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
	Joe Kwisz	President	Bio	Executive Director	Old National Trail Special Services	IN
	Dr. Richard Templeton	President-Elect	Bio	Supervisor of Student Services	Muscle Shoals City Schools	AL
	Dr. Kevin Rubenstein	Past-President	Bio	Assistant Superintendent for Student Services	Elmhurst School District 205	IL
	Laura Welch	Treasurer	Bio	Assistant Director
	Chrissy Peterson	Secretary	Bio	Special Services Director	Meade School District	SD
coming soon	Ann Marie Lucas	Unit Development Chair	Bio		Pottsgrove School District	PA
	Dr. Mary Lynn Boscardin	Journal Editor	Bio	Professor, Special Education	University of Massachusetts Amherst	MA
	Ramona Lee	Professional Development Chair	Bio	Director, Special Education	West Ada School District	ID
Coming Soon	Dr. Angel Royal	Product Review Chair	Bio		Drexel University	PA
	Dr. Nora Sugai	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. Lisa Hughes	Research Chair	Bio	Director of Student Services and Special Education	Norwich Public Schools	CT
	Melissa Taylor	Membership Chair	Bio	Assistant Superintendent for Student Services	Belleville Township High School District 201	IL
	Dr. Damita James	Member At Large	Bio	Assistant Director	Middle Georgia RESA	GA
	Dr. Tricia Cox	Member At Large	Bio	Director of Special Services	Ocean Springs School District	MS