Executive Committee

CASE is the primary organization for special education leaders and serves as the national voice for public education in Washington, D.C. The executive committee is comprised of elected officers and appointed committee chairpersons. Most executive committee members began volunteering with CASE as a committee member. Please see the Committee page here if you are interested in committee work. 

Executive Committee

	Name	Leadership	Bio	Position	District	State
	Dr. Kevin Rubenstein	President	Bio	Assistant Superintendent for Student Services	Elmhurst School District 205	IL
	Joe Kwisz	President-Elect	Bio	Executive Director	Old National Trail Special Services	IN
	Kindel Mason	Past-President	Bio	Director of Special Services	Twin Falls School District	ID
	Dr. Damita James	Treasurer	Bio	Assistant Director	Middle Georgia RESA	GA
	Chrissy Peterson	Secretary	Bio	Special Services Director	Meade School District	SD
	Eric Hoppstock	Unit Development Chair	Bio	Superintendent	Berrien Regional Education Service Agency	MI
	Dr. Mary Lynn Boscardin	Journal Editor	Bio	Professor, Special Education	University of Massachusetts Amherst	MA
	Ramona Lee	Professional Development Chair		Director, Special Education	West Ada School District	ID
	Dr. Richard Templeton	Product Review Chair	Bio	Supervisor of Student Services	Muscle Shoals City Schools	AL
	Nora Boettcher	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair	Bio	MTSS Implementation Supervisor	University of Arizona	AZ
	Cherie Johnson	Policy and Legislative Chair	Bio	Executive Director	Goodhue County Education District	MN
	Dr. Will Hunter	Research Chair	Bio	Associate Professor of Special Education	University of Memphis	TN
	Melissa Taylor	Membership Chair	Bio	Assistant Superintendent for Student Services	Belleville Township High School District 201	IL
	Dr. Lisa Hughes	Member At Large	Bio	Director of Student Services and Special Education	Norwich Public Schools	CT
	William Jeffreys	Member At Large	Bio	Director of Special Education	Pottstown School District	PA