Regional Teams

Central RPDC Success Team
Heart of Missouri RPDC Success Team
Kansas City RPDC Success Team
Northeast RPDC Success Team
Northwest RPDC Success Team
St. Louis RPDC Success Team
South Central RPDC Success Team
Southeast RPDC Success Team
Southwest RPDC Success Team

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Central RPDC Success Team:

• Julie Blaine, C RPDC, Interim Director
• Ron Wilken, DESE, Area Supervisor of Instruction
• Donna Alexander, C RPDC, Reading Specialist
• Audrey Green, C RPDC, Reading Specialist
• Pris Callison, C RPDC, Program Coordinator
• Gene Vinson, C RPDC,PLC Specialist
• Doug Hatridge, C RPDC, School Resource Specialist
• Mary Coker, C RPDC, Special Education Consultant
• Regina Higgins, C RPDC, Special Education Consultant-Regional Technical Assistant
• Kathy Lewman, C RPDC, MAP Facilitator-Science
• Linda Shippy, C RPDC, MAP Facilitator-Communication Arts
• Colette Wilson, C RPDC, MAP Facilitator-Math
• Becky Smith, C RPDC, MELL Consultant
• Monica Leon, C RPDC, MELL Recruiter
• Carolyn Compton, C RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Beth Vernon, C RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Barbara McCaslin, DESE, Federal Instructional Improvement

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Heart of Missouri RPDC Success Team:

• Paul Pitchford, HoM RPDC, Director, 
• J. D. King, DESE, Area Supervisor of Instruction
• Ned Miller,  HoM RPDC, Assistant Director
• Jan DeHart,  HoM RPDC, Blindness Skills Facilitator
• Susan Brawley, HoM RPDC, PBS Facilitator
• Ken Bailey, HoM RPDC, MAP Regional Facilitator - Math
• Jana Scott, SC RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Communication Arts
• Shelley Campbell, HoM RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Science
• Susan Hanan, HoM RPDC, MELL Facilitator
• Marilyn Soucie, HoM RPDC, Mathematics Consultant
• Pat Daugherty, HoM RPDC, NASA Facilitator
• Vicki Myers, HoM RPDC, Special Education Coordinator
• Diana Humphreys, HoM RPDC, Special Education Consultant-RTAC
• Jana Schmidt, HoM RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Jill Dunlap, HoM RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Beth Houf, HoM RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Lori Kilfoil, HoM RPDC, STARR Teacher 
• Allen Stephens, DESE, Supervisor, Federal Instructional Improvement

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Kansas City RPDC Success Team:

• Kathy Whited, KC RPDC, Director
• Tony Stansberry, DESE, Area Supervisor of Instruction
• Linda Kostner, KC RPDC, Assistant Director
• Lewis Gowin , KC RPDC, Accelerated Schools/PLC Coordinator
• Kathie Lewis, KC RPDC, Accelerated Schools/PLC, School Resource Specialist
• Duane Graber, KC RPDC, Accelerated Schools/PLC, School Resource Specialist
• Angela Cordier, KC RPDC, Accelerated Schools/PLC, School Resource Specialist
• Darrell Alnutt, KC RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Science
• Amber Smith, KC RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Math
• Sondra Wallace, KC RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Communication Arts
• Jenifer Albright-Borts, KC RPDC, MELL Instructional Specialist
• Julie Hentges, KC RPDC,MO Reading Initiative Trainer
• Ollie Bogdon, KC RPDC, NASA Science Consultant
• Jackie Spencer, KC RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Susan Kasper, KC RPDC, Special Education Facilitator
• Terry Bigby, KC RPDC, Special Education Facilitator
• Judy Johnson, Special Education Facilitator
• Meg Sneed, KC RPDC, Special Education Facilitator
• Brenda Vann KC RPDC, Special Education Facilitator-Compliance
• Ida Cessna, KC RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Kathy Lassiter, KC RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Patty Dailey, KC RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Gayle Voyles, KC RPDC, Center for Economic Education Director
• Glenn Berry, KC RPDC, MO Center for Safe Schools Director
• Russ Thompson, KC RPDC, MO Center for Safe Schools Associate Director
• Rusty Rosenkoetter, DESE, Director of Educator Certification
• Dennis Harden, DESE, Coordinator of Career Education
• Betty Breedlove, DESE, Federal Instructional Improvement Supervisor

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Northeast RPDC Success Team:

• Darl Davis, NE RPDC, Director
• Ron McSorley, DESE, Area Supervisor of Instruction
• Jennifer Webb, NE RPDC, Assistant Director
• Anthony Blades, NE RPDC, Blindness Skills Specialist
• Sheila Thurman, NE RPDC, Professional Learning Communities Specialist
• Julie Clapp, NE RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Dana Melton, NE RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Melissa Hensley, NE RPDC,Reading Instructional Specialist
• Terri Godfrey, NE RPDC, Literacy Director
• Joan Minner, NE RPDC, Special Education Consultant
• Deb Drury, NE RPDC, Special Education-RTAC
• Joetta Walter, NE RPDC, Special Education, Compliance
• Norma Neely, NE RPDC, MAP Facilitator-Science
• Pamela Carte, NE RPDC, MAP Facilitator-CA
• Myra Collins, NE RPDC, MAP Facilitator-Math
• Sally Carter, NE RPDC, NASA Education Specialist
• Theresa Armentrout, NE RPDC, MELL Instructional Specialist
• Manuela Camacho, NE RPDC, MELL ID & R Specialist
• Melia Franklin, NE RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Patrick Harrison, NE RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Lois Stueve, NE RPDC, Teacher Academy Facilitator
• Linda Hays, DESE, Supervisor, Federal Instructional Improvement
• Amy Youngblood, SuccessLink

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Northwest RPDC Success Team:

• Beccy Baldwin, NW RPDC, Director
• Larry Price, DESE, Area Supervisor of Instruction
• Patty Wilmes, NW RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Jill Baker, NW RPDC, Curriculum and Instruction Project Assistant
• Marilyn Wehrli, NW RPDC, Curriculum and Instruction
• Margaret Bangerter, NW RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Math
• Debi Korell, NW RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Science
• Sally Minnick, NW RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Communication Arts
• Jane Jackson, NW RPDC, Special Education Project Assistant
• Julia Schmitz, NW RPDC, Special Education RTAC
• Steve Johnson, NW RPDC, Professional Learning Communities Project Assistant
• Lori Colvin, KC RPDC, Accelerated Schools & Professional Learning Communities
• Patty VanCleave , NW RPDC, CharacterPlus Project Assistant
• Phil DeBarthe, NW RPDC, MELL Specialist
• Lysander Overstreet, NW RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Darbie Valenti, NW RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Marty Nolte, NW RPDC, Teacher-in-Residence
• Terry Heiman, DESE, Director of Agricultural Education
• Kate Numerick, DESE, Director, Special Education Effective Practices
• John Weber, DESE, Director of MSIP
• Phillip Denney, DESE, Federal Instructional Improvement Supervisor

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St. Louis RPDC Success Team:

• Dennis Dorsey, SL RPDC, Director
• Robert Taylor, DESE, Area Supervisor of Instruction
• Sandra Blanco, SL RPDC, Associate Director
• Wayne Walker, SL RPDC, Associate Director
• Carolyn Neal, SL RPDC, Professional Learning Communities Specialist
• Rose Coleman, SL RPDC, Accelerated Schools, School Resource Specialist
• Clarence Siebert, SL RPDC, Accelerated Schools, School Resource Specialist
• Liz Gibbons, SL RPDC, Character Plus Director
• Jeanne Foster, SL RPDC, Character Plus Project Coordinator
• Brian Brennaman, SL RPDC, Character Plus Project Coordinator
• Rick Kreitner, SL RPDC, Project Development Specialist
• Dick Hellwege, SL RPDC, Project Development Specialist
• Dennis Lubeck, SL RPDC, International Education Consortium Director
• Patricia Johnson, SL RPDC, MAP Facilitator- Math
• Carolyn Weinzirl, SL RPDC, MAP Facilitator- Communication Arts
• Eric Hadley, SL RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Science
• Sandra Anderson, SL RPDC, MELL Instructional Specialist
• Pendy Trujillo, SL RPDC, MELL ID & R Specialist
• Jessica Esquivel, SL RPDC, ELL Instructional Specialist
• Claire Maguire-Wick, SL RPDC, NASA Consultant
• Valerie McCarty, SL RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Susan Romine, SL RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Annie White, SL RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Maureen Rauscher, SL RPDC, Special Education Consultant
• Janice Putman, SL RPDC, Special Education Consultant-RTAC
• Christine Montgomery, SL RPDC, Special Education Consultant-Compliance
• Jill Miller, SL RPDC, Special Education Consultant-PBS
• Sherri Sampson, SL RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Laura Grayson, SL RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Susan Bergman, SL RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Ruth Litman-Block, SL RPDC, Virtual Learning Center Director
• Charles Brown, DESE, Assistant Commissioner for Urban Education & Teacher Quality
• Susan Whiting, DESE, Supervisor, Federal Instructional Improvement
• Randy Speer, DESE, Supervisor, Federal Programs

South Central RPDC Success Team:

• Doris Ridder, SC RPDC, Director
• Tom Nichols, DESE, Area Supervisor of Instruction
• Jay Reese, DESE, Area Supervisor of Instruction
• Butch O'Riley, SC RPDC, Assistant Director
• Michelle Smith, SC RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Jane Leimkuehler, SC RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Heather Herweck-Luckner, SC RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Cathy Scott, SC RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Math
• Gayle Lucian, SC RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Science
• Julian Kite, SC RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Communication Arts
• Sandy Majchrzak, SC RPDC, Special Education Consultant
• Winona Anderson, SC RPDC, Special Education Consultant
• Christine Combs, SC RPDC, PBS, PLC, School Improvement Consultant
• Rhea Anne Mathews, SC RPDC, Communication Arts Specialist
• Sydney Rice, SC RPDC, MELL Learner Consultant
• Betty Ennis, SC RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Susan King, SC RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Arlene Broeker, DESE, Supervisor, Business Education, PBL State Adviser

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Southeast RPDC Success Team:

• Cheri Fuemmeler, SE RPDC, Director
• Richard Trout, DESE, Area Supervisor of Instruction
• Rebecca Rider, SE RPDC, Assistant Director
• Peggy Hitt, SE RPDC, Coordinator, Accelerated Schools and Professional Learning Communities
• Cyndi Morgan, SE RPDC, Coordinator, Accelerated Schools and Professional Learning Communities
• Jennifer Coy, SE RPDC, Blindness Skills Specialist
• Tom Anderson, SE RPDC, Close the Gap Mentor
• Arvilla Early Reinwald, SE RPDC, Close the Gap Mentor
• Jesse DeLeon, SE RPDC, MELL Coordinator
• Tammy Brotherton, SE RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Communication Arts
• Julie Antill, SE RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Math
• Joyce Penland, SE RPDC, MAP Facilitator - Science
• Linda Null, SE RPDC, Math Consultant
• Martha Mangels, SE RPDC, Technology Consultant
• Carol Reimann, SE RPDC, Reading First Consultant
• Anita Nall, SE RPDC, Reading First Consultant
• Melanie Whitener, SE RPDC, Reading First Consultant
• Betty McIntyre, SE RPDC, Reading First Consultant
• Connie Hebert, SE RPDC, Special Education School Improvement Consultant
• Susan Hekmat , SE RPDC, Special Education Regional Technical Assistance Coach
• Brandi Schumacher, SE RPDC, Special Education Positive Behavior Support Specialist
• Kim Swedberg, SE RPDC, Special Education Compliance Consultant
• Denis Moore, SE RPDC, Special Education Compliance Consultant
• Pamela Lowe, SE RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Debbie Lintner, SE RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Tiffiney Smith, SE RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Ann Dubrouillet, SE RPDC, Missouri Reading Initiative Consultant
• Linda Dooling, DESE, Director, STARR Teacher Program & The Leadership Academy
• Leslie Kerns, DESE, Interim Director, Business, Marketing & Cooperative Education
• Jamie Holiman, DESE, Supervisor, Federal Instructional Improvement
• Paul Katnik, DESE, The Leadership Academy

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Southwest RPDC Success Team:

• Suzy Cutbirth, SW RPDC, Director
• Dennis Cooper, DESE, Area Supervisor of Instruction
• Marsha Lay, SW RPDC, Assistant Director
• Jana Loge, SW RPDC, Professional Learning Communities, School Resource Coordinator
• Jay Roth, SW RPDC, Professional Learning Communities, School Resource Specialist
• Sheila Damer, SW RPDC, Reading Specialist
• Jan Loving, SW RPDC, Reading First Specialist
• Barbara St. Clair, SW RPDC, MAP Facilitator
• Danielle Sellenrick, SW RPDC, MAP Facilitator
• Trish Goddard, SW RPDC, MAP Facilitator
• Beth Whitehead, SW RPDC, NASA Consultant
• Jim Matthews, SW RPDC, Special Education RTAC
• Kris Luginbill, SW RPDC, Special Education Consultant
• Bruce Renner, SW RPDC, Special Education Consultant-Compliance
• Amelia Yates, SW RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Erica Doenning, SW RPDC, STARR Teacher
• Jennifer Shackles, SW RPDC, MELL Instructional Specialist
• Mark Lawson, SW RPDC, Program Coordinator
• Kate Numerick, DESE, Supervisor of Special Education Effective Practices
• Carol Ashton, DESE, Supervisor, Federal Instructional Improvement
• Curtis Lloyd DESE, South Central Supervisor, Federal Instructional Improvement
• Jim Bellis, DESE, Supervisor, Agricultural Education

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Close the Gap Consortium

Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education          

Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers

For additional information contact: Howard Jones, Project SUCCESS Coordinator.

Project SUCCESS is sponsored by The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education