Gifted Education State Directors 2021 – 2022 Region Administrative Unit First Name Last Name Job Title Email Colorado Exceptional Student Services Unit Rebecca McKinney Director of Gifted Education [email protected] East Central East Central BOCES Jodi Church Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Metro Adams 1, Mapleton Brad Russell ELD/Gifted Coordinator [email protected] Metro Adams 12, Northglenn-Thornton Lynn Saltzgaver Advanced Academic and Gifted Services [email protected] Director Metro Adams 14, Commerce City Mindy Roden Gifted and Talented Coordinator [email protected] Metro Adams 27J, Brighton Sheri Collier Instructional Specialist for Gifted and [email protected] Talented Metro Adams-Arapahoe 28J, Aurora Carol Dallas AGATE Coordinator [email protected] Metro Arapahoe 1, Englewood Amber Rundle-Kahn Gifted Education Administrator [email protected] Metro Arapahoe 2, Sheridan Blanche Kapushion Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Metro Arapahoe 2, Sheridan Connolly Sherwood Gifted Education Specialist [email protected] Metro Arapahoe 5, Cherry Creek Rebecca Lopez Director of Advanced Academics and Gifted [email protected] Services Metro Arapahoe 6, Littleton Julia Montano Gifted and Talented Specialist [email protected] Metro Arapahoe 6, Littleton Melissa Cooper Director of Student Support Services [email protected] Metro Boulder RE-2, Boulder Valley Michelle DuBois Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Metro Charter School Institute Kimberly Caplan Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Metro Denver 1, Denver Robin Greene Director of Gifted Education [email protected] Metro Douglas RE-1, Castle Rock Natasha Straayer Director of Educational Programming [email protected] Metro Jefferson R-1, Golden Roger Dowd Director of Gifted Programming [email protected] Executive Director of Special Education & Metro Mt. Evans BOCES Terri Jones [email protected] Gifted / 504 Coordinator Metro Mt. Evans BOCES 1 Gifted Education State Directors 2021 – 2022 Metro Westminster Public Schools Jennifer Rizzo Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Metro Westminster Public Schools Steve Sandoval Executive Director of Special Programs North Central Boulder RE-1J, St. Vrain Jaimarie Nelson Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] North Central Boulder RE-1J, St. Vrain Jennifer Mayer Gifted and Talented Secondary Coordinator [email protected] North Central Centennial BOCES Nicole Jackson Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Gifted Education Coordinator North Central Larimer 1, Poudre Kirstan Morris [email protected] North Central Larimer R-2J, Thompson Carol Swalley Gifted & Talented Coordinator [email protected] North Central Larimer R-3, Park (Estes Park) Lazlo Hunt Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] North Central Morgan RE-3, Ft. Morgan Miranda Harper Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] North Central Weld 6, Greeley-Evans Jodee Mueller Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Weld RE-3J/RE-8, Keenesburg-Ft. North Central Michelle Buscho Gifted Education [email protected] Lupton North Central Weld RE-4, Windsor Christina Sutter Gifted & Talented Coordinator [email protected] Director of Special Education and Gifted & North Central Weld RE-5J, Johnstown-Milliken Janelle Perez [email protected] Talented [email protected] North Central Weld RE-5J, Johnstown-Milliken Tiffany Farner-Hirsch Gifted & Talented Coordinator Northeast Logan RE-1, Valley (Sterling) Dennis Klein Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Director of Instruction, Accountability and Northeast Northeast BOCES Anthonya Kahrs [email protected] Learning Northeast Northeast BOCES Christie Daugherty Gifted & Talented Coordinator [email protected] Northwest Colorado River BOCES Darlane Evans Director of Gifted Education [email protected] Northwest Eagle County RE-50 Wendy Scott Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Northwest Moffat RE-1, Craig Jessie Matthews Gifted Education Director [email protected] Northwest Mountain BOCES Wendy Wyman Executive BOCES Director [email protected] 2 Gifted Education State Directors 2021 – 2022 Northwest Mountain BOCES Jane Toothaker Gifted Education Directors [email protected] Northwest Northwest BOCES Chris Eberhardt Executive Director [email protected] Northwest Northwest BOCES Jane Toothaker Gifted Education Director [email protected] Northwest Pitkin 1, Aspen Tara Valentino Gifted Education/Student Services [email protected] Northwest Rio Blanco BOCES Darlane Evans Director of Gifted Education [email protected] Northwest Summit County Mary Kay Doré Student Support Services Director [email protected] Pikes Peak Elbert C-1, Elizabeth Tammy Krueger Director of Special Services [email protected] Pikes Peak Elbert C-1, Elizabeth Karen Kendig Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Pikes Peak Elbert C-1, Elizabeth Lynette Metherd Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Pikes Peak El Paso 11, Colorado Springs Emily Andrews Gifted Education Facilitator [email protected] Assistant Superintendent for Student Pikes Peak El Paso 12, Cheyenne Mountain John Fogarty [email protected] Achievement Pikes Peak El Paso 12, Cheyenne Mountain Stacey Huebner Student Achievement Coordinator/Gifted co- [email protected] lead Pikes Peak El Paso 2, Harrison Dana Seibert Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Pikes Peak El Paso 20, Academy Jennifer Duarte Director of Special Populations [email protected] Pikes Peak El Paso 20, Academy Nicole Knox Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Pikes Peak El Paso 3, Widefield Connie Florell [email protected] Leadership Pikes Peak El Paso 38, Lewis-Palmer Annette Bass GT Coordinator [email protected] Pikes Peak El Paso 49, Falcon Natalie Brown Gifted and Talented Coordinator [email protected] Pikes Peak El Paso 8, Fountain-Ft. Carson Lisa Rogers Student Achievement Coordinator [email protected] Pikes Peak Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind Cara Johnson Psychologist [email protected] Pikes Peak Education reEnvisioned BOCES Kindra Whitmyre Director of Operations [email protected] 3 Gifted Education State Directors 2021 – 2022 Pikes Peak Education reEnvisioned BOCES Suzanne Romero Assistant Director of Special Education [email protected] Pikes Peak Pikes Peak BOCES Deidre Shearer Director of Exceptional Students [email protected] Pikes Peak Ute Pass BOCES Marcy Palmer Director [email protected] South Central Fremont RE-1, Cañon City Shyla Christiansen Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] South Central Pueblo 60, Pueblo City Cynthia Smith Coordinator of Gifted Education [email protected] South Central South Central BOCES Angela Powers Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] Southeast Pueblo School District 70 Ginger Andenucio Assistant Superintendent; Gifted Director [email protected] Southeast Santa Fe Trail BOCES Sandy Malouff Director [email protected] Southeast Southeastern BOCES Becky Roesch Gifted & Talented Coordinator [email protected] Southwest- East San Luis Valley BOCES Cheryl Franklin-Rohr GT Coordinator [email protected] Southwest-West Durango 9-R Vanessa Giddings Director of Student Support Services [email protected] Southwest- San Juan BOCES Nisia Patalan Gifted Education Coordinator West [email protected] West Central Delta 50J, Delta Heather Savory Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] West Central Gunnison Watershed RE-1J Emily Kowal Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] West Central Mesa County Heather Baskin Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] West Central Montrose RE-1J John Steele Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] West Central Montrose RE-1J James Burwell Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] West Central Uncompahgre BOCES Michelle Barkemeyer Gifted Education Coordinator [email protected] 4 .