BrightWorks Administration
- John Schultz
Executive Director
612/638-1525 - Ingrid Aasan
Director of Special Education, Regional Low Incidence Facilitator
612/638-1517 - Kristen Mikelson
Bookkeeper/Accountant
612/638-1507 - Angela Skrade
Executive Assistant/Office Manager/BrightWorks Executive Board Support
612/638-1528 - Tom Wieczorek
Business Manager
612/638-1504 - Colleen Feller
Director of Human Resources
612/638-1511
Health and Safety
- John Schultz
BrightWorks Executive Director
612/638-1525
SparkPath Student Programs
- Colleen Feller
Director of SparkPath
612/638-1511 -
Madi Ericksen
Lead Coordinator
612/638-1514 - Betsy Narr
Program Coordinator
612/638-1550 - Sydney Navoichick
Program Associate
612/638-1521 - Katie Wenzel
Lead Coordinator
612/638-1554
E-12 Professional Development
- Chris Streiff Oji
Regional COMPASS Director
612/638-1542 - Jeff Aamot
Advocate Lead
612/638-1513 - Ali Alowonle
Advocate
612/638-1516 - Jen Andrews van Horne
Advocate
612/638-1519
- Kim Baartman
Regional Math Lead
612/638-1520
- Jessica Baker
Advocate
612/638-1524 - David Bernard
MnMTSS Regional Lead
612/638-1529 - Raymond Blackledge
Advocate
612/638-1532 - Gina Boots
Teacher & Apprenticeship Liaison
612/638-1503 - Cristin Craig
Regional Climate and Culture Lead
612/638-1533 - Scott Fitzsimonds
Advocate/Data Analyst
612/638-1535 - Derek Francis
Culturally Responsive Instructional Leadership Regional Lead
612/638-1536 - Nasreen Fynewever
Statewide Family Engagement and Community Engagement Lead
612/638-1539 - Susan Harmon
Regional Literacy Network Coach
612/638-1541 - Mattana Intakong
Regional Advocate
612/491-7573 - Beth Lilja
Regional Literacy Network Coach
612/638-1544 - Lydia Lindsoe
Equitable Access Specialist
612/638-1545 - Julie Luseni
Statewide Lead Advocate
612/638-1546 - Sarah Moffett
Regional Math Coach
612/638-1547 - Kerry Muse
Advocate
612/638-1553 - Ogbiji Okom
Regional Literacy Network Coach
612/638-1556 - Jody Pollnow
Advocate
612/491-7535 - Dawn Resch
Regional Literacy Lead
612/491-7542 - Abby Rombalski
Advocate
612/491-7543 - Jamie Schnack
Advocate
612/491-7556 - Molly Schned
Regional Literacy Network Coach
612/491-7557 - Travis Smith
Advocate
612/491-7564 - Kelly Sokolowski
Regional Literacy Network Coach
612/491-7565 - Brittany Stepan
Program Coordinator
612/638-1526 - Jane Stevenson
Advocate
612/491-7567 - Amber Winter
Regional Advocate
612/491-7572 - Xue Xiong
Regional Advocate
612/638-1552 - Boonmee Yang
Regional Advocate
612/638-1557 - Eli Zimmerman
Equitable Access
Specialist
612/600-6024
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 - Kelly Callaway
Accessibility Implementation Specialist
612/638-1555 - 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
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 - 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
Onsite Tech Support
- Tony Her
Corporate Technologies Tech Support
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