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Local District Autism Leaders/Mentors/Coaches

Below is the list of district personnel who have been selected to play a leadership role in their district related to students across the autism spectrum. Their role in each district will differ. For additional information, contact these individuals directly.

As of 6/01/2009
District
Autism Leader
Telephone
Email
Adams - Wells Special Services Cooperative Ashlee Keuneke (260)
824-5880
 ashlee@awssc.org
Alexandria Community Schools Andrea Stafford (765)
724-4413
 astafford@alex.k12.in.us
Anderson Community Special Education Cooperative Donna Key (765)
641-2000
 dkey@acsc.net
Susan Watkins swatkins@acsc.net
Chris Hellman (765)
552-7381		 chellman@elwood.k12.in.us
Avon and Danville Schools Gwynn Wills (317)
272-3113
 gewills@avon-schools.org
Bartholomew Special Services Nancy Conner
 (812)
373-2190
 connern@bcsc.k12.in.us
Blue River Special Education Cooperative Sonia Fullerton (317)
398-4468
 sfullerton@brsec.org
Boone-Clinton-Northwest Hendricks Joint Services Mika Adams (765)
483-3090
 adamsm@leb.k12.in.us
Marisa Cummings
(Frankfort)
 (765)
249-2244

cummingsm@frankfort.k12.in.us
Vicki Boyer
(Lebanon)
 (765)
482-3400
 boyerv@leb.k12.in.u
Kristin Blessing (Western Boone/NW Hendricks) (765)
485-6311
 kristin.blessing@webo.k12.in.us
Bremen Public Schools Angela Balsley (574) 546-3554 abalsley@bps.k12.in.us
Brownsburg Community School Corporation Sarah Reaves (317)
852-1020
 sreaves@brownsburg.k12.in.us
Centerville-Fayette-Rush Special Services for Exceptional Learners Mike Moore (Centerville) (765)
855-5132
 memoore@centerville.k12.in.us
Annette Foulke (Fayette County) (765)
825-3941
 anfoulke@fayette.k12.in.us
Tiffany Neal
(Rush County)
 (765)
932-2961
 nealt@rushville.k12.in.us
Clark County Special Education Cooperative Kristi Jordan
 (812)
288-4802
 kjordan@gcs.k12.in.us
Clay Community Schools Susan Price (812)
448-8036
 prices@clay.k12.in.us
Cooperative School Services Tom Hermiz (219)
866-8540
 thermiz@cooperativeschoolservices.org
Covered Bridge Special Education District Cheryl Cash (812)
462-4364
 clc3@vigoschools.org
Danville Community Schools Corporation Glenda Pate (317)
745-7487
 gpate@danville.k12.in.us
Daviess-Martin Special Education Cooperative Sharon Frye (812)
254-1530
 sfrye@dmrtc.net
Delaware-Blackford Special Education Cooperative Carol Cukrowicz
Sara Mitchell
 (765)
747-5370
 ccukrowicz@muncie.k12.in.us

smitchell@muncie.k12.in.us
Dubois-Spencer-Perry Exceptional Children's Cooperative Julie Henke (Jasper & NE DuBois County) (812)
482-6661
 jhenke@dspcoop.org
Shelly Kunkel (Perry & SE DuBois Counties) kunkels@dspcoop.org
Amber Wetzel (Spencer County) awetzel@dspcoop.org
Alisa Schank
(Spencer, SW DuBois County)
 aschank@dspcoop.org
Patti Stasel (Tell City & Cannelton) pstasel@dspcoop.org
East Allen County Schools Kim Stairs (260)
446-0100

kstairs@eacs.k12.in.us
Jo Rupp jrupp@eacs.k12.in.us
East Central Indiana Special Services Mort Maurer (765)
478-9838
 mmaurer@uc.k12.in.us
Charlotte Hale
(Union County Schools)
 chale@uc.k12.in.us
Natalie McMillin
(Franklin County Schools)
 nmcmillin@fccsc.k12.in.us
Carrie Mastriano (Northeastern Schools) cmastriano@nws.k12.in.us
Karen Newton
(Western Wayne Schools)
 knewton@wwayne.k12.in.us
East Noble School Corporation Beth Lash (260)
347-2502
 blash@eastnoble.net
Elkhart Community Schools Roma Osterloo (574)
294-4955
 rosterloo@elkhart.k12.in.us
Elkhart County Special Education Cooperative Lee Ann Merkert (574)
533-3151
 lmerkert@goshenschools.org
Evansville-Vanderburg-Posey Cooperative Pam Hopper (812)
435-8456
 pamela.hopper@evsc.k12.in.us
Forest Hills Special Education Cooperative Sherry Reiche (812)
876-6325
 srei4052@rbbscsc.k12.in.us
Fort Wayne Community Schools Renee Buskirk (260)
467-1129
 renee.buskirk@fwcs.k12.in.us
Gary Community School Corporation Diana Younger (219)
881-5493
 dyounger@garycsc.k12.in.us
Gibson-Pike- Warrick Special Education Cooperative Sherry Taber (812)
749-3925
 staber@gpw.k12.in.us
Grant County Special Education Cooperative Chris Bohn
(Mississinewa Community Schools)		 (765)
677-4408
 Chris_born@olemiss.k12.in.us
Lisa Graham (Marion Community Schools) lgraham@marion.k12.in.us
Greater Lafayette Area Special Services Olivia Schueler (765)
771-6010
 oschueler@lsc.k12.in.us
Greater Randolph Interlocal Cooperative Liz Dennison (765)
584-7602
 eagaither2000@yahoo.com
Greene-Sullivan Special Education Cooperative Ginny Phegley
 (812)
268-0743
 gphegley@swest.k12.in.us
Hamilton-Boone-Madison Special Education Kristie Lofland
 (317)
571-4027
 klofland@ccs.k12.in.us
Erin Diefendorf

ediefendorf@ccs.k12.in.us
Jennifer Pickering
(Hamilton Heights)
 (317)
984-1530
 jenpickering@mail.hhsc.k12.in.us
Dr. Barb Walters
(Hamilton Southeastern Schools)
 (317)
915-4290
 bwalters@hse.k12.in.us
Chase Stinson (Westfield Washington Schools) (317)
867-8006
 stinsonc@wws.k12.in.us
Hancock-South Madison Joint Services Elizabeth Farmer (317)
462-9219
 lfarmer@hsmjs.org
Harrison County Special Education Cooperative Angela Miller
 (812)
738-4183
 millera@shcsc.k12.in.us
Huntington - Whitley Special Services Sue Corbin (Whitley County) (260)
356-1730		 smcorbin@hccs.k12.in.us
Fran Johnson (Huntington County) fjohnson@hccsc.k12.in.us
Indiana Developmental Training Center (Indianapolis) Amanda Bruce (317) 815-0505 abruce@idtc-in.com
Indiana School for the Blind Barb Wingert (317)
253-1481
 bwingert@isb.state.in.us
Indiana School for the Deaf Carolyn Pimentel (317)
920-6230
 cpimentel@isd.k12.in.us
Indianapolis Public School Kathy Berg (317)
226-4702
 bergk@ips.k12.in.us
Jay School Corporation Denise Janak (260) 726-9371 djanak@jayschools.k12.in.us
Jennings County Schools Mona Huckleberry (812)
346-3043
 mhuckelberry@jcsc.org
Joint Educational Services in Special Education (JESSE) Wendy Kelley (574)
936-2627
 wkelley@jesse.k12.in.us
Knox County Special Education Cooperative Sheryl Schafer-Jones
 (812)
885-1412
 joness@vscs.k12.in.us
Kokomo Area Special Education Cooperative Wendi Campbell
 (765)
454-7120
 wcampbell@kokomo.k12.in.us
Logansport Area Joint Special Service Cinda Milan
 (574)
753-3515
 milanc@lcsc.k12.in.us
Madison Area Education Special Services Unit Angela Vaughn (812)
265-3448		 avaughn@maessu.org
Michigan City Area Schools Paula Earley (219)
873-2000
 pearley@mcas.k12.in.us
Mishawaka-Penn-Harris-Madison Joint Services Eilleen Kalman (574)
254-4566
 kalmane@mishawaka.k12.in.us
Monroe County Community School Corporation Michelle Wells (812)
349-4756
 mwells@mccsc.edu
Monroe-Gregg School District Kierstin Smith (317)
996-2246
 smithki@m-gsd.org
Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation Susie Hurt (317)
831-0950
 shurt@mcsc.k12.in.us
Barb Lasher (317)
831-9210
 blasher@mcsc.k12.in.us
MSD of Lawrence Township Barb Fogarty (317)
964-6888
 barabarafogarty@msdlt.k12.in.us
MSD of Martinsville Vicky Brunner (South Elementary School) (765)
349-1486
 brunnerv@msdmail.net
MSD of Pike Township Kathy Oehler (317)
387-2515
 kaoehler@pike.k12.in.us
MSD of Warren Township Allison Woods (317)
869-4417
 awoods@warren.k12.in.us
MSD of Washington Township Edi Powell (317)
259-5458
 epowell@msdwt.k12.in.us
MSD of Wayne Township Jill Schafhauser (317)
227-8631
 jill.schafhauser@wayne.k12.in.us
New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation Erin Kaiser (812)
542-2168
 ekaiser@nafc.k12.in.us
New Castle Area Programs for Exceptional Children Karen Pavy
Linda Shore		 (765)
521-7223
 kpavy@nccsc.k12.in.us

lshore@nccsc.k12.in.us
Northeast Indiana Special Education Cooperative Anena Rolofson
(Noble County)
 (800)
589-5236
 arolofson@neisec.com
Brett Darrough
(Dekalb County)
 (260)
349-8591		 bdarrough@neisec.com
Theresa Clark
(Kendallville)
 (260)
347-5236		 tclark@neisec.com
Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative Karen Brenner (219)
769-4085
 kbrenner@nisec.org
Old National Trail Special Services Melanie Duncan (765)
653-2781
 mduncan@oldnationaltrail.com
Lucy Wieland lwieland@oldnationaltrail.com
Paige Tesmer (Greencastle) ptesmer@oldnationaltrail.com
Joyce Jensen
(South Putnam)
 (765)
653-0903
 jensenjo@sputnam.k12.in.us
Orange-Lawrence- Jackson-Martin-Green Joint Services Lori Sims (812)
279-6651
 simsl@nlcs.k12.in.us
Plainfield Community School Corporation Casey Sadler (317)
837-7254
 csadler@plainfield.k12.in.us
Porter County Education Services Sandy Bodnar (219)
464-9607
 Sandy_Bodnar@mail.poconet.k12.in.us
Posey County Special Services Valerie Hamilton (812)
838-5516
 hamiltonvd@msdmv.k12.in.us
Angela Wannemuehler wannemuehleraj@msdmv.k12.in.us
R.I.S.E. Special Services Amy Gaffney
(MSD of Decatur Township)
 (317)
856-5274
 agaffney@msddecatur.k12.in.us
DiAnn Rundquist (MSD of Franklin Township & Beech Grove) (317)
803-8252
 Diann.rundquist@ftcsc.k12.in.us
Erin Klonne
(MSD of Perry Township)
 (317)
789-3972
 eklonne@msdpt.k12.in.us
Nancy Zimmerman (RISE) nzimmerman@msdpt.k12.in.us
Richmond Community Schools Vicki Sayne (765)
973-3430
 vickis@rcs.k12.in.us
Ripley-Ohio-Dearborn Special Education Cooperative Kim Smith (812)
623-2212
 kimmysue79@yahoo.com
School City of East Chicago Bettie Peters (219)
391-4080
 bpeters@ecps.org
School City of Hammond Penny Allen (219)
933-1557
 plallen@hammond.k12.in.us
Scott County
Special Services Unit		 Carolyn Nowlin (812)
752-8927
cjnowlin@hotmail.com
Smith-Green Community Schools Marcia Rayl (260)
693-2007
 marcia.rayl@nacs.k12.in.us
South Bend Community School Corporation Cyndi Smith (574)
243-7385
 csmith@sbcsc.k12.in.us
South Central Area Special Education Cooperative Joan Heeke (812)
723-2089
 heekej@scasec.k12.in.us
South LaPorte County Special Education Cooperative Karen Cooper (219)
362-6116
 kcooper@lpcsc.k12.in.us
Paula Nichols (219)
324-3287
 pnichols@lpcsc.k12.in.us
Southwest Allen County Schools Patty Hartman (260)
431-2040
 phartman@sacs.k12.in.us
Southwestern-Jefferson County Schools Kathy Kuglar (812)
866-6213
 kkugler@swjcs.k12.in.us
Special Services, Johnson County Schools Toni Flowers (317)
738-7241
 tflowers@ssjcs.k12.in.us
Mary Irvin mirvin@ssjcs.k12.in.us
Switzerland County Special Education Services Marla Edwards (812)
534-3128
 medwards@switzerland.k12.in.us
Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Jon Ekhoff (574) 491-2555 ekhoffj@tvsc.k12.in.us
Wabash-Miami Area Programs for Exceptional Children Cheri Culver (260)
563-8871
 culverc@msdwc.k12.in.us
Warsaw Community Schools Maria Demopoulos (574)
269-7440
 mdemopoulos@warsaw.k12.in.us
Wawasee Community School Corporation Wendy Hite (574)
457-3188
 white@wawasee.k12.in.us
West Central Indiana Special Education Cooperative Jennifer Mittal (765)
362-4022
 jmittal@cville.k12.in.us
LeAnn Bane lbanesmith@cville.k12.in.us
Greg Dietz gdietz@cville.k12.in.us
West Lake County Special Education Joan Machuca (219)
865-1171
 jmachuca@lakecentral.k12.in.us

Reyne Plesha (219)
836-6260
 rrplesha@munster.k12.in.us
Whitko Community School Corporation Amy Bollinger (574) 594-2210 amy.bollinger@whitko.org
Zionsville Community Schools Donna Hudson (317)
873-2376
 dhudson@zcs.k12.in.us
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