Staff
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Tony Lobianco
Principal Investigator / Project Director Kentucky Post School Outcomes Center Phone: (859) 218-5958 Email: tflobi1@uky.edu Responsibilities: Overseeing development of data collection system, reporting to state and federal government, developing methods to improve post-school outcomes. I also assist with general research activities for HDI, serve on the Underserved Populations Engagement Committee and collaborate with many state…
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Laura Smith Butler
Disability Program Administrator Community Quality (NCI), Quality of Life survey, My Choice Kentucky Phone: (859) 218-5959 Email: laura.smith2@uky.edu Responsibilities: Data collection and reporting Experiences: I have worked with people with disabilities in various roles for over 25 years Reason: Research: National Core Indicators, Quality of Life Interests: Advocacy, systems change, data driven policy
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Tina Lindon
Administrative Services Assistant Phone: 859-257-4356 Email: tlindon@uky.edu Responsibilities: Answer phones, deliver paperwork to other departments, copy material for staff, clerical office stuff. Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:
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Becky Slone
Quality Early Care and Education TA Specialist Child Care Aware Phone: (606) 878-4788 Email: bslon3@uky.edu Responsibilities: Guide and support TA processes for Quality Coaches and STAR Raters using recommended practices. Ensure reliability across all four ERS tools with Regional QCs and Raters. Experiences: 36 years in early care and education field as teacher/administrator/trainer, mostly in…
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Rebekah Banner
Evaluation Analyst Evaluation Phone: Email: rebekah.banner@uky.edu Responsibilities: Assist in devleopment of reports and data visualization; coordination of data collection; data transcription and management Experiences: Previous experience unrelated to field Reason: Research: Interests: Spending time with family, baking, reading
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Luke O’Hara
Data Manager Evaluation Phone: Email: luke.ohara@uky.edu Responsibilities: Performance measurement, formative evaluation, reporting, infographics, dashboarding Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests: Fiction, Baseball, Visual Art, Writing
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Daniel Lee
Illustration Coordinator Kentucky Alternate Assessment Project (KAAP) Phone: Email: dflee2@uky.edu Responsibilities: Creating & editing illustrations for alternate assessments Experiences: Sketch artist for an outdoor product management company. BFA in painting. K-12 Art Ed initial teaching certification. Lab technician. Various commissioned illustrations & exhibitions. Reason: Research: Interests: Music (Vibraphone, Bass, Flute…), Language ( Japanese, Gregg Shorthand…)…
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Beth Potter
Deputy Director HDI Core Administration, Employment initiatives, ASL Interpreter Team Phone: Email: Beth.Potter@uky.edu Responsibilities: Serve as Acting Executive Director for Kentucky’s designated center on disabilities. Direct employment initiatives that provide services to people who acquire an illness or injury outside of the workplace. Serve as principal investigator for a contract to deliver high quality American…
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Arline Wilson
Interviewer/Program Coordinator Community Quality National Core Indicators Phone: Email: awilson@uky.edu Responsibilities: Training, Interviewing, Data collection Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:
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Stephanie Meredith, PhD
Lettercase Medical Outreach Director LEND faculty Phone: (770) 310-3885 Email: stephanie.meredith@uky.edu Responsibilities: Creating and dessiminating information about genetic conditions and building relationships between national leaders in the disability and medical communities; creating the KentuckyWorks website and other related printed and online materials. Experiences: Author of nationally-recommended “Understanding a Down Syndrome Diagnosis” and other diagnosis books…