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Advisory Committee Members
October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2008

Ms. Carolyn Bacon
MDE Part C Representative
First Steps
PO Box 1700
570 E. Woodrwo Wilson Blvd
Jackson, MS 39215

Ms. Tanya Bradley
Office of Special Education
Department of Education
PO Box 771
Jackson, MS 39205
(601)359-3498
tbradley@mde.k12.ms.us

Gerald Buisson
Speech and Hearing Sciences
The University of Southern Mississippi
Box 5092
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5092
(601) 266-5216
gerald.buisson@usm.edu

Edwin Butler, Executive Director
Developmental Disabilities Council
1101 Robert E. Lee Bldg.
239 North Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 359-1270
ebutler@msdmh.org

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

Dr. Roseanna Davidson
Texas Tech University
Box 41071
Lubbock, TX 79409-1071
806-742-2320
roseanna.davidson@TTU.edu  

Mrs. Mary Edwards
MDE Part B Representative
Madison County Schools
2109 Main Street
Madison, MS 39110
601-879-3064

Ms. Sue Evans
2380 Red Bone Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180
(601) 638-5203

Dr. Stella Fair
Community Education Coordinator
The University of Southern Mississippi
Institute for Disability Studies
118 College Drive # 5163
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
(601) 266-5163
stella.fair@usm.edu

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

MS. Rebecca Gatian
Gulf Coast Comm. College at Jefferson Davis
Interpreter Training Program
2226 Switzer Road
Gulfport, MS 39507

Dr. Sam Givhan
1503 3rd Avenue North
Columbus, MS 39701
sgivhan@cableone.net

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

Dr. Marilyn Graves, Medical Director
Children's Medical Program
Mississippi Department of Health
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
(601) 987-3965

Brenda Havens
104 Timbercrest Drive
Ridgeland, MS 39157

Ms. Claudia Hollingsworth
Mississippi School for the Blind
1252 Eastover Drive
Jackson, MS 392111
(601)984-8159

Ms. Sylvia Jones
Director of Special Education Services
Choctaw Vocational Rehabilitation Services
PO Box 6010
101 Industrial Road
Choctaw, MS 39350
(601)650-7332 

 Ms. Rita Kersh
Consumer Representative
Addie McBryde Center
112 Beaver Bend Drive
Canton, MS 39046
rkersh@mdrs.state.ms.us

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

Susan Lascek
Helen Keller National Center
1003 Virginia Avenue, Suite 104
Atlanta, GA 30354
(404) 766-9625
SLHKNC4@AOL.com

Ms. Tracie Lee
5400 Mulberry Road
Lucedale, MS 39452

B.J. LeJenue
Research & Training Center in Blindness & Low Vision
P.O. Box 6189
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
(662) 352-2694
bjlejeune@colled.msstate.edu

Ms. Juanita McClendon
2472 McClendon Road
Magnolia, MS 39652

Shirley Miller, 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

Matt Nalker
The ARC of Mississippi
7 Lakeland Circle, Suite 600
Jackson, MS 39216
(800) 717-1180
matt@arcms.org

Ms. Amy Parker
National Consultant
NTAC
1003 Virginia Avenue, Suite 106
Atlanta, GA 30354
404-766-5800
NTAC3A@attglobal.net

Bill and Mary Parks
2064 Salem Road
Hazlehurst, MS 39083
(601) 277-3025
mary.bill@usnetworx.net

Sheila Pearson
406 Forest Lane
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(601) 853-1961/432-6179
spearson@IHL_state.ms.us

Dr. Dana Thames
Chair & Professor
The University of Southern Mississippi
Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education
118 College Drive # 5057
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
601-266-6987

Dr. Brenda Thomas
Special Services Director
Lamar County School District
PO Box 609
Purvis, MS 39475
601-794-8121

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

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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