School Improvement Staff

All Initiatives

Gene Bottoms
Gene is senior vice president of SREB and founding director of High Schools That Work. He heads SREB's Leadership Initiative and Making Middle Grades Work.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 249
E-mail: gene.bottoms@sreb.org

Ivy C. Alford
Ivy is a director of state services for school improvement for 10 states in the HSTW network: Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Dakota. She serves as state liaison for HSTW by working with state directors of career/technical education and HSTW state coordinators.

(985) 386-4377
E-mail: ivy.alford@sreb.org

Donnea Anderson
Donnea provides administrative support to HSTW State Services and to Contracted Services projects.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 228
E-mail: donnea.anderson@sreb.org

Beth Andrews
Beth is executive assistant to the senior vice president. She provides administrative support and manages the administrative staff.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 277
E-mail: beth.andrews@sreb.org

Lois Barnes
Lois is a director of state services for school improvement in the HSTW network for the following 13 states: Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. She serves as state liaison for HSTW by working with state directors of career/technical education and HSTW state coordinators.

E-mail: lois.barnes@sreb.org

James Berto
James is administrative specialist of High Schools That Work.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 309
E-mail: james.berto@sreb.org

Nancy Blair
Nancy is a School Improvement consultant with MMGW Contracted Schools.

E-mail: nancy.blair@sreb.org

Aaron Boyd
Aaron is a research assistant with the Middle Grades and HSTW Assessments.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 311
E-mail: aaron.boyd@sreb.org

Gary Bredahl
Gary is a HSTW Contracted Services School Improvement consultant with a primary focus on Saginaw schools.

(404) 875-9211
E-mail: gary.bredahl@sreb.org

Steve Broome
Steve is director of State Development for High Schools and Middle Grades. He schedules technical assistance visits for sites in the HSTW network. As state liaison, he works with state directors of career/technical education. He also works for school improvement in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Vermont.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 292
E-mail: steve.broome@sreb.org

Sarah Caldwell
Sarah edits all technical assistance visit reports for HSTW and MMGW. She also assists in writing and editing HSTW reports.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 289
E-mail: sarah.caldwell@sreb.org

Leslie Carson
Leslie is a School Improvement consultant with the HSTW Contracted Schools and Urban Networks. She works primarily with the Memphis public schools.

(251) 607-0856
E-mail: leslie.carson@sreb.org

James Clark
Jim is special assistant to the senior vice president, who works with budgetary issues.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 275
E-mail: james.clark@sreb.org

Tony Dobbins
Tony is project manager for Contracted Services. He manages these services for the schools and provides customer service for the administrators and teachers.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 242
E-mail: tony.dobbins@sreb.org

Linda Dove
Linda is director of HSTW Urban Network. She coordinates all services provided to these schools. She also serves as a state liaison for HSTW by working with state directors of career/technical education and HSTW state coordinators.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 323
E-mail: linda.dove@sreb.org

Rhonda Dove
Rhonda is administrative assistant for the National Staff Development and the Summer Conference.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 317
E-mail: rhonda.dove@sreb.org

Frank Duffin
Frank is a School Improvement consultant with the HSTW Urban Network.

E-mail: frank.duffin@sreb.org

Anne Edison
Anne is a School Improvement consultant with HSTW Contracted Schools Network and with the Urban Initiative.

(757) 874-3954
E-mail: anne.edison@sreb.org

Lannie Edwards
Lannie is a School Improvement consultant with HSTW Contracted Schools Network.

E-mail: lannie.edwards@sreb.org

Pamela English
Pamela provides administrative support to the HSTW Urban Network and the MMGW Network .

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 276
E-mail: pamela.english@sreb.org

Toni Eubank
Toni is director of MMGW State Network (the middle grades component of the High Schools That Work initiative). She coordinates, schedules and directs the MMGW staff in data collection, scheduling of orientations, site development workshops, Middle Grades Assessment, training, and technical assistance and review visits for MMGW sites throughout the network.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 310
E-mail: toni.eubank@sreb.org

Pam Fails
Pam is a School Improvement consultant for HSTW sites.

E-mail: pam.fails@sreb.org

Deborah Fite
Deborah is director of Professional Development. She plans, coordinates and delivers national workshops, specialty workshops and leadership development workshops for participants from all SREB school improvement networks.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 255
E-mail: deborah.fite@sreb.org

Betty Fry
Director, Leadership Research and Publications - The Director of Leadership Research and Publications conducts and publishes research studies on topics relevant to preparation and development of school principals; tracks states’ progress on redesigning principal preparation, licensure and professional development; and prepares biennial policy reports. These publications are designed to keep key state, university and district leaders informed of the critical need for quality school leadership and spur them to action on providing high performing leaders for every school.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 312
E-mail: betty.fry@sreb.org

Leonard Gatungo
Leonard is the graphic designer for school improvement.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 278
E-mail: leonard.gatungo@sreb.org

Paige Graiser
Paige is a School Improvement consultant with MMGW Contracted Schools.

E-mail: paige.graiser@sreb.org

Cheryl Gray
Cheryl is the coordinator of Leadership Curriculum Development and Training and is responsible for the development of training modules and related professional development opportunities for SREB and the Wallace Foundation.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 243
E-mail: cheryl.gray@sreb.org

Beth Green
Beth is a School Improvement consultant with Texas High School Initiatives.

E-mail: beth.green@sreb.org

Debbie Hall
Debbie is a School Improvement consultant with the HSTW Urban Network.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 297
E-mail: debbie.hall@sreb.org

Lingling Han
Lingling is director of Data Analysis and Management for School Improvement.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 218
E-mail: lingling.han@sreb.org

Betty Harbin
Betty is a School Improvement consultant. She works with high school and middle grades schools as part of the HSTW and MMGW Special Project. She also works with the HSTW Contracted Schools Network.

(251) 602-0097
E-mail: betty.harbin@sreb.org

Carolyn Helm
Carolyn is director of the pre-engineering curriculum project. She helps sites begin and maintain partnerships with Project Lead The Way, a program to increase the quantity and quality of engineers graduating from our educational system.

(706) 499-5011
E-mail: carolyn.helm@sreb.org

Ashley Hutchins
Ashley provides administrative support to HSTW.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 290
E-mail: ashley.hutchins@sreb.org

Jim Johnson
Jim is a School Improvement consultant with HSTW and MMGW Contracted Schools.

(803) 366-2094
E-mail: jim.johnson@sreb.org

Anna Johnston
Anna is coordinator of the Annual Summer Staff Development Conference. She is responsible for booking hotels, planning the agenda, organizing and scheduling sessions, and other duties associated with the annual HSTW summer conference.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 279
E-mail: anna.johnston@sreb.org

Emily Kagey
Emily is chief editor. She is responsible for all publications produced by the school improvement initiatives. She is the point of contact for media inquiries regarding all school improvement initiatives.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 224
E-mail: emily.kagey@sreb.org

Gary Keller
Gary is a School Improvement consultant for the HSTW Contracted Schools Network. He serves sites in Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Utah.

(270) 993-1740
E-mail: gary.keller@sreb.org

Tommy Langley
Tommy is a HSTW Contracted Services School Improvement consultant with a primary focus on Mobile schools.

(404) 875-9211
E-mail: tommy.langley@sreb.org

Ashley Layne
As project manager for SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program, Ashley is responsible for registration and financial matters for the initiative's curriculum module training, study groups and annual meetings.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 215
E-mail: ashley.layne@sreb.org

John Marsh
John is an editor and writer for school improvement publications.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 307
E-mail: john.marsh@sreb.org

Kenneth Mason
Kenneth is a School Improvement consultant who works with the HSTW Urban Network. Also, he works with Project Lead the Way, a program to increase the quantity and quality of engineers graduating from our educational system.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 322
E-mail: kenneth.mason@sreb.org

Kathleen McNally
Is a school improvement specialist for HSTW.

E-mail: kathleen.mcnally@sreb.org

Barbara Moore
Barbara is associate director of MMGW State Network. Barbara also works with middle grades schools in Louisiana and Iowa as they adopt MMGW as a comprehensive school improvement design.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 296
E-mail: barbara.moore@sreb.org

Bob Moore
Bob is a School Improvement consultant with the HSTW Urban network. He also works for school improvement in Delaware and Maryland.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 227
E-mail: bob.moore@sreb.org

Renee Murray
Renee is a School Improvement consultant for HSTW and MMGW. She also serves as the literacy specialist for the networks.

(859) 296-9393
E-mail: renee.murray@sreb.org

Leslie Noles
Leslie handles registration and some financial aspects of HSTW's professional development programs. She helps participants with registration, accommodations, deadlines and substitutions.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 262
E-mail: leslie.noles@sreb.org

Kathleen O'Neill
Kathy is director of the Leadership Initiative and is responsible for overall planning, design and implementation of the initiative's programs and projects. She plans professional development and nontraditional leadership preparation models for schools and school districts in urban and low-performing middle grades and high schools.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 229
E-mail: kathy.oneill@sreb.org

Alice Presson
Alice organizes and prepares Special Projects regarding school improvement, state policies and career/technical education.

(804) 288-1419
E-mail: alice.presson@sreb.org

Martha Quijano
Martha is a School Improvement consultant for the Texas High School Initiatives.

E-mail: martha.quijano@sreb.org

Rhenida Rennie
Rhenida is director of HSTW Contracted Schools.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 231
E-mail: rhenida.rennie@sreb.org

Saralyn Richard
Saralyn is a School Improvement consultant with HSTW Texas High School Initiatives.

(708) 481-6565
E-mail: saralyn.richard@sreb.org

Heather Sass
Heather is a School Improvement consultant for the HSTW Contracted Schools Network. She also works for school improvement in Washington.

(614) 847-5832
E-mail: heather.sass@sreb.org

Michelle Savage
Michelle is a School Improvement consultant with HSTW Texas High School Initiatives.

E-mail: michelle.savage@sreb.org

Jon Schmidt-Davis
Jon is a research and evaluation specialist for School Improvement and the Learning-Centered Leadership Program. He is involved with research and evaluation projects, studies and report development.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 291
E-mail: jon.schmidt-davis@sreb.org

Anne Simmons
Anne is a School Improvement consultant for the HSTW Urban Network.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 214
E-mail: anne.simmons@sreb.org

Yvonne Thayer
Yvonne is senior director for Making Middle Grades Work and Special Projects. She coordinates the state networks and contracted sites in MMGW. She is the project director for contracts with the Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center and the Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center - both working with state departments of education. She directs the Wachovia leadership development project that builds leadership capacity in HSTW/MMGW sites.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 248
E-mail: yvonne.thayer@sreb.org

Allison Timberlake
Allison is coordinator of Assessments, High Schools and Middle Grades, and provides research for MMGW and HSTW projects.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 275
E-mail: allison.timberlake@sreb.org

John Uhn
John is a research associate for School Improvement with the Middle Grades and HSTW Assessments.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 263
E-mail: john.uhn@sreb.org

Teresa Valentine
Teresa provides research and editorial support to the Leadership Initiative. She assists in the preparation and editing of the Leadership Curriculum Modules.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 330
E-mail: teresa.valentine@sreb.org

Alan Veach
Alan is a School Improvement consultant for the Texas High School Initiatives.

E-mail: alan.veach@sreb.org

Scott Warren
Scott is director of Texas Initiatives and Special Projects. He also works for school improvement in New York City.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 313
E-mail: scott.warren@sreb.org

Donald Westerman
Donald is a School Improvement consultant with the HSTW Contracted Schools Network.

(404) 875-9211
E-mail: donald.westerman@sreb.org

Gary Wrinkle
Gary is a School Improvement consultant for the Texas High School Initiatives.

(512) 791-8129
E-mail: gary.wrinkle@sreb.org

Marna Young
Marna is director of Research. She works with data collection and analyses of HSTW research studies, including site profile development, student and teacher surveys, follow-up studies, and research reporting.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 298
E-mail: marna.young@sreb.org