Staff Contacts - Office of Special Education

Executive Director & Administrative Assistant

Access, Learning and, Literacy (ALL Team)

Early Childhood Special Education Team

ESSU Fiscal Systems

General Supervision and Monitoring

Professional Learning and Strategic Partnerships

TTY (Deaf & Hard of Hearing) and State Special Education Directors

Paul Foster, Ed.D., Executive Director
Email Dr. Paul Foster
720-926-4033

Suzy Shotts, Administrative Assistant
Email Suzy Shotts
720-926-4033

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Roberta Curtis
Program Support
Email Roberta Curtis
720-456-2601

Steve Dyer
Program Support
Email Steven Dyer
720-467-0914

Holly Jackson
Program Support
Email Holly Jackson
720-948-8141

Berta Schlachet
Program Support
Email Berta Schlachet
303-725-9245

Lauren Gould
Program Support
Email Lauren Gould
720-467-1474

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Jody Dickerson, RN, BSN, MN
Brain Injury Specialist
Email Jody Dickerson
(720) 795-2273 

Gail Lott, Ed.D.
Secondary Transition Specialist
Email Gail Lott
303-501-0347

Katie Oliver
Inter-agency Transition Liaison
Email Katie Oliver
720-413-4006

Vacant
OT / PT Consultant
Email Jon Paul Burden
720-646-0101

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Bill Brown
Affective Needs / Serious Emotional Disability Specialist
Email Bill Brown
720-603-3000

Krista Klabo, Ed.S., NCSP
School Psychology and Special Education Evaluation Specialist
Email Krista Klabo
720-284-2524

Shani O'Brien
Speech Language Pathologist Specialist
Email Shani O'Brien
303-868-8351

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Holly Baker Hill
Structured Literacy Coach
Email Holly Baker Hill
720-814-6941

Val Rolph
Structured Literacy Coach
Email Val Rolph
720-512-8613

Tamara Viehl
Structured Literacy Coach
Email Tamara Viehl
720-799-3722

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Brooke Carson, PhD
Autism Spectrum Disorder Specialist
Email Brooke Carson
720-215-8647

Rhonda Danner, M.A.
Autism Spectrum Disorder Specialist
Email Rhonda Danner
720-460-8368

Hunter Smith
Multilingual Learners With Disabilities Specialist
Email Hunter Smith
720-202-2623

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Vacant
Specific Learning Disability Specialist

 

Cindy Petersen
E-Learning Specialist
Email Cindy Petersen
720-760-0806

Amanda Timmerman
E-Learning Specialist
Email Amanda Timmerman
720-916-4481

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Marcia Blum
Early Childhood Special Education Specialist
Email Marcia Blum
720-799-4015

Rebecca Browning-Floyd
Results Matter and Early Childhood Specialist
Email Rebecca Browning-Floyd
303-880-3697

Mary Morin
Child Find Specialist
Email Mary Morin
720-766-6507

Michele Pugsley
Early Childhood Special Education Specialist
Email Michele Pugsley
720-660-0255

Missy Taucher
Early Childhood Special Education Specialist
Email Missy Taucher
720822-6239

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Lauren Rossini
Special Education Licensing and Reporting
Email Lauren Rossini
303-866-6688

Lisa Schmit
ESSU Accounting Technician
Email Lisa Schmit
720-916-6123

Vacant
Receptionist
303-866-6694

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Gloria Alaniz
Dispute Resolution Coordinator
Email Gloria Alaniz
720-584-4673

Rachel Dore
State Complaints Officer
Email Rachel Dore
720-951-8457

Cici Lyman
Program Support
Email Cici Lyman
720-760-0421

Nick Podsiadlik
State Complaints Officer
Email Nick Podsiadlik
303-548-5597

Ashley Schubert
State Complaints Officer
Email Ashley Schubert
720-788-0576

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Orla Bolger
Special Education Data Analyst
Email Orla Bolger
720-921-0524

Josh Fails
Online Project Coordinator
Fails_j@cde.state.co.us
720-618-0538

Vacant
Accountability Specialist
 

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Beth Donahue
Family Engagement Specialist
Email Beth Donahue
720-926-1453

Vacant
ADR Coordinator

Pahmela Mendoza
Family School Program Specialist
Email Pahmela Mendoza
720-237-4600

David Ramer
Program Support
Email David Ramer
303-866-6943

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Kathryn Hunt
Fiscal Monitoring Specialist
Email Kathryn Hunt
303-681-8049

Becky O’Malley
SPED Monitoring and Technical Assistance Consultant
Email Becky O'Malley
303-895-5108

Nick Smosna
SPED Monitoring and Technical Assistance Consultant
Email Nick Smosna
303-548-5597

Hannah Prokop
SPED Monitoring and Technical Assistance Consultant
Email Hannah Prokop 
720-284-8144

Zack Van Sant 
SPED Monitoring and Technical Assistance Consultant 
Email Zack Van Sant 
720-668-2609

Vacant
DMS/State IEP Specialist
Email Kerry Whitmore
720-456-0397

Vacant
Program Support

Vacant
RDA Specialist
Email Kerry Whitmore
720-456-0397

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