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Information about and from the eMINTS National Center Advisory Board. Members

Advisory Board

The eMINTS National Center is advised by a group who represent of the stakeholders invested in the program. The eMINTS National Center Advisory Board provides guidance to the center's director in the areas of policy formation, strategic planning, fiscal planning and resource development and ensuring overall program accountability.

eMINTS National Center Advisory Board members are challenged to sustain the program by acting as:

• Representatives of the program who help build critical relationships
• Sponsors who advocate on behalf of the program’s interests
• Reliable advisors who act as a sounding board for the program’s leadership team
• Resource developers who help the program secure essential resources and connections

Advisory Board Membership

eMINTS National Center

Monica Beglau - Executive Director
Lorie Kaplan – Program Coordinator
Cara Wylie - Area Instructional Specialist (AIS)
Terri Brines - eMINTS Instructional Specialist (eIS)

Missouri Department of Education and Secondary Education (DESE)

Stan Johnson – Assistant Commissioner
Deborah Sutton – Director of Instructional Technology

Missouri eMINTS

Benjamin Dorson – eMINTS Teacher, New Franklin R-I
Linda Henke – Superintendent, Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District
Angela Neria – Technology Coordinator, Joplin School District
Tricia Scott – eMINTS Instructional Specialist, North Kansas City 74
Jennifer Steiler - Principal, Perry County 32 School District

Missouri Higher Education (DHE)

Robert Stein - Associate Commissioner, Missouri Department of Higher Education

National Consultants

Bernie Dodge – Professor, Dept. of Educational Technology, San Diego State University
Bernajean Porter – Education Consultant, Bernajean Porter Consulting, Sedalia, CO

Non-public Participants

Gail Tiemann - Senior Project Coordinator, Private and Independent Technology Education Consortium (PI*TEC), Lawrence, KS

eMINTS National Participants

Jim Henderson - Assistant Superintendent, Granite School District, Utah

University of Missouri

Kandis Smith – Assistant Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, UM

Past Advisory Board Members

Stephanie Bengtson – eMINTS Instructional Specialist (eIS), eMINTS National Center
Gayle Cantrell - eMINTS Instructional Specialist (eIS), eMINTS National Center
Susan Cole - Coordinator of State Programs, MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Jim Flanagan – Consultant
Jayne James – Co-director, Private and Independent Technology Education Consortium (PI*TEC)
Michelle Kendrick - Area Instructional Specialist (AIS), eMINTS National Center
Roxanne Kerwood – Area Instructional Specialist (AIS), eMINTS National Center
Becky Kline - Technology Coordinator, Raymore-Peculiar R-II School District, MO
Jennifer Kuehnle - Area Instructional Specialist (AIS), eMINTS National Center
Stephen Lehmkuhle – Vice President, UM Office of Academic Affairs
Deborah Noble - Assistant Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, UM
Jo Peukert – Principal, Trojan Intermediate, Potosi R-III School District
Julie Phelps - eMINTS Instructional Specialist (eIS), eMINTS National Center
Jeri Phillips – eMINTS Teacher, Parkade Elementary, Columbia Public Schools
Peggy Wald – Library Media Specialist and eMINTS Instructional Specialist, Parkway C-2 School District
Leonard Zanatta – Superintendent, Bolivar R-I School District

Reviewed September 16, 2008.