Executive Core Members
The work of OLAC is guided by the following Executive Core Members:
Suzanne Amos - Account Manager, Collective Wonder Communications
Betsy Apolitto - Director, SST10
David Axner, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Buckeye Association of School Administrators
Rebecca Baum - Director of Professional Issues, Ohio Federation of Teachers
Eric Beavers - Project Coordinator, OLAC
Eugene Blalock, - Superintendent, North College Hill City Schools
Craig Burford - Executive Director, Ohio Educational Service Center Association (OESCA)
Debbie Campbell - Consultant, K12 Business Consulting
Rachel Chilton - Executive Director, Ohio School Psychologists Association
Demetrice Davis - Educational Reform Consultant, Ohio Education Association
Kathy Demers - Director of Professional Development, Buckeye Association of School Administrators
Tim Freeman, Ed.D. - Executive Director, Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators (OASSA)
Jim Gay, Ph.D. - Project Consultant, OLAC
Colleen Grady - Chief, Options and Improvement, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Barb Hansen, Ph.D. - Professor, Chair of Ed Teaching & Learning, Muskingum University
Kathleen Herrmann, Ph.D. - Assistant Director, Office of Educator Effectiveness, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Chad Hilliker, Superintendent, Hamilton County Educational Service Center
Rebecca Hornberger, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA) / SAIL for Education
Paul Johnson, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Ed. Admin. and Leadership Studies, Bowling Green State University
Mark Jones - Member Services Director, Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA)
Kimberly Jude - Chief, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Paul Kish - Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Clearview Local Schools
Cathy LaForme - Consultant, ESC of Cuyahoga County
Elizabeth Lolli, Ph.D. - Director, OLAC
Lori Lofton - Deputy Superintendent, ESC of Central Ohio
John Maynard - Principal, Cesar Chavez College Preparatory School
Carly McVey - Program Director, Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI)
Mark Neal - Project Consultant, OLAC
Kristi Robbins - Director of Board and Management Services, Ohio School Boards Association
Michael Tefs - Program Director, Superintendent Licensure, Ashland University
Deb Telfer, Ph.D. - Director, Systems Development, University of Cincinnati
Trevor Thomas - Superintendent, Heath City Schools
Mike Trego - Project Consultant, OLAC
Jo Hannah Ward - Director, Office of Exceptional Children, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Libby Wallick - School Board Member, Olentangy Schools
