BrightWorks Program Directory

BrightWorks Administration

• John Schultz
  Executive Director
  612/638-1525
• Ingrid Aasan
  Director of Special Education, Regional Low Incidence Facilitator
  612/638-1517
• Kelly Callaway
  Technology Operations Specialist
  612/638-1555
• Colleen Feller
  Director of SparkPath
  612/638-1511
• Kristen Mikelson
  Bookkeeper/Accountant
  612/638-1507
• Angela Skrade
  Executive Assistant/Office Manager/BrightWorks Executive Board Support
  612/638-1528
• Bianca Virnig
  Director of Health & Safety
  612/638-1512
• Tom Wieczorek
  Business Manager
  612/638-1504

Health and Safety

• Bianca Virnig
  Director of Health & Safety
  612/638-1512
• Linnea Devine
  Covid Workforce Grant, Health Support
• Mary Heiman
  Covid Workforce Grant, Health Services Coordinator
  
• Becky Hudlow
  Covid Workforce Grant, Health Support
• Char Myklebust
  Covid Workforce Grant, Health Support
• Brittany Stepan
  Health & Safety, Program Coordinator
  612/638-1526
• Allie Taylor
  Covid Workforce Grant, Health Support
• Dawn Willson
  Covid Workforce Grant, Health Support
• Blia Xiong
  Health Work Force Grant Intermediate Administrative Support
  612/638-1529

SparkPath Student Programs

• Colleen Feller
  Director
  612/638-1511
• Madi Ericksen
  Program Coordinator
  612/638-1514
• Kevin Monagan
  Program Associate
  612/638-1521
• Katie Wenzel
  Program Coordinator
  612/638-1554

E-12 Professional Development

• Chris Streiff Oji
  Professional Development Strategist
  612/638-1542
• Brittany Stepan
  Program Coordinator
  612/638-1526

Special Education

• Ingrid Aasan
  Director of Special Education, Regional Low Incidence Facilitator
  612/638-1517
• Jennifer Blank
  Region 11 ECSE Professional Development Program Manager,
  Centers of Excellence for Young Children with Disabilities (MNCoE)
  651/208-5497
• Kelly Bredeken
  Statewide Physically Impaired (PI) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Specialist,
  Minnesota Low Incidence Projects
  612/638-1506
• Rich Burke
  Statewide Specialist for Developmental Adapted Physical Education (DAPE) Specialist,
  Minnesota Low Incidence Projects
  651/621-6182
• Tami Childs
  Statewide Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Other Health Disabilities (OHD) Specialist,
  Minnesota Low Incidence Projects
  612/638-1537
• Chastity Engelstad
  Region 11 Professional Development Facilitator
  612/479-7022
• Jen Guettler
  Coordinator, Evidence Based Practices (EBP) for Autism Spectrum Disorders,
  Minnesota Low Incidence Projects
  612/638-1543
• Gail Jankowski
  Special Education Program Coordinator
  Judy Wolff Library Coordinator
  612/638-1522
• Shuyin Maciel
  Information Architect
  Online Accessibility Content
  Online Registration (MyQuickReg) Support
  612/638-1510
• Ann Mayes
  Statewide DeafBlind (DB) Specialist and Minnesota Mentor Project (MMP) Specialist,
  Minnesota Low Incidence Projects
  Professional Development Specialist (Educational ASL Interpreters and Cued Language Transliterators), Region 11 Low Incidence Project
  Education Specialist, Minnesota DeafBlind Project
  612/638-1527 (videophone)
• Kathy McKay
  Region 11 Help Me Grow Child Find/Public Awareness Coordinator
• Sara Meyer
  Regional ECSE Facilitator
  612/638-1530
• Jess Moen
  Statewide Early Hearing Detection/Intervention Specialist (EHDI),
  Minnesota Low Incidence Projects
  Coordinator, Region 11 ECSE Centers of Excellence for Young Children with
  Disabilities (MNCoE)
  612/638-1508
• Kevin Monagan
  Program Associate, Region 11 ECSE Centers of Excellence for Young Children with Disabilities (MNCoE) & Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
  612/638-1521
• Anna Paulson
  Region 11 Help Me Grow/IEIC Coordinator
  612/209-4450
• Kayna Plaisted
  Professional Development Facilitator, Region 11 Low Incidence Projects
  612/638-1538
• Deanna Rothbauer
  Project Co-Director, MN DeafBlind Project
  Grant Program Manager, BrightWorks
  612/638-1531
• Sarah Ryan-Wood
  Region 11 Help Me Grow Program Coordinator
  612/638-1501
• Karen Satre
  Region 11 ECSE Professional Development Facilitator,
  Centers of Excellence for Young Children with Disabilities (MNCoE)
• Brandy Sebera
  Family Engagement Coordinator, Minnesota DeafBlind Project
• Lauren Sparr
  Metro Regional Implementation Project Coordinator
  Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
  612/638-1534