Kelvin Adams
Superintendent
St. Louis Public Schools
New Orleans, LA

New to Plain Talk
María Elena Argüelles
Consultant
Miami, FL

Gary Asmus
Literacy Projects Director, Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

Ava Belisle-Chatterjee
Chair,
Education Dept. Project Director,
Chicago Bilingual Math Lab
Columbia College
Chicago, IL

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Virginia Berninger
Professor of Educational Psychology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Robert Brooks
Faculty
Harvard Medical School
Needham, MA

Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan
Director
Valley Speech Language and
Learning Institute
Brownsville, TX

Suzanne Carreker
Director of Program Development
Neuhaus Education Center
Houston, TX

David Clemons
Literacy Support
Specialist
Washington Literacy Council
Washington, DC

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Karen S. Collins
Principal
Recovery School District
New Orleans, LA

Mary Dahlgren
Literacy Consultant
& National LETRS Trainer
Mary E. Dahlgren Consulting
Oklahoma City, OK

Carolyn Denton
Associate Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics, Children's Learning Institute
University of Texas Health and Science Center
Houston, TX

Judi Dodson
National LETRS Trainer and Literacy
Consultant
Sopris West Educational Services
Evergreen, CO

Adrienne Dowden
Educational
Consultant
ASD Educational Consulting Group
Slidell, LA

Susan Ebbers
Curriculum Author, Educational
Consultant
UC Berkeley/ Sopris West
Pleasanton, CA

Linda Farrell
President
Really Great Reading
Company
Alexandria, VA

Jack Fletcher
Distinguished University Professor
of Psychology
University of
Houston
Houston, TX

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Michael Fullan
Dean Emeritus
Ontario Institute
for Studies in
Education
Ontario, Canada

Vicki Gibson
President
Longmire Learning Center, Inc.
College Station, TX

Susan Hall
President & CEO
95 Percent Group
Long Grove, IL

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Ned Hallowell
The Hallowell
Center for Cognitive and Emotional
Health
Arlington, MA

Jan Hasbrouck
Educational Consultant, Researcher
JH Consulting
Seattle, WA

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John F. Hilliard
Education Specialist and DualU Project Coordinator
Illinois Resource
Center
Arlington Heights, IL

Michael Hunter
Partner
Really Great Reading
Company
Alexandria, VA

Gertrude Ivory
Associate Superintendent
for Curriculum
and Instruction
Charlottesville City Schools
Charlottesville, VA

Sandra Johnson
Washington, DC

Kerry Laster
Executive Director
of Literacy
and Numeracy
Louisiana
Department of Education
Baton Rouge, LA

Reid Lyon
Distinguished Professor of Education Policy and Leadership
Southern Methodist University

Distinguished Scientist
School of Brain and Behavior Sciences
Center for Brain Health,
University of Texas-Dallas

President
Synergistic Education Solutions
Dallas, TX

Patricia Mathes
Director
Institute for Reading Research Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

Louisa Moats
Consulting
Advisor
Sopris West
Educational
Services
Longmont, CO

Lucy Hart Paulson
Western Montana RiteCare Language & Literacy Clinic, University of
Montana
Missoula, MI

Craig Ramey
Director
Center for Health and Education, Georgetown University
Washington, DC

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Sharon L Ramey
Director
Center for Health
and Education, Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Karen Romito
CEO
Romito Consulting
El Dorado Hills, CA

Tim Shanahan
Professor of Urban Education
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Jill Slack
Director of Literacy and Numeracy
Louisiana Department of Education
Baton Rouge, LA

New to Plain Talk
Catherine Snow
Henry Lee
Shattuck
Professor of
Education
Harvard Graduate
School of Education
Cambridge, MA

Billy Stokes
Endowed Fellow
and Executive
Director,
Cecil J. Picard
Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

Alice Thomas
Founder,
President & CEO
Center for Development and Learning
Metairie, LA

Glenda Thorne
Psychologist,
Vice President of Student Services
Center for Development and Learning
Metairie, LA

Joseph Torgesen
Emeritus
Professor of
Psychology and
Education and
Director Emeritus
Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

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Cheryl Urow
Education Specialist
Illinois Resource Center
Arlington Heights, IL

Anne Whitney Coordinator
Speech-Language Services
University of Colorado- Speech, Language, Hearing Center
Boulder, CO