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Career, Standards and Assessment Services

 (785) 296-3142
Website

Scott Smith Director sesmith@ksde.org (785) 296-3142
David Fernkopf Assistant Director dfernkopf@ksde.org (785) 296-8447
Beth Fultz Assistant Director bfultz@ksde.org (785) 296-2325
Stacy L. Smith Assistant Director - I.P.S.  C.T.E. slsmith@ksde.org (785) 296-4351
Tierney Kirtdoll Administrative Specialist tkirtdoll@ksde.org (785) 296-3142
Juanita Anderson Senior Administrative Assistant janderson@ksde.org (785) 296-1978
Barbara Bahm Senior Administrative Assistant bbahm@ksde.org (785) 291-3538
Kelli Byrne Senior Administrative Assistant kbyrne@ksde.org (785) 296-3784
Michelle Irvine     Senior Administrative Assistant mirvine@ksde.org (785) 296-2078
Amanda Williams Senior Administrative Assistant awilliams@ksde.org (785) 296-0979
       
David Barnes Coorinator - Curricular Standards/Mathematics dbarnes@ksde.org (785) 296-3486
Natalie D. Clark Coordinator ndclark@ksde.org (785) 296-4916
Wendy Coates Education Program Consultant wcoates@ksde.org (785) 296-3860
Kurt Dillon Agriculture Education Program Consultant Kansas FFA Advisor kdillon@ksde.org (785) 296-3956
Julie Ewing Assessment Coordinator jewing@ksde.org (785) 296-4349
Angie Feyh Research Analyst I afeyh@ksde.org (785) 296-4908
Marcia Fiorentino Coordinator - Civic Engagement/History, Government and Social Studies mfiorentino@ksde.org (785) 296-3892
Cynthia F. Hadicke Education Program Consultant – Elementary chadicke@ksde.org (785) 296-2749
Joyce Huser Education Program Consultant - Fine Arts jhuser@ksde.org (785) 296-4932
Lee Jones Assessment Coordinator ljones@ksde.org (785) 296-4349
Stephen King Education Program Consultant - Media and Technology sking@ksde.org (785) 296-7285
Pam Lamb State FCCLA Advisor plamb@ksde.org (785) 296-2164
Kyle Lord Senior Research Analyst klord@ksde.org (785) 296-3259
Jennifer Marlatt Senior Administrative Assistant jmarlatt@ksde.org (785) 296-7782
Joann McRell Education Program Consultant - English Language Arts jmcrell@ksde.org (785) 296-2144
Kathleen T. Mercer Coordinator - Individual Plans of Study ktmercer@ksde.org (785) 296-2307
Kimberly Muff Education Program Consultant
Literacy Network of Kansas (LiNK) – Striving Readers Program		 kmuff@ksde.org (785) 296-7779
Regina L. Peszat, Ph.D. Education Program Consultant - World Languages rpeszat@ksde.org (785) 296-1891
Nicole Primm Education Program Consultant nprimm@ksde.org (785) 296-5060
Kent Reed Education Program Consultant - Counseling kreed@ksde.org (785) 296-8109
Meg Richard Education Program Consultant mrichard@ksde.org (785) 296-8108
Kris Shaw C3 Technical Assistance Liaison kshaw@ksde.org (785) 296-1893
Kelly Spurgeon, Ph.D. Senior Research Analyst kspurgeon@ksde.org (785) 296-4924
Hayley A. Steinlage Senior Education Research Analyst hasteinlage@ksde.org (785) 296-6177
Mark Stephenson National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Coordinator mstephenson@ksde.org (785) 296-4926
Mark Thompson, Ph.D. Education Program Consultant - Health and Physical Education mathompson@ksde.org (785) 296-6823
Becky Warren Public Service Executive I - SkillsUSA bwarren@ksde.org (620) 820-9367

 

 

Child Nutrition & Wellness

 (785) 296-2276
Website

Cheryl Johnson, MS, RD, LD Director csjohnson@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Jill Ladd, MPH, RD, LD Assistant Director jladd@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Julie A. Henry, MS Ed. Assistant Director jhenry@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Arleen Anderson, RD, LD Child Nutrition Consultant aanderson@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Michael Beam Body Venture Manager mbeam@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Meg Boggs Body Venture Manager mboggs@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Emily Bonilla Child Nutrition Consultant ebonilla@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Sarah Bruschi Senior Administrative Assistant sbruschi@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Tina Callender Body Venture Manager ccallender@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Karen Campbell Child Nutrition Consultant kcampbell@ksde.org (913) 728-2328
Barb Depew, RD, LD Farm to Plate Project Director bdepew@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Angela Dittmer Child Nutrition Consultant adittmer@ksde.org (785) 348-5852
Diane Dysart Program Consultant II ddysart@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Diana Floyd, RD, LD Child Nutrition Consultant dfloyd@ksde.org (785) 258-2045
Jeanie Galemore Child Nutrition Consultant jgalemore@ksde.org (620) 367-4650
Dessa Gifford Child Nutrition Consultant drgifford@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Hilary Hanvey Child Nutrition Consultant hhanvey@ksde.org (620) 622-4620
Kyleen Harris Professional Development Specialist kharris@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Laura Hodgson Child Nutrition Consultant lhodgson@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Sean R. Hoffman Training Specialist - Child Nutrition Consultant shoffman@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Cindy L. Johnson Professional Development Specialist cljohnson@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Dayna Kriley, MS, RD, LD Child Nutrition Consultant dkriley@ksde.org (785) 415-2277
Lynette Osner, RD, LD Child Nutrition Consultant losner@ksde.org (620) 456-3133
Pam Rosebaugh Public Service Administrator prosebaugh@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Rachel Schiferl, RD, LD Child Nutrition Consultant rschiferl@ksde.org (785) 462-2312
Karen Seymour, RD, LD Team Nutrition Project Director - Child Nutrition Consultant kseymour@ksde.org (785) 296-2276
Holly Steinlage, MPH, RD, LD Child Nutrition Consultant hsteinlage@ksde.org (785) 336-0250
Hannah Tillery Child Nutrition Consultant htillery@ksde.org (785) 296-2276

 

 

Communications and Recognition Programs

(785) 296-2551
Website

Denise L. Kahler Director dkahler@ksde.org (785) 296-4876
Ann Marie Bush Communications Specialist abush@ksde.org (785) 296-7921
Cheryl Franklin Graphic Designer Specialist cfranklin@ksde.org (785) 296-4909
Tamla Miller Public Service Administrator tmiller@ksde.org (785) 296-4950
Mike Welchhans Communications Specialist mwelchhans@ksde.org (785) 296-5223

 

 

Division of Fiscal and Administrative Services


Division Website

Dr. Craig Neuenswander Deputy Commissioner cneuenswander@ksde.org (785) 296-3871
Sherry Root Senior Administrative Specialist sroot@ksde.org (785) 296-3871

 

 

Division of Learning Services

(785) 296-2303
Website

Dr. Brad Neuenswander Deputy Commissioner bradn@ksde.org (785) 296-2303
Theresa Cote Senior Administrative Specialist tcote@ksde.org (785) 296-2303
       
Tammy Mitchell Elementary School Redesign Specialist tmitchell@ksde.org (785) 296-4623
Sarah D. Perryman School Redesign Coordinator sperryman@ksde.org (785) 296-1074
Jay Scott Secondary School Redesign Specialist jscott@ksde.org (785) 296-6818

 

 

Early Childhood

(785) 296-6602

Amanda Petersen Director apetersen@ksde.org (785) 296-6602
Beccy Strohm Administrative Specialist bstrohm@ksde.org (785) 296-6602
       
Jordan Christian Public Service Executive II jchristian@ksde.org (785) 296-3953
Natalie J. McClane Education Program Consultant nmcclane@ksde.org (785) 296-5081
Nis Wilbur Education Program Consultant nwilbur@ksde.org (785) 296-4964

 

 

Fiscal Auditing

(785) 296-4976
Website

 

Laurel S. Murdie Director lmurdie@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Taylor Carlson Administrative Specialist tcarlson@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Nancy Allen Auditor III nallen@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Dan Barlett Auditor I dbarlett@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Gwyn Birk Auditor II gbirk@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Kim Burd Audit Manager kburd@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Ali Cecchini Auditor I acecchini@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Jim Fritton Auditor II jfritton@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Joe Haverkamp Auditor I jhaverkamp@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Rick Moen Auditor II rmoen@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Jamie Ribordy Auditor II jribordy@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Janis Taylor Auditor III jtaylor@ksde.org (785) 296-4976
Jerry Wilson Auditor III jwilson@ksde.org (785) 296-4976

 

 

Fiscal Services and Operations

  (785) 296-3264
Website

John Hess Director jhess@ksde.org (785) 296-4962
Angie Funk Assistant Director afunk@ksde.org (785) 296-3264
Courtnie Cowsert Accountant III ccowsert@ksde.org (785) 296-3962
Denise Dallman Accountant II ddallman@ksde.org (785) 296-5060
Erik W. Liggett Accountant III eliggett@ksde.org (785) 296-0976
Tim Mears General Maintenance Repair Tech I tmears@ksde.org (785) 296-3152
Jamie Merklein Accountant III jmerklein@ksde.org (785) 296-3674
Angela Rosier Accountant IV arosier@ksde.org (785) 296-0784
Deb Smith Public Service Administrator dsmith@ksde.org (785) 296-3263
Jaycee Winder Accountant III jwinder@ksde.org (785) 296-8933

 

Human Resources

 (785) 296-7795
Website

Wendy Fritz Director wfritz@ksde.org (785) 296-5363
Marisa Seele Administrative Specialist mseele@ksde.org (785) 296-7795
Kim Mick Human Resources Professional II kmick@ksde.org (785) 296-3906

 

 

Information Technology

 (785) 296-7931
Website

Kathi Grossenbacher Director kgrossenbacher@ksde.org (785) 296-7931
Jan Williams Administrative Specialist jwilliams@ksde.org (785) 296-7931
Todd Lowe Assistant Director  tlowe@ksde.org (785) 296-7115
Anna Riffey Administrative Specialist ariffey@ksde.org (785) 296-6839
       
Axel Araujo Database Administrator aaraujo@ksde.org (785) 296-3418
Christine Armstrong System Software Staff Consultant carmstrong@ksde.org (785) 296-5711
Josh Bailey Applications Developer jbailey@ksde.org (785) 296-0758
Sharon Bloom Quality Assurance Technician sbloom@ksde.org (785) 296-3915
Jenna Cook Project Manager jecook@ksde.org (785) 296-7943
Julie V. Cook Project Manager/Data Compliance Officer jvcook@ksde.org (785) 296-3300
Denise Davis Quality Assurance Technician ddavis@ksde.org (785) 368-7192
Eric Dehner Technology Support Consultant edehner@ksde.org (785) 296-4961
Chris Edwards System Software Staff Consultant cedwards@ksde.org (785) 296-1222
Aaron Emery Quality Assurance Technician aemery@ksde.org (785) 291-3574
Timothy Enneking Enterprise Security Specialist tenneking@ksde.org (785) 296-0950
Parker Erikson Applications Developer - Webmaster perikson@ksde.org (785) 296-4958
Kevin Fross Enterprise Support Specialist kfross@ksde.org (785) 291-3622
Jennifer Hayes Requirements Analyst jhayes@ksde.org (785) 296-6331
Andrew Higgins Technology Support Consultant II ahiggins@ksde.org (785) 296-6766
Greg Hiszczynskyj Database Administrator ghiszczynskyj@ksde.org (785) 296-4928
Brian Hosey Enterprise Support Specialist bhosey@ksde.org (785) 296-3709
Mike Jordan Requirements Analyst mjordan@ksde.org (785) 296-1970
Shuming Li Applications Developer II sli@ksde.org (785) 296-7976
Stuart Lillie System Software Staff Consultant slillie@ksde.org (785) 368-7127
Bob Mather Applications Developer II bmather@ksde.org (785) 296-2317
Richard Matteson Project Manager rmatteson@ksde.org (785) 291-3534
Karen McClintock Technology Support Technician II kmcclintock@ksde.org (785) 291-0599
Tammy R. McFadden Applications Developer II tmcfadden@ksde.org (785) 296-2316
Christopher Ortega Senior Trainer cortega@ksde.org (785) 296-6829
Sarah Palubinski Training Coordinator/State E-Rate Coordinator spalubinski@ksde.org (785) 296-3575
Dina Patel Applications Developer II dpatel@ksde.org (785) 296-6143
Matt Preston Applications Developer II mpreston@ksde.org (785) 291-3679
John Price Project Manager/KIDS Supervisor jprice@ksde.org (785) 296-6155
Michael Reb Applicatons Development Supervisor mreb@ksde.org (785) 296-5125
Donna Reinert Applications Developer III dreinert@ksde.org (785) 296-1208
Melanie Scott Trainer mscott@ksde.org (785) 291-3514
Suzie Sebring Project Manager Supervisor ssebring@ksde.org (785) 296-4036
Jennifer S. Shaffer Webmaster jshaffer@ksde.org (785) 296-5240
Zach Smith Systems Software Staff Consultant zsmith@ksde.org (785) 296-5080
Tom Tosh Data Coordinator ttosh@ksde.org (785) 296-5039
Philip Watkins Technology Support Technician II pwatkins@ksde.org (785) 296-5229
Nathan Weedin Technology Support Technician nweedin@ksde.org (785) 296-5084
Lindsay Wells Technology Support Consultant lwells@ksde.org (785) 296-8392
Kelley Wiley Project Manager kwiley@ksde.org (785) 296-5069
Charlotte Zeller Project Manager czeller@ksde.org (785) 291-3312
Raymond Zwiener Enterprise Solutions Architect rzwiener@ksde.org (785) 296-2226

 

Kansas State Board of Education

 

Kansas State Board of Education

(785) 296-3203

Website

Peggy L. Hill Executive Secretary plhill@ksde.org (785) 296-3203
       
Janet Waugh, Vice Chair District 1 jwaugh@ksde.org (913) 620-5062
Melanie Haas District 2 mhaas@ksde.org (816) 226-7728
Michelle Dombrosky District 3 mdombrosky@ksde.org (913) 782-1835
Ann E. Mah District 4 amah@ksde.org (785) 266-9434 - home
(785) 231-0823 - cell
Jean Clifford District 5 jclifford@ksde.org (620) 275-4317
Dr. Deena Horst, Legislative Liaison District 6 dhorst@ksde.org (785) 827-8540 - home
(785) 822-5521 - cell
Ben Jones, Legislative Liaison District 7 bjones@ksde.org (620) 278-6063
Betty J. Arnold District 8 barnold@ksde.org

(316) 684-7792 - home
(316) 259-1610 - cell
Jim Porter, Chairman District 9  jporter@ksde.org (316) 617-6779
Jim McNiece District 10 jmcniece@ksde.org (316) 729-9742 - home
(316) 708 5752 - cell

 

 

Kansas Volunteer Commission

(785) 368-7436
Website

Jessica Noble Executive Director jnoble@ksde.org (785) 296-3163
Kay Emerson AmeriCorps Director kemerson@ksde.org  
Amanda Noll Financial Officer anoll@ksde.org (785) 368-6207
Paula Smith Mentor Kansas Director psmith@ksde.org (785) 368-6211

 

Office of the Commissioner

 Website

Dr. Randy Watson Commissioner rwatson@ksde.org (785) 296-3202
Makayla Auldridge Administrative Officer mauldridge@ksde.org (785) 296-3202

 

 

Office of General Counsel

 Website

R. Scott Gordon General Counsel sgordon@ksde.org (785) 296-3204
Cheryl Austin Legal Assistant caustin@ksde.org (785) 296-3204

 

 

Research and Evaluation

(785) 296-3142
Website

Scott Smith Director sesmith@ksde.org (785) 296-3142
Tierney Kirtdoll Administrative Specialist tkirtdoll@ksde.org (785) 296-3142
       
Xuewen Sheng, Ph.D. Senior Education Research Analyst xsheng@ksde.org (785) 368-7435
Linda Wisner Grant Fiscal Officer lwisner@ksde.org (785) 296-3637

 

 

School Bus Safety Unit

(785) 296-3551
Website

Keith Dreiling State Director kdreiling@ksde.org (785) 296-4567
Dennis Tate Assistant State Director dtate@ksde.org (785) 296-4545
Annette Blevins Senior Administrative Assistant ablevins@ksde.org (785) 296-3551
Melissa Ostermeyer Training Coordinator mostermeyer@ksde.org (785) 296-5659

 

 

School Finance


(785) 296-3872
Website

Sara Barnes Assistant Director sbarnes@ksde.org (785) 296-3872
       
Jennifer L. Barger Public Service Administrator II jbarger@ksde.org (785) 296-4965
John Calvert School Safety Specialist - Kansas Safe and Secure Schools Unit jcalvert@ksde.org (785) 296-7056
Jim Green School Safety Specialist - Kansas Safe and Secure Schools Unit jgreen@ksde.org (785) 296-4946
Rose Ireland Public Service Administrator II rireland@ksde.org (785) 296-4973
Nicole K. Norwood Public Service Administrator II nnorwood@ksde.org (785) 296-2243
Christie Wyckoff Public Service Administrator I cwyckoff@ksde.org (785) 296-6321

 

Special Education and Title Services


(800) 203-9462 (Kansas Residents Only)
(785) 296-7454
Website

Bert Moore Director bmoore@ksde.org (785) 291-3097
Doug Boline Assistant Director dboline@ksde.org (785) 296-2600
Kerry Haag Assistant Director - SECD khaag@ksde.org (785) 296-4952
Laura N. Jurgensen, JD Assistant Director ljurgensen@ksde.org (785) 296-5522
Tate Toedman Assistant Director ttoedman@ksde.org (785) 296-6714
Pat Bone Senior Administrative Specialist pbone@ksde.org (785) 291-3097
Trevor Huffman Public Service Executive thuffman@ksde.org (785) 296-3743
       
Evelyn V. Alden Research Analyst I ealden@ksde.org (785) 296-3868
Rachel Beech Education Program Consultant rbeech@ksde.org (785) 296-8965
Nicole Clark Program Consultant II nclark@ksde.org (785) 296-4925
Brian Dempsey Attorney bdempsey@ksde.org (785) 296-6518
Tiffany Hester Education Program Consultant thester@ksde.org (785) 296-7454
Pat Hill Education Program Consultant phill@ksde.org (785) 296-3137
Joan Houghton, Ed. D. Education Program Consultant jhoughton@ksde.org (785) 296-2515
Christine Macy Education Program Consultant cmacy@ksde.org (785) 296-3287
Karen Maddox Public Service Administrator kmaddox@ksde.org (785) 291-3098
Stacie Martin Education Program Consultant smartin@ksde.org (785) 296-6855
Stacey Noll Data Coordinator sfarrar@ksde.org (785) 296-3129
Cary Rogers Education Program Consultant crogers@ksde.org (785) 296-0916
Maureen Ruhlman Education Program Consultant mruhlman@ksde.org (785) 296-1101
Kelly Steele Education Program Consultant ksteele@ksde.org (785) 296-2050
Melissa Valenza Education Program Consultant mvalenza@ksde.org (785) 296-6035 
Mason Vosburgh Special Education Data Manager mvosburgh@ksde.org (785) 296-4945
Mark Ward, J.D. Attorney mward@ksde.org (785) 296-0920
Christy Weiler Public Service Administrator II cweiler@ksde.org (785) 296-1712
Ryan Weir Data Coordinator rweir@ksde.org (785) 296-7260
Dean Zajic Coordinator dzajic@ksde.org (785) 296-2425

 

 

Teacher Licensure and Accreditation

(785) 296-2288
Website

Mischel Miller Director mmiller@ksde.org (785) 296-8010
Susan Helbert Assistant Director shelbert@ksde.org (785) 296-2289
Jeannette Nobo Assistant Director - Accreditation, Educator Evaluation and Professional Development jnobo@ksde.org (785) 296-4948
Leah Zeller Administrative Specialist lzeller@ksde.org (785) 296-8012
Christa J. Chesmore Administrative Assistant cchesmore@ksde.org (785) 296-8012
Shirley Coffman Administrative Assistant - Licensure scoffman@ksde.org (785) 296-0952
Cindy Coleman Administrative Assistant ccoleman@ksde.org (785) 296-4935
Connie Comstock Administrative Assistant - Licensure ccomstock@ksde.org (785) 296-2733
Seretha Potts Administrative Assistant spotts@ksde.org (785) 296-5114
       
Shane Carter Coordinator scarter@ksde.org (785) 296-8011
Catherine Chmidling, Ph.D. Education Program Consultant – Higher Education cchmidling@ksde.org (785) 291-3573
Annie Diederich Education Program Consultant – KESA adiederich@ksde.org (785) 368-7356
Ed Kalas Eduction Program Consultant - KESA ekalas@ksde.org (785) 296-2198
Luke McClurg Public Service Administator lmcclurg@ksde.org (785) 296-5138
Robyn Meinholdt Public Service Administator - Drivers Education rmeinholdt@ksde.org (785) 296-3379
Myron Melton KESA Coordinator mmelton@ksde.org (785) 368-7356
Nikkolas Nelson Licensure Consultant nnelson@ksde.org (785) 291-3371
Diana Stephan Licensure Coordinator dstephan@ksde.org (785) 296-2280
Ann Yates Education Program Consultant ayates@ksde.org (785) 296-5140

 

Directory questions:
(785) 296-3201

 

Mailing Address:

Kansas State Department of Education
Landon State Office Building
900 S.W. Jackson Street, Suite 102
Topeka, Kansas 66612

Team Names

Abbreviations

Admin.
Administrative

CACFP
Child and Adult Care Food Program

CNW
Child Nutrition and Wellness

CRP
Communications and Recognition Programs

CSAS
Career, Standards and Assessment Services

CTE
Career and Technical Education 

DLS
Division of Learning Services

EAG
Enhanced Assessment Grant

EC
Early Childhood

ELA
English Language Arts

ELL
English Language Learners

EPC
Education Program Consultant

ESL
English as a Second Language

FA
Fiscal Auditing

FAS
Division of Fiscal and Administrative Services

FCCLA
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America

FCS
Family and Consumer Sciences

FFA
Future Farmers of America

FSO
Fiscal Services and Operations

GC
Office of General Counsel

HGSS
History, Government and Social Studies

HR
Human Resources

IPS
Individual Plan of Study

IT
Information Technology

KEEP
Kansas Educator Evaluation Protocol

KESA
Kansas Education Systems Accreditation

KSBE
Kansas State Board of Education

KVC
Kansas Volunteer Commission

LiNK
Literacy Network of Kansas - Striving Readers Program

OC
Office of the Commissioner

PSA
Public Service Administrator

PSE
Public Service Executive

RE
Research and Evaluation

SBSU
School Bus Safety Unit

SECD
Social-Emotional and Character Development

SETS
Special Education and Title Services

SF
School Finance

SSSU
Safe and Secure Schools Unit

TLA
Teacher Licensure and Accreditation
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