Board Members

Executive Board
President	Victor Torres Asst. Principal/6-12 SPED Coordinator; Aurora High School; Aurora City Schools
President Elect	Taylor Gibbons Intervention Specialist; Olmsted Falls City Schools
Immediate Past President Professional Development/Conference Committee	Dr. Danene Fast Assistant Professor - Clinical; The Ohio State University
Secretary Communications Committee/Professional Development Committee	Heather O'Connor Student Services Director; New Philadelphia City Schools
Treasurer Professional Development Committee	Dr. Michelle Nobel Assistant Professor of Education; Program Director for Elementary, Inclusive Elementary, & Special Education; Ohio Wesleyan University
Nominations and Awards Committee Chair	Courtney Cruz Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education (P-5 Elementary Intervention Specialist and Special Education) at Youngstown State University Doctoral Candidate at Kent State University
Mentoring & Membership Committee, Professional Development/Conference Committee	Dr. Jennifer Webb Associate Professor and Director of Teacher Education Programs
Mentoring and Membership Committee Chair	Erin Loomis Behavior Specialist; McGuire Memorial
Membership Committee	TBA
Awards/Scholarship Committee	Leslie Grabert Retired Educator
New Teacher Institute/ Membership Committee	Stephanie Kovalcik Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Hamilton County ESC
Professional Development/Conference Committee	Dr. Lynn Roper Assistant Professor of Special Education; Program Coordinator Special Education; Cedarville University
Professional Development/Conference Committee	Jamie Lenzo
Professional Development Committee Chair	Maria Schoeppner Special Education Director; St. William Elementary School
Awards/Scholarships Committee	Heinrich Karl Leutz Intervention Specialist; Apex Academy East Cleveland OH
Membership Committee	Dr. Leann DiAndreth-Elkins Executive Director of Disability Resources Services and Associate Professor of Education; Muskingum University
Communications Committee Chair	Kaitlin Catalani Intervention Specialist; Leighton Elementary School; Aurora City Schools
Communications Committee	Dr. Kathy Lawton Director of Early Childhood Education; Franklin County Board Of Developmental Disabilities
Communications Committee/Professional Development Committee/Social Media/CAN Coordinator	Laura Sebastian Research Associate; University of Cincinnati
Constitutional Review Committee (Bylaws)	Jessica Perdue Intervention Specialist; Clinton-Massie Local Schools
	Christine Kolas Retired Educator & Leader; Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Finance Committee	Rosemary Rotuno-Johnson Intervention Specialist, Fairfield, Cincinnati Public Schools, M A, M Ed, and PhD, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Last Updated: 20 October, 2025