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Advisory Committees

APH especially wishes to acknowledge the superb leadership and guidance from the Ex Officio Trustees serving as members of the Educational Products Advisory and Educational Services Committees. FY 2009 committee members were:

Educational Products Advisory Committee:

Chair -- James Downs (GA)

2010 -- Suzanne Dalton (FL)
2010 -- Stacy Grandt (WI)

2011 – Marty McKenzie (SC)

2009 -- Nancy Niebrugge (CA)

2011 – James Oldham

2009 -- Steven M. Rothstein (MA)

Alternate
Dean Stenehjem (WA)

Educational Services Advisory Committee:

Chair -- Michael J. Bina (MD)

2009 -- Angyln Franquemont (AR)

2010 -- Marjorie A. Kaiser (SD)

2010 -- Barbara N. McCarthy (VA)
2009 -- William "Frank" Simpson (NY)

Alternate
Barbara L. Perkis (IL)

Department of Research Staff

Educational Research

Aicken, John, M.B.A………………………………………………………………………………...Assistant Director

Bartley, Ralph, Ph.D………………………………………………………………………………………………Director

Boyer, Charles “Burt”, M.A………………………………………………….Project Leader (Early Childhood)

Buford, Darrell, M.P.A……………………………………………..………………….Administrative Coordinator

Corcoran, Katherine, B.S., B.F.A…………………………………………………………..Model/Pattern Maker

Creasy, Keith, B.S……………………………………………………………………………………………Programmer

Gilmore, Terri, A.S……………………………………………………………………………………Graphic Designer

Hedges, John, B.S. ……………………………………………………………………………...………...Programmer

Hoffmann, Rosanne, Ph.D………………………………………………………………………Research Assistant

Kitchel, Elaine, M.Ed………………………………………………………………….Project Leader (Low Vision)

Mason, Loana, M.A, COMS……………………………………………………Project Leader (Braille Literacy)

McDonald, Michael,B.S…………………………………………………………………………………….Programmer

Meredith, Rob…………………………………………………………………………………………………Programmer

Otto, Fred, B.A……………………………………………………Project Leader (Tactile Graphics) part-time

Perry, Ken, B.S……………………………………………………………………………………………….Programmer

Pester, Eleanor, M.S………………………………………………………………………..Project Leader (Braille)

Pierce, Tristan, M.I.A…………………………………………………….Project Leader (Multiple Disabilities)

Poppe, Karen, B.A……………………………………………………………..Project Leader (Tactile Graphics)

Poppe, Tom ……………………………………………………………………………………….Model/Pattern Maker

Roderick, Carol, B.A……………………………………………………………..Research Assistant (part-time)

Roman, Christine, Ph.D. ………………………..……………Project Leader (CVI Consultant; part-time)

Rucker, Erica, B.A………………………………………………………………………………….Research Assistant

Rutledge, Anita.................................................................Design Specialist/Process Engineer

Skutchan, Larry, B.A………………………………………………………Manager, Application Programming

Smith, Rodger, A.A.S………………………………………………………………………………………Programmer

Terlau, Terrie, Ph.D…………………………………………………………………….Project Leader (Adult Life)

Travis, Ann, B.A…………………………………………………………………………………….Research Assistant

VACANT…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Programmer

Vaught, Monica, M.S.S.W……………..Research Assistant (Acting Early Childhood Project Leader)

Wicker, Jeanette, M.A………………………………………………………..Project Leader (Core Curriculum)

Wright, Suzette, B.A…………………………………………Project Leader (Emergent Literacy) part-time

Technical Research Division

Donhoff, Darlene……………………………………………………………………………Manufacturing Specialist

Etter, Nancy…………………………………………..………………....……….……Administrative Assistant II

Hayden, Frank…………………………………………………………….………...Manager, Technical Research

McGee, David………………………………………………………………………………..Manufacturing Specialist

Robinson, James……………………………………………………………………………Manufacturing Specialist

Agencies Participating in Research

Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Thornton, CO

Affiliated Blind of Louisiana Training Center, Lafayette, LA

Allegan Area Educational Service Agency, Allegan, MI

Amador County Office of Education, Jackson, CA

Arkansas School for the Blind, Little Rock, AR

Alabama State Services for the Visually Impaired, Birmingham, AL

Anchor Center for Blind Children, Denver, CO

Anderson Elementary, Plano, TX

Aurora Public Schools, Aurora, CO

Azusa Unified School District, Azusa, CA

Badger Association, Milwaukee, WI

Bayes Achievement Center, Houston, TX

Blue Creek Elementary School, Latham, NY

Blue Valley Service Center, Overland Park, KS 

Boone Central Public Schools at Albion, Petersburg, NE

California School for the Blind, Fremont, CA

Camp Abilities, Alpine Alternatives, Inc., Anchorage, AK

Camp Abilities, Brockport, NY

Camp Abilities, Tucson, AZ

Central Middle School, Cape Girardeau, MO

Chalker Elementary School, Kennesaw, GA

Cherry Creek School District, Denver, CO

Children Center for the Visually Impaired, Kansas, MO

Clark County Special Education Cooperative, Jeffersonville, IN

Clark County Public Schools, Winchester, KY

Cobb Public Schools, Smyrna, GA

Collier County Public Schools, Naples, FL

Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Colorado Springs, CO

Columbus City Schools, Columbus, OH

Cooperative Educational Service Agency #1, Brookfield, WI

Covington Independent Schools, Covington, KY

Crowley Independent School District, Crowley, TX

Davis School District/University of Utah, Bountiful, UT

Dawson Elementary, Corpus Christi, TX

DeSoto County Schools, Southaven, MS

Denver Public Schools, Denver, CO

Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, Edinburg, TX

Elk Grove Unified School District, Elk Grove, CA

Elmhurst Elementary School, Toledo, OH

Engleburg Elementary School, Milwaukee, WI

Fargo Public Schools, Fargo, ND

Francis Howell School District, St. Charles, MO

Fruitland Elementary, Fruitland, ID

Green County School District, Greensburg, KY

Hampton Elementary, Hampton, TN

Hardin County Schools, Elizabethtown, KY

Hatlen Center for the Blind, San Pablo, CA

Haywood Intermediate School, Haywood, WI

Honolulu District Schools—DOE, Honolulu, HI

Hunter College, New York, NY

Independent School District 196, Eagan, MN

Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Indianapolis, IN

Intermediate District 917, Rosemount, MN

Jefferson County Public Schools, Lakewood, CO

Lake Forest Academy-Special Education, Wilmington, NC

Lane Regional Program, Eugene, OR

Lawrence Elementary, Winston Salem, NC

Lewisville ISD, Lewisville, TX

Lincoln Public Schools, Lincoln, NE

Kentucky Deaf-Blind Project at University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Kentucky School for the Blind, Louisville, KY

Lansberry Elementary, Trinity, TX

Lovin Elementary, Lawrenceville, GA

Lucas Elementary, Ft. Campbell, KY

Maryland School for the Blind, Baltimore, MD

Medina High School, Medina, OH National Geographic, Washington, DC

Minnesota State Academy for the Blind, Faribault, MN

Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, Great Falls, MT

North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind, Grand Forks, ND

North Little Rock School District, North Little Rock, AR

Northwest Regional Program, Portland, OR

Northwestern Elementary, Poplar, WI

Northwood Elementary, San Antonio, TX

NW Regional Education Service District, Portland, OR

Oklahoma School for the Blind, Muskogee, OK

Oakland Meadow School, Lawrenceville, GA

Owen County/Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative, Owenton, KY

Pleasant Hill Elementary, Olive Branch, MS

Pontchartrain Elementary School, Mandeville, LA

Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Pulaski County Special School District, Roland, AR

Quachita Parish Schools, West Monroe, LA

Red Oak Elementary, Red Oak, TX

Red Oak Junior High, Red Oak, TX

Region 4 Educational Service Center in Houston, TX

Ridgefield Public Schools, Ridgefield, CT

Ridgeview Elementary School, San Antonio, TX

Saint Paul Public Schools, Vision Team, St. Paul, MN

San Diego County Office of Education, Oceanside, CA

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

San Juan Unified School District, Carmichael, CA

Santa Barbara County Education Office, Souza Center, Santa Maria, CA

Santa Fe Junior High, Santa Fe, TX

School of Optometry, University of California, Berkley, CA

Shawnee Mission School District, Shawnee Mission, KS

SSD/Parkway Early Childhood, Town and Country, MO

St. Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments, Philadelphia, PA

South Dakota Rehabilitation Center for Blind and Visually Impaired

Special School District of St. Louis County, Florissant, MO

Spokane Public Schools, Spokane, WA

State of Connecticut, Board of Education and Services for the Blind, Windsor, CT

Tara Hills Elementary School, San Pablo, CA

Tennessee School for the Blind, Nashville, TN

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Austin, TX

Thompson School district R2-J, Loveland, CO

University of Arizona, College of Education, Tucson, AZ

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

University of Tennessee-Knoxville/National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness, Greenback, TN

Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Visual Impairment, Austin, TX

Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, Staunton, VA

Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Louisville, KY

Washington County Public Schools, Bristol, VA

Washington State School for the Blind, Vancouver, WA

West Orange County Consortium for Special Education, Peterson School, Huntington Beach, CA