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Board Members

President

Taylor Gibbons

Intervention Specialist

Olmsted Falls City Schools

 
Gibbons
President-Elect

Laura Sebastian

Education Research Associate & Instructor

University of Cincinnati

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Sebastian
Past-President

Victor M Torres

Assistant Principal/6-12 SPED Coordinator

Aurora City Schools

 
Victor Torres
Treasurer

Michele Nobel

Associate Professor & Department Chair

Ohio Wesleyan University

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Dr. Michelle Nobel
Secretary

Mary Rosser

Assistant Professor

Capital University

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Mary Rosser
Communications Committee Chair

Kaitlin Catalani

5th Grade Intervention Specialist

Aurora City Schools- Leighton Elementary

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Catalani
Awards/Nominations Committee Chair

Courtney Cruz

Senior Lecturer

Youngstown State University

 
Cruz
Membership Committee Chair

Erin Loomis

Licensed Behavior Specialist

McGuire Memorial

 
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Government Relations Committee Chair

Jessica Perdue

Intervention Specialist

Batavia Local Schools

 
Perdue
Voting Member at Large

Rosemary Rotuno-Johnson

IS with Fairfield City Schools

Sacred Heart of Jesus School

 
Rotuno-Johnson
Voting Member at Large

Kristin Vogel-Campbell

Special Education Supervisor

North Point Educational Service Center

 
Vogel-Campbell
Past President Committee Chair

Jennifer Webb

Chair of Education Programs

Malone University

 
Webb
ODEBH RepresentativeJaye Boyte  
DADD Representative

Christi Carnahan

Professor, Director of the IDD Education Center

University of Cincinnati

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Christi Carnahan
DEC Representative

Troy Hunter

President & CEO

ElevateDD

 
Hunter
Member at Large

Laura Geilhard

Curriculum Director

Potential Development

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Geilhard
Member at Large

Stephanie Kovalcik

Teacher of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Hamilton County ESC

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Gibbons
Member at Large

Nicole Lambright

Assistant Professor of Education

University of Mount Union

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Lambright
Member at Large

H. Karl Leutz

Intervention Specialist

Apex Academy East

 
Heinrich Karl Leutz
Volunteer Ad Hoc Committee Chair

Jillian Lindrose

Intervention Specialist

  
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Heather O'Connor

Student Services Director

New Philadelphia City Schools

 
O'Connor
Student Chapter Ad Hoc Committee Chair

Riley Seielstad

K-1 Intervention Specialist

Licking Heights Local School District

 
Seielstad
Member at Large

Maria Schoeppner

Special Education Director

 
Maria Schoeppner

 

Last Updated:  8 September, 2026

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