Angela M. Jack, Ph.D., serves as an Implementation Specialist for the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She provides support for the use of... Learn more

Angie Caldwell is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center staff member, providing support for the Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida literacy projects. She has 10 years experience in public education. During this time, Ms. Caldwell has served as an elementary school teacher,... Learn more

Sophia Sullivan Farmer is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center (R7CC) team member, specializing in providing implementation support to the R7CC technical assistance team and within capacity building projects for the states of Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama. She provides support to... Learn more

Kathleen Ryan Johnson, D.Ed., is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center (R7CC) team member, specializing in providing implementation support to the R7CC technical assistance team and within capacity building projects for the states of Mississippi and Alabama. The aim of these... Learn more

Lauren E. Jetty, Ph.D., is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center staff member, specializing in support to the Alabama Math and Literacy Coaching project and the Florida Building Leadership Capacity project. She has more than 15 years of experience in the... Learn more

Jason LaTurner is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center team member supporting the Mississippi Equitable Access to Effective Educators project. Jason has 20 years of experience providing technical assistance, evaluation, and research support to states and districts. He provides technical assistance... Learn more

Lauren Matlach is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center team member, providing support to the Mississippi Equitable Access to Effective Educators and Florida Standards Implementation projects. She has a decade of experience in education, working across nonprofits, public schools, and state... Learn more

Angela S. Rutherford, Ph.D., serves on the Region 7 Comprehensive Center leadership team, as well as provides literacy support across all states in the region. Dr. Rutherford has more than 30 years of experience in public education. For the past... Learn more

Lori Vandeborne is a member of the Region 7 Comprehensive Center Staff, specializing in support to the Alabama Math and Literacy Coaching project and the Florida Building Leadership Capacity and Standards projects. She has worked in education from the preschool... Learn more

Caryn Sabourin Ward, Ph.D., is on the leadership team for the Region 7 Comprehensive Center (R7CC) and provides support for the use of implementation science methods and tools in the delivery of technical assistance and capacity building services by the... Learn more

Monica Young, Ph.D.,  is a member of the Region 7 Comprehensive Center leadership team and provides support to the Mississippi Equitable Access to Effective Educators project. She has worked across the education sector for 16 years managing, directing, and evaluating... Learn more