Our Team
Members
Ximena Franco-Jenkins
Ximena Franco-Jenkins, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, the Co-Director of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN), and the Early Childhood Portfolio Lead at NIRN. She has more than 17 years of... Learn more
Angie Caldwell
Angie Caldwell is a Gulf Comprehensive Center staff member, providing support for the Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida literacy projects. She has 10 years experience in public education. During this time, Ms. Caldwell has served as an elementary school teacher, literacy... Learn more
Kathleen Ryan Jackson
Kathleen Ryan Johnson, D.Ed., is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center (R7CC) team member, specializing in providing implementation support to the R7CC technical assistance team and within capacity building projects for the states of Mississippi and Alabama. The aim of these... Learn more
Lauren E. Jetty
Lauren E. Jetty, Ph.D., is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center staff member, specializing in support to the Alabama Math and Literacy Coaching project and the Florida Building Leadership Capacity project. She has more than 15 years of experience in the... Learn more
Lauren Matlach
Lauren Matlach is a Region 7 Comprehensive Center team member, providing support to the Mississippi Equitable Access to Effective Educators and Florida Standards Implementation projects. She has a decade of experience in education, working across nonprofits, public schools, and state... Learn more
Angela S. Rutherford
Dr. Angela Rutherford is a Professor at the University of Mississippi (UM). She has more than 30 years of experience in public education. She has actively served on numerous national, regional, state, and local committees and task forces focused on... Learn more
Lori Vandeborne
Lori Vandeborne is a member of the Region 7 Comprehensive Center Staff, specializing in support to the Alabama Math and Literacy Coaching project and the Florida Building Leadership Capacity and Standards projects. She has worked in education from the preschool... Learn more
Monica Young
Monica is a Subject Matter Expert for the Gulf Comprehensive Center. In this role, Monica supports projects as needed in content areas related to accountability, educator effectiveness, educator preparation, evaluation systems, and data management and use. In the Gulf region,... Learn more
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