Christine Pilgrim served as one of the ED Leads in convening a focus group of experts to participate in a stakeholder input process designed to move the field from the current state to the preferred state of practice for the ways in which LEAs & SEAs are leverage funding to support all students.

Rosborough, a licensed attorney, was an Assistant State Director of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Title Services at the state level. In that role, Rosborough provided leadership for the general supervision systems of all Federal Programs working towards program alignment and effective implementation of multi-tiered systems of support to benefit all learners state-wide.

Ruth Ryder is the Acting Director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education.  OSEP has responsibility for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act program, providing financial support to States through formula grant programs and national leadership in supporting States through technical assistance, personnel preparation, parent training, technology and State personnel development. Prior to joining OSEP, Ms. Ryder was a program administrator for a school district in Washington State with responsibility for an OSERS funded special education demonstration project examining integrated service delivery models for including children with disabilities in general education.  She also administered the ESEA Title 1 and Title II programs, State-remediation, gifted education, outcome-based education, and State-and district-wide testing programs.  Additionally, she was a special education consulting teacher and a general education classroom teacher.