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University of Kentucky Human Development Institute

University Center on Disability
University of Kentucky
126 Mineral Industries Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0051

Main Phone: 859-257-1714
Main Fax: 859-323-1901
TTY: 859-257-2903
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ukhdi/

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Position	Name	Primary Discipline	Email
Leadership
LEND Director	Caroline Gooden, PhD	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
Acting UCEDD Director	Beth Potter, MSEd	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
Lead Administrative Staff
Community Education Director	Christina Espinosa, MRC	Other	[email protected]
Deputy Director	Johnny Collett	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
Division Director	Patricia Singleton	Other	[email protected]
HDI Core Administration, Employment initiatives, ASL Interpreter Team	Beth Potter, MSEd	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
Research	Phillip Rumrill	Rehabilitation	[email protected]
Primary Activity Coordinators
Data Coordinator	Sherry Power	Other	[email protected]
Data Coordinator	Matt Renfroe, BA		[email protected]
Other	Teresa Belluscio	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
Research	Kathy Sheppard-Jones, PhD	Psychology	[email protected]
Training Director	Phillip Rumrill	Rehabilitation	[email protected]
Specialty Resource Contacts
Evaluation Group	Jess Clouser	Other	[email protected]
Evaluation Group	Mykal Leslie	Other	[email protected]
Evaluation Group	Jeremy Pope	Other	[email protected]
Professional Learning Online Learning Universal Design Digital Accessibility	Patricia Singleton	Other	[email protected]
Summer Leadership Camp Host	Teresa Belluscio	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts
Act Early Ambassador	Christine Hausman	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
Child Care Aware	Mary Howard	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
IDEA Data Center	Mike Abell, Ph.D.	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
IPS Supported Employment	Lori Norton	Social Work	[email protected]
KY National Core Indicators/ Developmental Disabilities Certificate Program/ RETAIN/ Postsecondary/ Driver Rehabilitation Program	Kathy Sheppard-Jones, PhD	Psychology	[email protected]
LEND Faculty	Gregory Barnes, MD, PhD	Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities	[email protected]
LEND Faculty	Bev Harp	Self Advocacy	[email protected]
LEND Faculty	Janine Schmedding-Bartley, PhD	Communications	[email protected]
National Center for Prenatal	Stephanie Meredith, MA	Public Health	[email protected]
RETAIN Kentucky, ASL Interpreting Services	Beth Potter, MSEd	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
Supported Employment Training Project	Katie Wolf Whaley, Masters	Social Work	[email protected]