A Coordinator | Mississippi Department of Education | 601-359-3499 |
| Judy Nelson | Bureau Director | Mississippi Department of Education | 601-359-3499 |
| Sonja Robertson | Executive Director of School Improvement | MS Department of Education | 601-359-1003 |
| Brendsha Roby | Bureau Director of Consolidated ESEA Programs | Mississippi Department of Education | 601-359-3499 |
| Missouri | |||
| Julie Bock | Assistant Director | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | 573-751-2641 |
| Kara Brennan | Director of Student Support Services | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | 573-751-8280 |
| Julia Cowell | Coordinator | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | 573-526-1594 |
| Stacy Hamlett | Federal Programs Director | Department of Elementary and Secondary Education/Missouri | 573-751-8289 |
| Kelly Kempker | Director | Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education | 573-526-8493 |
| Alicia Ketterman | Coordinator of ESEA Finance | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | 573-751-8643 |
| Jocelyn Strand | Improvement and Accountability Administrator | MO Dept of Ed | 573-751-1014 |
| Theresa Villmer | Assistant Director | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | 573-526-4365 |
| Annette Young | Assistant Director | DESE | 573-751-5312 |
| Montana | |||
| Zach Hawkins | Title I and Federal Programs Director | Montana Office of Public Instruction | 406-444-3083 |
| Heather Jones | Federal Programs Coordinator | Office of Public Instruction | 406-444-0794 |
| Kimberly Rebich | Federal Grants Coordinator | Montana Office of Public Instruction | 406-410-4578 |
| Paige Sedahl | Program Manager Title IV-A | Montana Office of Public Instruction | 406-390-3806 |
| Serena Wright | State Coordinator for Homeless Education & Title I Specialist | Montana Office of Public Instruction | 406-475-5875 |
| Nebraska | |||
| Dottie Heusman | Federal Programs Team | Nebraska Department of Education | 402-219-4802 |
| Kirk Russell | Title I Director/Assistant ESEA Administrator | Nebraska Department of Education | 402-405-4616 |
| Tate Toedman | Federal Program Specialist | Nebraska Department of Education | 402-405-6456 |
| Beth Wooster | Federal Programs Administrator | Nebraska Department of Education | 402-310-1390 |
| Nevada | |||
| Jess DeLallo | Education Programs Professional | Nevada Department of Education | 775-453-6470 |
| Jeff Hoover | Education Program Professional (EPP) | Nevada Dept. of Education | 702-668-4346 |
| Nicci Miller | Education Programs Professional - Title I-A and V-B | Nevada Department of Education | 775-687-9226 |
| New Hampshire | |||
| Emily Fabian | Program Specialist IV | NH Department of Education | 603-581-8258 |
| Kyu-Ryung Hwang | Administrator, State and Federal Accountability | New Hampshire Department of Education | 603-271-3060 |
| Jessica Lescarbeau | Administrator | NHED | 603-271-0058 |
| Kathryn Nichol | Title II Consultant | New Hampshire Department of Education | 603-271-6087 |
| New Jersey | |||
| Leslie Franks McRae | Director Office of Supplemental Educational Programs | New Jersey Department of Education | 609-376-3499 |
| New Mexico | |||
| Kirsi Laine | Director, Student, School, and Family Support Bureau | NM Public Education Department | 505-467-9985 |
| Todd Newman | Administrator | NM PED | 505-365-3081 |
| Nicole O'Shea | Rural and Low-Income Schools (RLIS) Coordinator/Title One, Part D. | New Mexico Public Education Department | 505-531-7389 |
| Jessica Pacheco | Title I Coordinator | NMPED | 505-695-3638 |
| Daniela Romero | Deputy Director Equitable Services Ombudsman | New Mexico Public Education Department | 505-372-8385 |
| New York | |||
| Lori Genito | Supervisor, ESSA Funded Programs | NYSED | 518-474-1534 |
| Erica Meaker | Director of ESSA-Funded Programs | New York State Education Department | 518-474-4733 |
| North Carolina | |||
| Alex Charles | Senior Director | NC Dept. of Public Instruction | 919-807-3647 |
| Melissa Eddy | Federal Programs Assistant Director | NCDPI | 919-807-3926 |
| North Dakota | |||
| Ann Ellefson | Director | North Dakota Dept. of Public Instruction | 701-328-2488 |
| Laurie Matzke | Assistant Superintendent | North Dakota Department of Public Instruction | 701-328-2284 |
| Amanda Peterson | Director, Educational Improvement and Support | ND Dept. of Public Instruction | 701-328-3545 |
| Angela Richter | Assistant Director | ND Dept of Public Instruction | 701-328-2287 |
| Ohio | |||
| Sarah Andreas | Assistant Administrator | Ohio Dept of Education and Workforce | 614-644-5926 |
| Morgan Brown | Assistant Director | Ohio Department of Education | 614-466-7918 |
| Aaron Conn | Assistant Director | Ohio Department of Education and Workforce- Office of Federal Programs | 740-357-4963 |
| Valerie Kunze | Administrator, Office of Whole Child Supports | Ohio Department of Education & Workforce | 216-210-0804 |
| Jeremy Marks | Director | Ohio Department of Education | 614-466-8693 |
| Diane Neal | Assistant Director | Ohio Department of Education | 614-728-3483 |
| Nina Pace | Assistant Director | Ohio Department of Education | 614-387-0344 |
| Oklahoma | |||
| Thomas Kirk | Division Director. Federal Programs | Oklahoma State Department of Education | 405-522-3433 |
| Amber Polach | Program Director | Oklahoma State Department of Education | 405-521-6863 |
| Tammy Smith | Program Director, Title Services | OK State Dept. of Education | 405-522-3260 |
| Kay Townsend | Project Director, Audits | Oklahoma State Department of Education | 405-522-3254 |
| Theresa Wilson | Director of School Support | OK State Department of Education | 405-522-1575 |
| Oregon | |||
| Jennifer Engberg | Education Specialist, Title IA/ID | Oregon Department of Education | 971-208-0326 |
| Sarah Martin | Education Specialist | Oregon Department of Education | 971-208-0333 |
| Janette Newton | Private School Ombudsman | Oregon Department of Education | 503-947-5638 |
| Amy Tidwell | Education Specialist | ODE | 503-580-0078 |
| Pennsylvania | |||
| Susan McCrone | Chief, Division of Federal Programs | PDE | 717-783-6910 |
| Rhode Island | |||
| Kim Chouinard | Education Specialist-Title I | RI Department of Education | 401-222-8477 |
| South Carolina | |||
| Leslie Bloss | Education Associate | SC State Department of Education | 803-734-6037 |
| Theresa Gregory | Education Associate | SCDE | 803-734-3749 |
| CR Hall | Education Associate | SC Department of Education | 803-477-6979 |
| Greg King | Ed Associate | SCDE | 803-734-0025 |
| Barret Leviner | Team Lead | SCDE | 803-734-3477 |
| Sharay Mosley | Education Associate | SCDE | 843-324-9513 |
| Clint Palmer | Education Associate | SCDE | 803-734-6010 |
| Jennifer Rhodes | Education Associate | South Carolina State Department of Education | 803-734-8110 |
| Peggy Scott | Education Associate | South Carolina Department of Education | 803-734-4040 |
| Jewell Stanley | Director, Office of Federal and State Accountability | SC Dept. of Education | 803-734-8131 |
| Makesia Sumpter | State Coordinator | SCDE | 803-734-3454 |
| Sarah Wagers | Education Associate | SC Department of Education - Office of Federal and State Accountability | 803-734-0417 |
| Martha Walker | Program Manager | SCDE | 803-734-0968 |
| South Dakota | |||
| Yutzil Becker | Title III Coordinator | South Dakota Department of Education | 605-773-4698 |
| Ashley Holm | Title Programs Specialist | South Dakota Department of Education | 605-773-4437 |
| Jordan Varilek | Title Programs Administrator | South Dakota Dept of Education | 605-773-6400 |
| Tennessee | |||
| Deborah Thompson | Assistant Commissioner of Federal Programs and Oversight | Tennessee Department of Education | 615-864-5162 |
| Texas | |||
| Didi Garcia | Manager | Texas Education Agency | 512-463-9147 |
| LaNetra Guess | Director & Ombudsman | Texas Education Agency | 512-463-6939 |
| Jaime Huerta | Senior Division Director | Texas Education Agency | 512-463-9310 |
| Amy Johnson | Bilingual Program Coordinator | Texas Education Agency | 512-463-9696 |
| Rickey Santellana | State/Federal Engagement & Projects Manager | Texas Education Agency | 940-224-2366 |
| Vivian Smyrl | Director of Program Implementation | Texas Education Agency | 512-936-6216 |
| Utah | |||
| Armela Christiansen | Administrative Secretary | Utah State Board of Education | 385-295-7932 |
| Jennie DeFriez | Effective Instruction Coordinator-Special Education | Utah State Board of Education | 801-538-7522 |
| Clint Hoke | Fiscal Analyst | Utah State Board of Education | 801-538-7805 |
| Max Lang | ESEA/Federal Programs Coordinator | Utah State Board of Education | 801-538-7725 |
| Val Murdock | Education Specialist | Utah State Board of Education | 801-538-7975 |
| Merilee Wendell | Fiscal Monitor | Utah State Board of Education | 801-628-9432 |
| Sara Wiebke | Director of the Center for Continuous School Improvement | Utah State Board of Education | 801-538-7893 |
| Vermont | |||
| Jessie Murray | Title I Director | Vermont Agency of Education | 802-828-1447 |
| Katy Preston | Title IV State Director | Vermont Agency of Education | 802-828-1468 |
| Virginia | |||
| Carol Sylvester | Director, Office of Pandemic Relief Programs | Virginia Department of Education | 804-371-0908 |
| Washington | |||
| Alyssa Ibanez | Program Supervisor | OSPI | 360-725-6172 |
| Shannon Martin | Program Supervisor | OSPI | 360-269-5232 |
| Jason Miller | Executive Director, Elementary, Early Learning, and Federal Programs | Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction | 360-764-6079 |
| Jon Mishra | Assistant Superintendent, Elementary, Early Learning, and Federal Programs | OSPI | 541-404-3725 |
| Kristin Percy Calaff | Executive Director of Multilingual & Migrant Education | WA State Office of Supt. of Public Instruction | 564-999-3144 |
| Heidi Schultz | 21st CCLC Program Supervisor | Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction | 360-789-4048 |
| Louann Stalder | Director of Title IIA | Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction | 360-867-8423 |
| Emily Statler | Title I, Part A Program Supervisor | OSPI | 360-725-6189 |
| West Virginia | |||
| Donnell Gilliam | Director | WVDE | 304-533-7314 |
| Mami Itamochi | Coordinator | West Virginia Department of Education | 304-558-7805 |
| Carrie Reeves | Coordinator | WV Dept. of Education | 304-558-3199 ext. 53351 |
| Luke Sheldon | Coordinator | WVDE | 304-514-1665 |
| Margaret Williamson | Director | WVDE | 304-558-8098 ext. 53276 |
| Elizabeth Younis | Compliance Coordinator | WVDE | 304-558-7805 |
| Wisconsin | |||
| Shelly Babler | Director | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction | 608-267-1067 |
| Nicole Horsley | Director | WI Department of Public Instruction | 414-750-0244 |
| Wyoming | |||
| Karen Bierhaus | WY 21st CCLC Program Manager | Wyoming Department of Education | 307-857-9284 |
| Leslie Koch | Title I-A Director | Wyoming Department of Education | 307-777-6216 |
