NASP Elections–State Candidates: Biographies
Arizona
Eva Prince
Eva Prince was honored by the Arizona Association of School Psychologists (AASP) as the 2007 Psychologist of the Year. She has worked in the educational field for 31 years and provides school psychology services to sensory impaired students and programs throughout Arizona. Eva has served on the Executive Board for AASP and currently is the AZ-SPAN Coordinator. She shares her professional knowledge as a speaker at Arizona’s universities, a conference presenter, and intern supervisor.
Kathleen Rahn
A past president of AASP, Kathleen Rahn, NCSP, has advocated for the needs of school psychologists throughout Arizona. As a practitioner Kathleen implements early intervention services and is involved in statewide efforts to implement RTI. She is a portfolio reviewer for the NCSP Program. Through Western Region Leadership meetings, Kathleen learned critical ways to promote awareness of the vital role of school psychologists. She advocates a professional development model which addresses NASP Domains of Competence.
Arkansas
Rita Lynne Jones
Rita Lynne Jones served for two consecutive years as president of the Arkansas School Psychology Association. She was recognized in 2004 as the Arkansas School Psychologist of the Year and has been recognized as Who’s Who for American Education. Rita is also a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Phi, International Reading Association and National Association of School Psychologists. She has been the Field Supervisor for six School Psychology interns in northeast Arkansas.
California
Margaret A. Sedor
Margaret A. Sedor has provided leadership within the schools in San Diego and Riverside Counties as a School Psychologist and Program Specialist for 18 years and as an instructor at SDSU. She has served on the board of directors for CASP as CPD Chair and local affiliate SANDCASP for four years, and currently is Past President. She serves on two NASP Committees; Social Justice and Consultee Centered Consultation and is a NASP PREPaRE Crisis Trainer.
Melinda Susan
Melinda Susan, NCSP is a special education principal with Sonoma County Office of Education and adjunct faculty member in the counseling department at Sonoma State University. Melinda has been on the CASP board for eight years as a region representative and CPD/CATS chair. A NASP member since 1996, she is a PREPaRE trainer and workgroup member and Crisis Interest Group member. She has two articles in preparation for Helping Children at Home and School III.
Connecticut
Rossella Fanelli
Rossella Fanelli has over 30 years experience as a school psychologist and seven years as an officer on the CASP Executive Board. She is an adjunct professor for LIU, teaching and supervising school psychology graduate students. Most recently she has served on an Advisory Panel for the Connecticut State Department of Education, helping to develop a state model of RTI. She has presented at the NYC NASP convention on School Psychologists and Prevention Services.
District of Columbia
Denise Daniels, Ph.D. is currently a School Psychologist that works for the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). She has been working as a School Psychologist for the past 10 years where she has worked with the Non-Public Unit, Charter Schools Unit and students in public elementary and high schools. While working for DCPS, she has focused on the specific needs of students in urban school districts and students of color.
Florida
Rance Harbor
Rance Harbor is a Florida native, who is married and a father of two young daughters. He received his Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of South Florida and is currently a practicing school psychologist in the public school system. During his 20 years of experience he has remained committed to research and working closely with School Psychology training programs, and also has experience as both a therapist and an administrator in clinical settings.
Sarah Valley-Gray
Sarah Valley-Gray is a certified school psychologist, licensed psychologist, associate professor and Continuing Education Director at the Center for Psychological Studies (CPS) at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). Sarah developed the specialist and doctoral programs in school psychology at CPS. She has served on FASP’s executive board since 2001 and led FASP’s charity fundraising since 2003. Sarah is currently NASP Florida Delegate, NASP National and State Credentialing Chair and a member of the Standards Revision Committee.
Hawaii
Jean Ramage
Jean Ramage has been Delegate from Hawaii for the last three years. This year she is Western Regional Delegate to the NASP Executive Council. Also, she participates in the HASP board meetings. Before retiring, she was the administrator of the Hawaii School-Based Behavioral-Health program and founding director of the School Psychology at Argosy University. In 2008 she received the "Outstanding Contributions to Training" award from the Trainers of School Psychologists.
Kansas
Regina Kimbrel
Regina Kimbrel has served children as a teacher, counselor and school psychologist. She supports children in her community by serving on the board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Marion County. Regina has served on the Kansas Association of School Psychologists’ Board as Associate Editor, Editor, President, and SPAN Coordinator. She is serving her first term as Kansas delegate to NASP and also serves as Central Region Delegate Representative to the Executive Council of NASP.
Kentucky
Marty Dunham
Marty Dunham is currently a professor and coordinator of the school psychology program at Murray State University where he has been for 11 years. He works with the department of vocational rehabilitation where he consults and provides evaluation services as a licensed psychologist. He is an associate editor for a peer reviewed school psychology journal, frequently conducts workshops for local school psychologists, and regularly publishes research on school psychology practice and rehabilitation issues.
Maryland
Rivka Olley
Rivka Olley, NASP member since 1975, has been active in leadership in Vermont, Maryland, and NASP as a delegate (Vermont), president (Maryland), newsletter editor (VT), Publications Board, Children’s Fund, Communications Workgroup (NASP), and practitioner-reviewer for Best Practices (3 editions). Rivka is cited as an exemplar of practice in Blueprint III. Rivka’s strong commitment to the field, to NASP members, and state level organizations, underpins the desire to serve as delegate from Maryland.
Nick Silvestri
Nick Silvestri is running for a second term as Maryland’s delegate to NASP. He provides administrative assistance to 71 school psychologists and 21 School Social Workers in Anne Arundel County Schools.
Nick’s assets include his reasoning skills, his capacity to completely consider an issue, then offer responses and solutions which he communicates in a clear, reasoned manner. His passion for School Psychology is contagious as NASP membership figures in MD have reached their highest levels.
Massachusetts
Bob Trant
Bob Trant has been a practitioner in the Swampscott Schools, and member of the MSPA board for over twenty years. He received his specialist degree from the UMass Boston, and doctorate from Northeastern University. He is a past president and recipient of MSPA’s School Psychologist of the Year award. He has taught both at Northeastern, and at Tufts University. Dr. Trant was elected the NASP Massachusetts delegate in 2006, and is currently running for re-election.
Nebraska
Theresa McFarland
Theresa McFarland is finishing her first term as the Nebraska Delegate for NASP. She has worked in both the public school setting; as a school psychologist, speech language pathologist and resource specialist and post secondary setting; at the university level, as a trainer of school psychologists. This "practitioner-trainer" continuum of experience enhances her ability to be responsible for maintaining communication, disseminating information and bringing issues as recipicol exchanges between the state of NE and NASP.
Nevada
William Marks
William Marks works full time as a practicing school psychologist in the public school system. William received his Ed.S. degree in school psychology in 2003 and is a member of Psi Chi Honor Society in Psychology. William is currently in the Educational Psychology Doctoral program for school psychology at UNLV, has presented poster presentations and work shops at NASP and Neuropsychology conferences and has published in journals including AER Journal and Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.
Janell Rosenberg
Janell Rosenberg has worked for the Nevada Department of Education as a special education consultant for seven years, and been involved in system changes with RTI. She served as a school psychologist for eighteen years for small and large communities in Wisconsin and Nevada. Varied experiences in school psychology gave her broad understandings of the many changes and challenges in school psychology. As NASP Delegate from Nevada, Janell will continue representing concerns of school psychologists.
New Jersey
Terry Molony
As a School Psychologist in Cherry Hill, Terry developed various programs, including PBS, high-school transition, and RTI. She served NJASP as President and Secretary and currently as Newsletter Editor, and NJASP and NASP book conversation facilitator. Terry has contributed to the Communiqué and has visited Capital Hill to advocate for children. She is an adjunct faculty member and doctoral candidate at PCOM. Terry has presented on various topics, including reading, positive psychology, and counseling techniques.
North Dakota
Marcia Martin
Marcia received her Ed.S. from MiSU in 2003. She has been an active member of NASP and NDASP since 2000 and received her NCSP in 2003. Within the state association, she has served on the GPR and Conference Committees. Marcia is the current NASP delegate from ND and represents the Central Region as their Delegate Representative. She is employed by Grand Forks Public Schools, where she provides services for early childhood through twelfth grade.
Ohio
John Biltz
John Biltz, NCSP, is a full-time school psychologist employed by the Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center. He is also an adjunct professor in the School Psychology Program at Bowling Green State University, and serves as a member of the School Psychology Program Advisory Board at Bowling Green, and The University of Toledo.
John is the immediate Past-President of the Ohio School Psychologists Association, and former President of the Maumee Valley School Psychologists Association in Ohio.
Kathy McNamara
In her 30-year career, Kathy has been a school psychologist, supervised services for PSI, and consulted with schools; she directs the School Psychology program at Cleveland State University. She edited The Ohio School Psychologist, chairs OSPA’s Ethics Committee, and received OSPA’s Bartlett Award and two Presidential Citations. Kathy chairs the NASP Ethics and Professional Standards Committee, and is active in RTI research. Her experience and skills would help give Ohio a strong voice in NASP.
Utah
Fulvia Franco
Fulvia believes that we must inform the public about the valuable services we provide to children and families and advocate for issues and legislation that impact children and the profession of school psychology. She is concerned about the impact of the Model Licensure Act on the profession. As your NASP delegate, she will work to obtain national and local support and direction in ensuring that school psychologists are included in any legislation affecting our profession.
Leah Voorhies
Leah Voorhies, Ph.D., is licensed school psychologist. Leah has worked at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind the past 11 years, as a school psychologist, then coordinator of Psychological and Social Work Services, and now as director of Related Services.
Leah is the past president of the Utah Association of School Psychologists (UASP), and has served on the conference committee for seven years.
She currently chairs Utah’s Child Abuse Prevention Action Committee.
Virginia
Dede Bailer
Dede Bailer is completing her first term as NASP delegate from Virginia and is seeking your support for a second term. During her tenure Dede has taken issues of interest and importance to school psychology practitioners from across the Commonwealth to the attention of leadership at the national level. Dede currently serves on multiple committees within NASP and maintains a strong relationship with the leadership of the Virginia Academy of School Psychologists (VASP).