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Alabama
Fannie Adams
Special Education Section
Alabama Department of Education
50 North Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
334.242.8114
fadams@alsde.edu


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Alaska
Tracy Pifer
Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
5530 E. Northern Lights
Anchorage, AK 99504
907.742.4265
pifer_tracy@asdk12.org


Arizona
Lisa Andrew
Arizona Department of Education
1535 W. Jefferson St.
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602.542.4466
Lisa.Andrew@azed.gov


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Arkansas
Beth Bourgeois
Arkansas Department of Education, SEU
1401 W. Capitol, Victory Building
Suite 450
Little Rock, AR 72201
501.682.4222
501.682.4248 (Fax)
Sandra.Bourgeois@arkansas.gov


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Georgia
Frank Nesbit, Ed.D., Ed: K-12
Division for Special Education Services
Georgia Department of Education
1870 Twin Towers East
Atlanta, GA 30334
404.657.9976
fnesbit@doe.k12.ga.us


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Iowa
Marsha Gunderson, Consultant
Audiologist, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education
Iowa Department of Education
3501 Harry Langdon Blvd.
Council Bluff, IA 51503
712.366.3284
mgunderson@iowaschoolforthedeaf.org


Kansas
Kerry Haag, Assistant Director
Special Education Services
Kansas Department of Education
120 SE 10th Ave.
Topeka, KS 66612
785.296.4952
khaag@ksde.org



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Kim Symansky
Special Education Services
Kansas Department of Education
120 SE 10th Ave.
Topeka, KS 66612
785.296.4942
ksymansky@ksde.org


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Montana
Frank Podobnik
Montana Office of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620
406.444.4428
FPodobnik@mt.gov


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Nebraska
Rhonda Fleischer
ESU 9
P.O. Box 2047
1117 E. South Street
Hastings, NE 68901
402.463.5611
rfleisch@esu9.org



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New Mexico
Sandra Schwarz, Low Incidence Education Administrator
New Mexico Public Education Department
120 South Federal Place Room 206
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505.827.1460
Sandra.Schwarz@state.nm.us


Oklahoma
Misty Kimbrough, Assistant State Superintendent
Special Education Services
Oklahoma State Department of Education
2500 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
405.521.4873
misty_kimbrough@sde.state.ok.us


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Mark Everhart
405.521.4863
mark_everhart@sde.state.ok.us



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Oregon
Sam Ko, Education Specialist
Oregon Department of Education
255 Capitol St. NE
Salem, OR 97310-1300
503.947.5745
503.378.5156 (Fax)
Sam.Ko@state.or.us


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TAESE
John Copenhaver
1780 North Research Parkway
Suite 112
North Logan, UT 84341
435.752.0238 x16
435.753-9750 (Fax)
john.copenhaver@usu.edu


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TASK12
Bern Jones, Ed.D., CSC, Project Director
Training and Assessment Systems for K-12 Educational Interpreters
1780 North Research Parkway
Suite 112
North Logan, UT 84341
435.752.0238 x13
435.753-9750 (Fax)
bern.jones@usu.edu


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Utah
Christine Timothy, Education Specialist
Special Education Section
Utate State Office of Education
P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
801.538.7576
christine.timothy@schools.utah.gov


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Wyoming
Janine Cole, Supervisor
Wyoming Department of Education, Special Programs Deaf and Hard of Hearing
2300 Capitol Avenue
Hathaway Building, 2d floor
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Jcole1@educ.state.wy.us