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Southcentral Region
Serving Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Contacts
- Outreach Specialist:
- Stephanie Walker, [email protected]
Stephanie’s professional career in the field of visual impairments began with a Master of Arts in Special Education with a focus on Visual Impairments and Orientation & Mobility from Texas Tech University. Her experience working with students with visual impairments extends over 18 years and includes serving as a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments and O&M Specialist. Before obtaining her master’s degree, Stephanie served as a junior high special education teacher. She has been the webmaster for Texas AER for several years and is enrolled in an educational diagnostician program at Texas A&M Commerce University. She recently served as the State Lead for the Texas Sensory Support Network with ESC Region 11 where she provided technical assistance and professional development across Texas. She was an author for the Texas 2 STEPS Assessment and Curriculum; has served as the Southern representative on the Colorado Vision Coalition and the advisory board for ECI of North-Central Texas. Stephanie currently resides in Texas.
Southcentral Region Ex Officio Trustees
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Arkansas
Charles Eric Yarberry
World Services for the Blind (Quota Account #10)
World Services for the Blind
President/CEO
Address
2811 Fair Park Blvd
Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 -
Jena McDonnell
Arkansas School for the Blind (Quota Account #12)
Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Director, Records & Reporting
Address
2600 West Markham
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 -
Evan Beavers
Arkansas State Department of Education (Quota Accounts #14 & #15)
Arkansas State Department of Education
Accessible Education Materials Coordinator
Address
4 Capitol Mall
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 -
Paula Tucker
Conway Human Development Center (Quota Account #13)
Conway Human Development Center
Teacher II, Special Education Program
Address
150 Siebenmorgan Rd
Conway, Arkansas 72032 -
Colorado
James Olson
Colorado Department Of Education & Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (Quota Accounts #20, #22 & #23)
Colorado Instructional Materials Center
Coordinator
Address
1015 East High St
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903-3559 -
New Mexico
Heather Miller
New Mexico State Department of Education (Quota Accounts #138 & #139) and New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Quota Account #136)
New Mexico State Department of Education & New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Superintendent
Address
1900 N White Sands Blvd
Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310 -
Oklahoma
Pepper Watson
Oklahoma Department of Education (Quota Account #164)
AIM Center
Director AIM Center
Address
300 NE 18th St
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105-3212Chair, 2021 Educational Products Advisory Committee
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Ronita Smalley
NewView Oklahoma (Quota Account #33)
NewView Oklahoma
Director of Clinical Services & Rehabilitation
Address
4301 N Classen Blvd
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118 -
Shawna Coplen
Oklahoma School for the Blind (Quota Account #162)
Oklahoma School for the Blind
Principal
Address
3300 Gibson St
Muskogee, Oklahoma 74403 -
Texas
Emily Coleman
Texas School for the Blind And Visually Impaired (Quota Account #192)
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Superintendent
Address
1100 W 45th St
Austin, Texas 78756 -
Chelean Zander
The Lighthouse for the Blind of Houston (Quota Account #193)
The Lighthouse for the Blind of Houston
Vice President
Address
3602 W Dallas St
Houston, Texas 77019 -
Nicholas Trotter
Texas Education Agency (Quota Accounts #196 & #198)
Texas Education Agency
Education Specialist
Address
1701 N Congress Ave
Austin, Texas 78701 -
Julie Johnson
Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center (Quota Account #194)
Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center
Interim Director
Address
4800 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, Texas 78756 -
Allison M Trammell
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (Quota Account #197)
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
San Antonio SSLC Hab - Therapy Director
Address
6711 S New Braunfels
San Antonio, Texas 78223