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Alan E. Leis, Ed.D. Vice President
Midwest, Illinois

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Alena Zachery-Ross Associate
Midwest, Michigan
Alena Zachery-Ross has begun her first year as the Superintendent of Okemos Public Schools. Alena was formerly the Superintendent of Schools for the Muskegon Heights Public School Academy, the first…

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Ann Monday Associate
East Coast, Virginia
Aresta Johnson Associate
Connecticut, East Coast
Aresta Johnson has over 23 years of educational experience and is an experienced K-12 school and central office administrator with an extensive background in curriculum development, strategic planning, budget development,…

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Barbara B. Young Senior Associate
West Coast, Washington

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Ben Martindale, Ed.D. Associate
Midwest, Illinois

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Bill Adams, Ed.D. Vice President
East Coast
Bio: Dr. William “Bill” Adams Dr. Adams served in public education leadership roles for 43 years of which 36 were as Superintendent of Schools in the same New Jersey district. …

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Brad Draeger, Ed.D. Senior Associate
East Coast
Livingston Public Schools, Livingston, NJ Superintendent Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA Deputy Superintendent, Interim Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, High School Principal, High School Assistant…

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Brenda Finn Associate
East Coast, Massachusetts
Carmella Franco, Ed.D. Associate
West Coast, California

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Carolyn McKennan, Ed.D. Vice President
California, West Coast
Dr. Carolyn McKennan serves as Vice President of Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates (HYA) and was previously a senior associate with HYA. Dr. McKennan’s educational career focused on curriculum and…

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Chris Nicastro Associate
Midwest, Missouri
Chris Lee Nicastro has worked in education for over 40 years. Her career spans experience as a teacher, school administrator, superintendent and, most recently, as Commissioner of Education for the…

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Constance R. Collins, Ph.D. Associate
Midwest, Illinois

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Darline Robles Associate
West Coast, California
Daryl Herrick Associate
Midwest, Wisconsin
David Cash, Ed.D. Associate
West Coast, California
Dr. Cash, in over 25 years as a leader, has demonstrated success in improving student achievement while at the same time creating an organizational culture that values equity, access and…

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David Donaldson Associate
Michigan, Midwest
David Donaldson is an education consultant. He has spent the last decade as a teacher, principal and assistant superintendent across multiple urban school districts. Donaldson’s most recent role was as…
David E. Lee, Ed.D. Associate
East Coast, Mississippi
Dr. Lee has served as a teacher, principal, superintendent of schools, deputy state superintendent of education for the State of Louisiana, college professor, and local school board member. He has…

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David Estrop, Ph.D. Associate
Midwest, Ohio

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David Gomez Associate
West Coast, California
Deborah Raizes Senior Associate
East Coast, New York
Deborah Raizes has been with HYA for more than 20 years and has done over 90 searches. The majority of her searches have been for high performing suburban districts and…

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Dennis W. Dearden Associate
West Coast, Arizona

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Diane K. Siri, Ed.D. Associate
West Coast, California

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Don Macrino Associate
East Coast, Connecticut

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Don W. Hooper, Ph.D. Vice President
Midwest, Texas
Dr. Hooper is president of the Center for Quality Leadership Inc. The Center for Quality Leadership is committed to assisting school district administrators with the planning required to focus available…

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Dwight R. Pfennig, Ed.D. Senior Associate
East Coast
Dr. Pfennig has served as a Senior Associate for HYA since 2013. He has been the leader/co-leader for 33 superintendent searches in six states (Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New…

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Edward L. McCormick Associate
East Coast, New York

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Edward Tivador Senior Associate
Midwest, Illinois
Edwin Diaz Associate
West Coast, California
Elizabeth Morgan Associate
East Coast, Maryland
Eugenia Lawson Associate
East Coast, New Jersey

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Gary A. Burton, Ph.D. Associate
East Coast, New Hampshire
Dr. Burton has experience as a classroom teacher, building principal and 35 years as a school superintendent. His experiences span 44 years as a public school educator and include graduate…

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Gary Richards Associate
California
I served as a school superintendent for 27 years in four high performing school districts in Connecticut (New Canaan Public Schools and Wilton Public Schools) and in California (San Marino…

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Georgia Bozeday Associate
Midwest, Illinois
Glenn “Max” McGee President
Illinois, Midwest
Max is recognized as a dynamic leader, speaker and writer on critical issues in educational leadership, STEM education, student wellness, and public policy (www.glennmaxmcgee.com). He has been a superintendent in…

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Hank Gmitro Chief Search Associate
California, West Coast
Dr. Henry A. Gmitro holds a doctorate in education from the University of Illinois but to nearly everyone who knows him, he is simply, “Hank.” A visionary leader in public…

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Hank Harris Senior Associate
District of Columbia
In addition to serving as a Senior Associate for Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, I serve as President of Human Capital Enterprises, a small consulting firm focused on talent development…

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Howard Bultinck Associate
Midwest, Illinois
Jack L. McCulley, Ed.D. Associate
East Coast, New Jersey

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Jacqueline M. Horejs, Ed.D. Associate
West Coast, California
Dr. Horejs’ professional experiences over 40 years in education have provided her with a multi-faceted skill set and understanding of the needs of educational leadership. Dr. Horejs successfully served nine…

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James E. Morse, Ed.D. Senior Associate
Michigan
Dr. James Morse has over 40 years experience as a Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Principal, Associate Dean of a Graduate School, Professor of Education and Senior Associate for Hazard,…

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Jane L. Westerhold, Ed.D. Associate
Midwest, Illinois
Dr. Westerhold has been an educator for more than 40 years. She retired from Community Consolidated School District 62 in Des Plaines, IL in 2016 after serving as superintendent for…

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Jim Fritts, Ph.D. Senior Associate
Midwest, Illinois
James B. Fritts has been an associate with HYA since 1993. He has assistant school boards throughout the country in recruiting and securing talent leadership. He is a retired school…

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Jim Negri Associate
California
I taught 14 years for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) in the Superintendents Academy (What You Need to How Your First Year as a Superintendent) and have served as…

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John J. Ramos, Sr., Ed.D. Associate
East Coast, Connecticut

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John S. Perdue, Ed.D. Associate
Midwest, Illinois
Dr. John Perdue is an accomplished leader with 45 years of experience in a variety of roles, including high school teacher, coach, associate principal, principal, district assistant superintendent and superintendent….

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John T. Aycock Senior Associate
West Coast, Arizona
John T. Aycock served in public education for 39 years with 32 of those years serving as an administrator. With teaching experience in North Carolina, Mr. Aycock moved to Alaska…

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Joseph M. Farley, Ed.D. Associate
West Coast, California

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Judith A. Ferguson Senior Associate
New Jersey, East Coast
Dr. Ferguson has been with the firm since 1998. She has had a long career in educational administration, having served as Business Administrator for eight years with the Princeton Regional…

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Julie Haff Associate
West Coast, California

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Katey McPherson, Ed.D. Associate
Arizona, West Coast
Katey McPherson brings experience in school leadership, prevention, and organizational change with over 23 years as a school leader. Katey’s educational career focused on curriculum and instruction, social justice, leadership…

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Kathy Cox Associate
East Coast, Georgia
Kathy Cox was most recently the CEO of the Education Delivery Institute (EDI), a non-profit education consulting firm that specialized in the implementation of education initiatives from Pre-k through college….

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Kay Giles Associate
Midwest, Illinois

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Kenneth Arndt, Ph.D. Associate
Illinois, Midwest
Ken brings to HYA his extensive background in public and private education and management. He has led pre-K through grade 12 districts ranging in enrollments of 2,000 to 42,000 students. …

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Kristi Sandvik, Ed.D. Associate
West Coast, Arizona
Dr. Kristi Sandvik, an Oregon native, has served as superintendent of the Buckeye Elementary School District in Buckeye, Arizona for the past five years providing an outstanding education for approximately…

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Laurie Kimbrel Associate
East Coast, Georgia
Dr. Laurie Kimbrel is currently an Assistant Professor of Education Leadership at the University of West Georgia where she teaches courses in the school leadership certificate programs, as well as…

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Lee David Bush, Ed.D. Associate
East Coast, Florida
Dr. Lee Bush has served students and schools for forty years in schools in Wisconsin and Florida as an elementary teacher in regular and special education, elementary principal, and superintendent,…

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Loren D. May, Ph.D. Associate
Midwest, Illinois

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Lorraine M. Garcy, Ed.D. Associate
West Coast, Oregon

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Louise Coleman Associate
Midwest, Illinois
Lynn M. Gibson, Ed.D., CSBO Associate
Illinois, Midwest
Lynn M. Gibson, Ed.D., CSBO, is a retired superintendent of the Hononegah Community High School District 207 located in Northern Illinois. She was in the district for 13 years, as…

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Maria Ott, Ph.D. Associate
West Coast, California
Dr. Maria Ott is currently Professor of Clinical Education at the USC Rossier School of Education. In addition to teaching doctoral courses, she oversees the AASA-USC Rossier Urban Superintendents Academy…

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Marilyn Elgart Birnbaum, Ed.D. Associate
East Coast, New Jersey
Dr. Marilyn Birnbaum has been involved in education for over 40 years. Starting her career as an English teacher for North Plainfield Public Schools in New Jersey, the district recruited…

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Marvin Edwards, Ed.D. Senior Associate
Midwest, Illinois

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Mary Biniewicz, Ed.D. Associate
Illinois, Midwest
Mary works for the DuPage Regional Office of Education in DuPage County, IL. Her responsibilities include development, oversight and management of several programs including STEM education, professional development, grants, and…

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Michael Houselog Associate
Midwest, Illinois
Michael T. Cicchetti, Ed.D. Associate
East Coast, New Hampshire

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Milton L. James, Ed.D. Associate
East Coast, New Jersey
Dr. Milton L James is a native of North Carolina. He attended schools in Plainfield, New Jersey and graduated from Plainfield High School in 1967. Dr. James has had an…

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Monica Koziol Associate
Midwest, Illinois
Monica is a highly dedicated, organized and dynamic education management professional with experience in both administrative and faculty roles, focusing on curriculum development, business, and social sciences. She brought a…

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Monica M. Browne, Ed.D. Associate
East Coast, Delaware

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Nancy J. Carroll Associate
California, West Coast
Education and Training Ph.D. Educational Policy and Administration; University of California, Santa Barbara (1989) M.A. …

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Nola Wellman Senior Associate
Midwest, Texas
Pamela Hollich, Ed.D. Associate
Midwest, Illinois
Dr. Hollich brings experience in school and district leadership and organizational change with over 20 years as a school and district leader in addition to 20 years of experience in…

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Pat Fedor Associate
East Coast, Connecticut
Mrs. Fedor has worked in public education for over forty-three years first as a classroom teacher and then for the last twenty years as an elementary principal. Mrs. Fedor was…

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Patricia E. Neudecker PhD. Associate
Midwest, Wisconsin
Patricia Neudecker is a courageous leader dedicated to strengthening communities, educational systems and educational policy for all children, and recruiting and developing quality leaders for educational organizations. Pat is currently the…

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Patrick Grippe, Ed.D. Associate
Colorado, West Coast
Formerly assistant superintendent for Learning Services in the Douglas County Colorado School District.

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Peter Flynn Senior Associate
Illinois, Midwest
Dr. Peter Flynn is a Senior Associate with HYA and has thirty-four years of Superintendent experience in Illinois, Kentucky, Iowa and Pennsylvania. Dr. Flynn was Illinois Superintendent of the Year…

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Randall Collins, Ed.D. Associate
East Coast, Connecticut
Randall Collins is the former Superintendent of Schools in Waterford, CT, Easthampton, MA and Wiscasset, ME and Past-President of the American Association of School Administrators. He received his BA degree…

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Richard Malfatti Associate
West Coast, California
Rick Berry Senior Associate
Midwest, Texas
Mr. Berry brings experience in school and district leadership, reform, and organizational change, from his 50 years in the field of education. Mr. Berry served as a middle school and…

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Rick O’Connell, Ed.D. Senior Associate
Midwest, Colorado

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Robert Copeland Associate
East Coast, New Jersey
Robert J Roelle, Ed.D. Senior Associate
East Coast, New York

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Rudy Castruita Senior Associate
West Coast, California
Russ Schumacher Senior Associate
East Coast, New Jersey
Sandra Husk Associate
West Coast, California
Sarah Jerome, Ed.D. Associate
Midwest, Wisconsin
Dr. Jerome brings experience in school and district leadership from her 46 years as a school and district leader. Dr. Jeromes educational career focused on curriculum and instruction before going…

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Sharon Frys Associate
Illinois, Midwest
Dr. Sharon Frys is an experienced professional specializing in day-to-day school administration and implementation of initiatives to support students, community, and educator development. Her career includes teaching special education and…

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Steve Humphrey, Ed.D. Vice President
Illinois, Midwest
Dr. Humphrey brings experience in school and district leadership, school reform and organizational change from his over 40 years as a school and district leader. His work included systemic changes…

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Steven T. Webb, Ed.D. Associate
West Coast, Washington
Dr. Steven Webb became superintendent of Vancouver (Wash.) Public Schools in July 2008. He has a distinguished 33-year career in public education in Washington and California. In 2016, Steve was…

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Suzette Lovely, Ed.D. Associate
West Coast, California
Dr. Lovely brings 34 years of experience serving K-12 schools in every capacity from instructional assistant, to teacher, to principal, to District Office leader. As Superintendent in Carlsbad, California she…

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Ted Blaesing, Ph.D. Senior Associate
Florida, East Coast
Dr. Ted Blaesing is a leader in education administration and has been recognized for his leadership and service through numerous awards. He has led dozens of workshops and seminars for…

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Tom Leonard, Ed.D. Associate
Midwest, Texas
Since joining the highly-acclaimed Eanes Independent School District in July of 2014, Dr. Tom Leonard has focused on transparency, building relationships and communication with the many constituents throughout the district….

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Valerie Pitts, Ed.D. Associate
West Coast, Oregon
Dr. Valerie Pitts has over 38 years of varied school and district leadership experience in six districts and five counties in Northern California and most recently, central Oregon. Her focus has…

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Vicki R. Roy Associate
Midwest, Minnesota
HYA Associate since 2010 Worked on searches in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas Served on Independent School District 191 (Burnsville-Eagan-Savage, MN) Board of Education for 17 years Held…

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Victoria Tabbert Field Service Director at Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA)
Illinois
I have been fortunate to spend the last 37 years in the field of education. What started out as a temporary journey until I went to law school ended up…

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William C. Melsheimer Associate
Midwest, Illinois

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William H. Ector Associate
West Coast, California

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Alan E. Leis, Ed.D. Vice President

Alena Zachery-Ross Associate

Ann Monday Associate

Aresta Johnson Associate

Barbara B. Young Senior Associate

Ben Martindale, Ed.D. Associate

Bill Adams, Ed.D. Vice President

Brad Draeger, Ed.D. Senior Associate

Brenda Finn Associate

Carmella Franco, Ed.D. Associate

Carolyn McKennan, Ed.D. Vice President

Chris Nicastro Associate

Constance R. Collins, Ph.D. Associate

Darline Robles Associate

Daryl Herrick Associate

David Cash, Ed.D. Associate

David Donaldson Associate

David E. Lee, Ed.D. Associate

David Estrop, Ph.D. Associate

David Gomez Associate

Deborah Raizes Senior Associate

Dennis W. Dearden Associate

Diane K. Siri, Ed.D. Associate

Don Macrino Associate

Don W. Hooper, Ph.D. Vice President

Dwight R. Pfennig, Ed.D. Senior Associate

Edward L. McCormick Associate

Edward Tivador Senior Associate

Edwin Diaz Associate

Elizabeth Morgan Associate

Eugenia Lawson Associate

Gary A. Burton, Ph.D. Associate

Gary Richards Associate

Georgia Bozeday Associate

Glenn “Max” McGee President

Hank Gmitro Chief Search Associate

Hank Harris Senior Associate

Howard Bultinck Associate

Jack L. McCulley, Ed.D. Associate

Jacqueline M. Horejs, Ed.D. Associate

James E. Morse, Ed.D. Senior Associate

Jane L. Westerhold, Ed.D. Associate

Jim Fritts, Ph.D. Senior Associate

Jim Negri Associate

John J. Ramos, Sr., Ed.D. Associate

John S. Perdue, Ed.D. Associate

John T. Aycock Senior Associate

Joseph M. Farley, Ed.D. Associate

Judith A. Ferguson Senior Associate

Julie Haff Associate

Katey McPherson, Ed.D. Associate

Kathy Cox Associate

Kay Giles Associate

Kenneth Arndt, Ph.D. Associate

Kristi Sandvik, Ed.D. Associate

Laurie Kimbrel Associate

Lee David Bush, Ed.D. Associate

Loren D. May, Ph.D. Associate

Lorraine M. Garcy, Ed.D. Associate

Louise Coleman Associate

Lynn M. Gibson, Ed.D., CSBO Associate

Maria Ott, Ph.D. Associate

Marilyn Elgart Birnbaum, Ed.D. Associate

Marvin Edwards, Ed.D. Senior Associate

Mary Biniewicz, Ed.D. Associate

Michael Houselog Associate

Michael T. Cicchetti, Ed.D. Associate

Milton L. James, Ed.D. Associate

Monica Koziol Associate

Monica M. Browne, Ed.D. Associate

Nancy J. Carroll Associate

Nola Wellman Senior Associate

Pamela Hollich, Ed.D. Associate

Pat Fedor Associate

Patricia E. Neudecker PhD. Associate

Patrick Grippe, Ed.D. Associate

Peter Flynn Senior Associate

Randall Collins, Ed.D. Associate

Richard Malfatti Associate

Rick Berry Senior Associate