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Advisory Committee Members
October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2013

Dr. Jerry Buisson
Speech and Hearing Sciences
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive #5092
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
601.266.5216
gerald.buisson@usm.edu

Lisa Burck
The Arc of Mississippi
PO Box 950
Gautier, MS 39553-0950
866.597.1035
lisaburck@bellsouth.net

Ed Butler (use Ed or use Faye Booth, Director?)
APSE - MS Chapter
7 Lakeland Circle, Suite 600
Jackson, MS 39216
601.832.9730
edwinbutler22@comcast.net

Barbara Chandler
Regional 4A : AL, FL, GA, MS Representative
Helen Keller National Center
1003 Virginia Avenue, Suite 104
Atlanta, GA 30354
404.766.9625
bc4hknc@aol.com

Janie Cirlot-New, M.S., CCC/SLP
T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability
PO Box 9736
Mississippi State, MS 39762
662.325.1028
jcirlotnew@tkmartin.msstate.edu

Catherine Cliburn
MDE Part C Representative
First Steps
PO Box 1700
470 E. Woodrow Wilson Blvd
Jackson, MS 39215
601.576.7816
catherine.cliburn@msdh.state.ms.us

Rhonda Cook
4066 Pine Grove Road
Port Gibson, MS 39150
601.437.5517
kayekay50@hotmail.com

Danny Cowart
Community Programs Director
Millcreek Management, Inc.
PO Box 1130
Magee, MS 39111
601.849.7185
danny.cowart@millcreekcenters.com

Dr. David Daves
Chair & Assistant Professor
Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive #5057
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
601.266.6987
david.daves@usm.edu

 

Pam Dollar
Project Director
Parent Training Institute
5 Old River Place, Suite 101
Jackson, MS 39202
662.624.5448
pam@mspti.org

Sue Evans
2380 Red Bone Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180
601.638.5203
wayneevans@bellsouth.net

Dr. Gussie Farris
Coordinator of Special Services
Coahoma County School District
PO Box 820
Clarksdale, MS 38614
662-624-5448
gfarris@coahoma.k12.ms.us

Rebecca Gatian
Gulf Coast Comm. College at Jefferson Davis
Interpreter Training Program
2226 Switzer Road
Gulfport, MS 39507
228.896.2542
rebecca.gatian@mgccc.cc.ms.us

 

Sam Gleese
LIFE of MS/Healthy Futures
754 North President Street
Jackson, MS 39201
601-969-0601
samgleese@earthlink.net

Brenda Havens
104 Timbercrest Drive
Ridgeland, MS 39157
601.506.4287
brendahavensccl@bellsouth.net

Edie Hayles
Executive Director
Council on Developmental Disabilities
1101 Robert E. Lee Building
239 North Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201
601.359.6242
edie.hayles@dmh.state.ms.us

Claudia Hollingsworth
Mississippi School for the Blind
1252 Eastover Drive
Jackson, MS 392111
(601)984-8159
chollingsworth@mde.k12.ms.us

Cassondra Holly-Glausier
Coordinator, Deaf-Blind Services
MS Department of Rehabilitation Services
PO Box 1698
Jackson, MS 39215
601.853.5344
Cassondra.Holly@mdrs.state.ms.us

Jocelyn Doss
Special Services Director
Hinds County School District
13192 HWY 18
Raymond, MS 39154
601.857.5222
tjames@hinds.k12.ms.us

Sylvia Jones
Director of Special Education Services
Choctaw Vocational Rehabilitation Services
PO Box 6008
121 Division of Schols Drive
Choctaw, MS 39350
601.663.7653
sjones@cts.bia.edu

Ashley Lacoste, Coordinator
HCBS-MR/DD
Department of Mental Health
1101 Robert E. Lee Bldg.
239 North Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 359-1288
alacoste@msdmh.org

B.J. LeJeune
Mississippi State University
Low Vision Research and Training Center in Blindness and Low Vision
PO Box 6189
Mississippi State University, MS 39762
662.325.2694
bjlejeune@colled.msstate.edu

Juanita McClendon
2472 McClendon Road
Magnolia, MS 39652
nitafaye_m@peoplepc.com

Marilyn Miller
Director of Special Education
Philadelphia School District
248 Byrd Avenue
Philadelphia, MS 39350
601.656.2672
mmiller@philadelphia.k12.ms.us

Shirley Miller, Director
Mississippi Adolescent Center

Brookhaven, MS
601.823.5700
shirley.miller@jrf.state.ms.us


EI Coordinator
Bureau of Mental Retardation
Department of Mental Health
1101 Robert E. Lee Bldg.
239 North Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 359-1288
smiller@msdmh.org

Mike Montgomery
The Arc of Mississippi
PO Box 950
Gautier, MS 39553.0950
800.401.1044
msarcmike@gmail.com

Ann Moore
Associate Superintendent
MS Department of Education
Office of Special Education
359 North West Street, Suite 301
Jackson, MS 39205
601.359.3498
anmoore@mde.k12.ms.us

Matt Nalker
The ARC of Mississippi
7 Lakeland Circle, Suite 600
Jackson, MS 39216
800.717.1180
matt@arcms.org

Sheila Pearson
406 Forest Lane
Ridgeland, MS 39157
601.853.1961 /601.432.6179
spearson@IHL_state.ms.us

Lynn Slay
Special Services Director
Madison County Schools
212 Sunnybrook Road
Ridgeland, MS 39157
601.853.1326
lslay@madison.k12.ms.us

Judy Stubbs
1089 Neil Collins Road
Raymond, MS 39154
601.885.8132
jstubbs@hrbccpa.com

Terri Thomas
Special Services Director
Lamar County School District
PO Box 609
Purvis, MS 39475
601-794-8121
terri.thomas@lamarcountyschools.org

Shirley Walker
MS Protection and Advocacy
5305 Executive Place
Jackson, MS 39206
601.981.8207
swalker@disabilityrightsms.com

Ozella Ward
714 E. Service Drive
Coldwater, MS 38618
601.268.5812
childsplace@bellsouth.net

Mr. Robert Wells

Linda Williamson
2366 Princess Pine Drive
Jackson, MS 39212
(601) 346-4538
lynnwms@att.net

 

PROJECT STAFF MEMBERS

Linda McDowell
Administrative Director
The University of Southern Mississippi
Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education
118 College Drive # 5115
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
800.264.5135
linda.mcdowell@usm.edu

Toni Hollingsworth
Project Director
The University of Southern Mississippi
Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education
118 College Drive # 5115
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
800.264.5135
toni.hollingsworth@usm.edu

Judith Emerson
Graduate Assistant
The University of Southern Mississippi
Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education
118 College Drive #5115
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
800.264.5135

Elizabeth Grantham
Administrative Assistant
The University of Southern Mississippi
Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education
118 College Drive # 5115
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
800.264.5135
elizabeth.grantham@usm.edu

 

 

 

 


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