State Directors of Special Education
ALABAMA
Mabrey Whetstone
ALASKA
P.J. Ford Slack
ARIZONA
Joyce Bonello
ARKANSAS
Diane Sydoriak
CALIFORNIA
Alice Parker
COLORADO
Lorrie Harkness
CONNECTICUT
George Dowaliby
DELAWARE
Martha Brooks
FLORIDA
Shan Goff
GEORGIA
Paulette Bragg
HAWAII
Thelma Yamamoto
IDAHO
Nolene Weaver
ILLINOIS
Gordon Riffel
INDIANA
Robert Marra
IOWA
Jeananne Hagen
KANSAS
Alexa Pochowski
KENTUCKY
Mike Armstrong
LOUISIANA
Virginia Beridon
MAINE
David Stockford
MARYLAND
Carol Ann Baglin
MASSACHUSETTS
Marcia Mittnacht
MICHIGAN
Jacquelyn Thompson
MINNESOTA
Norena Hale
MISSISSIPPI
Carolyn Black
MISSOURI
Melodie Friedebach
MONTANA
Robert Runkel
NEBRASKA
Gary Sherman
NEVADA
Gloria Dopf
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Debra Grabill
NEW JERSEY
Barbara Gantwerk
NEW MEXICO
Robert Pasternack
NEW YORK
Lawrence Gloeckler
NORTH CAROLINA
Lowell Harris
NORTH DAKOTA
Brenda Oas
OHIO
John Herner
OKLAHOMA
Darla Griffin
OREGON
Steve Johnson
PENNSYLVANIA
William Penn
RHODE ISLAND
Robert Pryhoda
SOUTH CAROLINA
Ora Spann
SOUTH DAKOTA
Deborah Barnett
TENNESSEE
Joseph Fisher
TEXAS
Eugene Lenz
UTAH
Mae Taylor-Sweeten
VERMONT
Dennis Kane
VIRGINIA
Doug Cox
WASHINGTON
Douglas Gill
WEST VIRGINIA
Dee Bodkins
WISCONSIN
Juanita Pawlisch
WYOMING
Rebecca Walk
AMERICAN SAMOA
Jane French
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Angelita Felix
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Carrie Rothenbacher
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Frieda Lacey
GUAM
Vince Leon Guerrero
MARIANA ISLANDS
Frank Perez
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Kanchi Hosia
MICRONESIA
Makir Keller
PALAU
Jemmy Blelai
PUERTO RICO
Maria Teresa Morales
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Belinda West-ONeal
These were the state directors of special education in May 1999 when the survey was conducted.
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