School Improvement Staff

All Initiatives

Gene Bottoms
Gene is the 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

Beth Andrews
Beth is the 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 the coordinator of Technical Assistance Visits for High Schools That Work and Making Middle Grades 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 the 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 State and Direct Services Networks.

(404) 875-9211, Ext. 319
E-mail: leslie.carson@sreb.org

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

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

Linda Dove
Linda is a School Improvement consultant who works with the HSTW Urban Network.

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

Rhonda Dove
Rhonda provides administrative support for the National Staff Development porgrams 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 the 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 the 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
As the director of leadership research and publications, Betty 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.

(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 the 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 the 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

Anna Johnston
Anna is the 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 the chief editor for School Improvement. 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 the director of HSTW Urban Network and coordinates all services provided to these schools. 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 the associate director of MMGW. 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 the director of the Learning-Centered Leadership Program 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

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

E-mail: martha.quijano@sreb.org

Rhenida Rennie
Rhenida is the director of the HSTW Direct Services Network.

(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 the director of assessment and evaluation. She directs the HSTW and Middle Grades Assessments, provides research for School Improvement projects and conducts evaluation 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 the 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 the director of research for School Improvement. 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