Find contact information for KDE staff responsible for programs and initiatives. For questions about the Department of Education or about a specific education program, please contact the appropriate staff person by phone or by email. Unless otherwise noted, all area codes are 502.
Please note that due to current changes within the Kentucky Department of Education this list should be recognized to be "Under Construction" while we are working to update these programs, services and contacts. Thank you for your understanding.
KDE Management Staff Directory
Select from the dropdown menu below to access management staff information from each office.
504 Plan564-4970x4105
Academic Standards/P21 Initiatives
standards@education.ky.gov
ACCESS for English Language Learners
564-4394x4750
Accountability Data and Analysis
564-9853x4712
Accounting, Reports and Information
Vacant
Accreditation of Non-Public Schools
(859) 380-1845
Adolescent Literacy
ELAteam@education.ky.gov
damien.sweeney@education.ky.gov
892-6639x4545
Advanced Placement Test Fee Fundingdamien.sweeney@education.ky.gov
892-6639x4545
Advanced Placement Onlinedamien.sweeney@education.ky.gov
892-6639x4545
Advisor/Advisee Programdamien.sweeney@education.ky.gov
892-6639x4545
Affordable Care Act
After School Learning Programs, Extended School ServicesApril Pieper x4519
564-4970
After School Learning Programs, Extended School Services/FundingNicole Crosthwaite
564-1979x4328
After School 21st Century Programs
564-1473x4072
After School 21st Century/Funding
564-1979x4361
564-4286
Alternate Assessment
564-4394x4735
564-3716
Americans with Disabilities (ADA) 504 ADA for studentsErma White
564-4970x4105
ApprenticeshipVacant
Assessment Accommodations
564-4394x4735
Assessment Accommodations Program AreaSusan Farra
564-4970x4136
Assessment/Accountability System and Regulations
At-Risk Afterschool Meals
564-5625x2493
564-4970x4122
Autism
564-9850x4112
564-4970x4519
564-2020
Bilingual Education
564-2106x4134
Blind/Visually Impaired
564-4474x4836
564-4970x4105
564-4772x4015
Bus Procurement and SpecificationsCarl Meehan
564-5279x4442
564-4286x4220
564-4286x4233
Career and Technical Education AccountabilityKiley Whitaker
564-4286x4217
Career and Technical Education/FundingLea Ann Lewis
564-4286x4239
Career and Technical Student Organizations
Vacant
Career Counseling
Vacant
Career Interest and Aptitude Assessment
Career Pathways
Vacant
Career Readiness InitiativesPamela Moore
564-4286x4215
Career Studies StandardsMatt Chaliff
564-4286x4208
Career & Technical Education Continuous Improvement & Technical AssistanceWayne King
564-4286x4246
Career & Technical Education End-of-Program AssessmentsSherri Craig
564-4286x4226
Career/Transition Plans
Carl Perkins Career and Technical Education Act/FundingLea Ann Lewis 564-4286x4239
Certified Local District Vacancies/Postings/WaiversRenee Scott 564-1479x4529
564-1479x4537
Charter Schools
Child/Human Trafficking
564-4772
Chronic Absenteeism Prevention & Intervention
564-4772x4067
Civil Rights Data Collection
564-2020x2471
Class Size and Waivers/Exceptional ChildrenErma White
564-4970x4105
564-3846
Collaborative Teaching Model Training and Strategies/Exceptional ChildrenErma White
564-4970x4105
Commercial Drivers License (CDL) Administrator Monica Napier
564-5279x4436
CDL (Commercial Drivers License) Core Curriculum Instructor Training
CDL (Commercial Drivers License) Reimbursements Instructor Training
CDL (Commercial Drivers License) State Police Liaison
Community-Based Instruction for Students with DisabilitiesTania Sharp 564-4970x4124
Community Work Transition Programs for Students with Disabilities
564-4970x4124
Community Eligibility Provision
564-5625x4935
Competency Based Education
564-4201x4832
Competitive Grants Solications
564-2351x4326
Compulsory Education (SB 97)
564-4772x4067
Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR)
Vacant
Construction Technology Programs
564-4286x4210
Coordinated School Health
Vacant
Counseling Services
Vacant
Counselors for the New Millennium
564-4772x4015
Culturally Responsive Teaching
564-4970x4519
Curriculum Support
standards@education.ky.gov
564-2106x4137
Deaf/Blind/Hard of Hearing
VP: 502-385-0401
564-2106x4716
Diagnostic Reviews
564-5130x4005
Digital Driver's License
564-2020x2495
564-2020x2495
Disciplinary Actions
564-3716
Distributive Clubs of America (DECA)
Vacant
District and School Collection Repository (DASCR)Rodney Bennett 564-4326x4449
District Financial Application Services (MUNIS)
MUNIS Help Desk
(800) 722-4908
564-4772
Dual Credit Scholarship Program
696-7200
Due Process Hearings/Appeals/Exceptional ChildrenTodd Allen
564-4474x4833
Education Technology Field Services for Schools and Districts
Educational Recovery Staff
564-5130x4005
Educator Equity/Diversity
564-1479
Educators Rising
564-1479x4535
Effective Instructional Leadership Act (EILA)Renee Scott 564-1479x4529
Emotional Behavior Disorder (EBD)
564-4970x4105
Engineering and Technology Education/STEMMark Harrell
564-4286x4227
English as a Second Language
Neil Watts
neil.watts@education.ky.gov
564-3791
564-5937
eProve, Technical
564-2116x4010
Equitable Access to Effective Educators
564-1479
E-Rate
564-2020
e-Transcripts
564-2020x2468
Ethics
564-4474x4816
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Waiver
564-3141x4840
Extended School Services (ESS) and Daytime Waivers and EvaluationApril Pieper x4519
564-4970
Extended School Services Daytime Waivers
564-4970
Extended School Year (ESY) for Students with DisabilitiesTania Sharp
564-4970x4124
Facilities, Design, Construction and BG FormsGreg Dunbar
564-4326x4429
Facilities Planning/Construction (FACPAC) Processing
564-4326x4401
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)Reeca Carver
564-4286x4223
Federal Perkins Loan Teacher Cancellation ProgramErin Sudduth
564-3791x4021
564-2020x2471
Foster Children
564-3791x4022
564-7056x4708
564-4970x4121
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)Connie Witt
564-4286x4256
564-2020x2473
564-3716
Graduation Requirementsdamien.sweeney@education.ky.gov
892-6639x4545
Graphics and Artwork
Megan Gross
892-6193x4617
564-3716
Hardware/Software Standards, Oversight and AssistanceJessica Abbott
564-2020x2448
Health Education
standards@education.ky.gov
High Schools
standards@education.ky.gov
High Schools That Work/Tech Centers That WorkTom Thompson
564-4286x4204
Home/Hospital Instruction (Special Education)Erma White 564-4970x4105
Human Resources Management
564-3716x4311
Imagine Academy Services
564-2020x4064
Immigrant Education
Neil Watts
neil.watts@education.ky.gov
564-3791
Indirect Cost Rate, Local School DistrictsKaren Conway
564-3846x4435
Individualized Learning Plans (ILP)damien.sweeney@education.ky.gov
892-6639x4545
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)Tracy Herman
564-4970x4815
Industrial Education (Manufacturing)Dana Tackett
564-4286x4224
Industry CertificationVacant
Information Security/Data Breaches
564-2020x2436
Information Technology Education/Media ArtsScott U'Sellis
564-4286x4225
Innovative Administrative Regulation Waivers
564-4201x4832
Instructional Management System (IMS)
Vacant
Instructional Management System (IMS)/Educator Development Suite Help Desk
(855) 435-7459
Instructional Strategies for Diverse Learners
564-4970
Instructional Transformation Project
564-1479x4523
Insurance, Local School Districts
564-3846x4462
Insurance, School for the Blind/School for the Deaf/FFA Camp/Central OfficeRobin Stanley
564-8137x4342
Interdisciplinary Courses
Vacant
Internet Content Management (Lightspeed K-12)
Lightspeed Help Desk
(800) 444-9267
Internet/Kentucky Education Network (KEN) K-12
KETS Help Desk
866-538-7435
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps(JROTC)
Vacant
Juvenile Justice - Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency ChildrenChristina Weeter 564-4772x4067
K-3 Programs
564-4970x4519
K-12 Data Services
564-2020x2274
Kentucky Academic Standards
565-4970x4109
564-9850x4112
Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual Library
Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS)
564-2020x2229
Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) Contract Information
564-2020
Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) Help Desk
(866) 538-7435
Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) Internet Access for Schools and Districts
564-2020x2204
Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) Master PlanDavid Couch 564-2020x2229
Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) Offers of Assistance
564-2020
Kentucky Educator Placement Services (KEPS)Renee Scott
564-1479x4529
Kentucky School for the Blind and Kentucky School for the DeafKevin Stull
564-4970x4548
Kentucky Special Education CooperativesGretta Hylton 564-4970x4109
Kentucky State Personnel Development Grant
Kentucky Statewide Longitudinal Data SystemDeDe Conner 564-2020x2208
Kentucky Student Information Systems (KSIS)Becky Jenkins
564-2020x2475
Infinite Campus Support
(888) 461-2004
K-PREP (State Assessment)
Law and Public Safety Programs
564-4286x4212
Law/Regulations, Pupil Transportation
564-5279x4406
LEAD-Kentucky
564-5130x4005
564-1479x4529
Leadership Networks
Learning Disabilities
564-2020x2488
Leases, Real Property, Acquisitions and SurplusGreg Dunbar 564-4326x4429
Legal Services-Exceptional ChildrenTodd Allen
564-4474x4833
564-2106x4500
564-7962
Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Neil Watts
neil.watts@education.ky.gov
Locally Operated Career Technical Schools
Locally Operated Career Technical Schools/FundingLea Ann Lewis
564-4286x4239
Local Perkins ApplicationHelen Jones
564-4286x4242
Maintenance Training for School Bus MechanicsCarl Meehan
564-5279x4442
Management Assistance, Local School DistrictsRobin Kinney
564-1976x4302
Manufacturing Programs
564-4286x4224
Mathematics Achievement Fund
kde.maf@education.ky.gov
Maximum Class Size
564-1479x4501
Media Arts Program
564-4286x4225
Media Relations
Jessica Fletcher
564-2000x4611
Mediation, Exceptional ChildrenTodd Allen 564-4474x4833
Medicaid, School-Based Administrative Claiming
Vacant
564-4970x4124
Microsoft Academy Services
564-2020x4064
Microsoft Office 365
KETS Help Desk
(866) 538-7435
Middle Level Education
standards@education.ky.gov
Milken Family Foundation National Educator AwardsDonna Melton
564-2000x4616
Minority Educator Recruitment Retention Loan Forgiveness ProgramMonica Murphy 564-1479x4050
Missing Children 564-4772
Model Curriculum Framework
standards@education.ky.gov
Moderate and Severe DisabilitiesTania Sharp
564-4970x4124
Monitoring Programs, Exceptional Children
MUNIS
MUNIS Help Desk
Music Education
KDEArts@education.ky.gov
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)Mark DeCandia
564-9853x4724
National Board Certification Salary SupplementJana Cox
564-3846x4409
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)Alisa Zimmerman
564-4970x4122
Network to Transform Teaching (NT3)
564-1479x4526
New Skills for Youth
564-4286x4217
875-3411
New Teacher Institute
564-4286x4209
564-4772
Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) Program
564-4201x4830
Occupational Based Teacher CertificationAngie Fischer
564-4286x4236
Online and Virtual Course Services
(270) 300-0287
ParentInfo Newsletter
564-2000x4606
Peer Observation
564-1479x4510
Performance Management564-2102x4700
Perkins AccountabilityKarla Tipton
564-4286x4221
Persistence to Graduation/Early Warning
Physical Education
standards@education.ky.gov
Pilot Visitations, TransportationCarl Meehan
564-5279x4442
Policies and Procedures, Exceptional ChildrenRobert Meacham
564-4970x4112
Presidential Awards/Mathematics and Science
KDEMath@education.ky.gov
Press Secretary/Media Issues
Jessica Fletcher
564-2000x4611
Principal Partnership Project
564-1479x4526
Principal's Advisory Council
564-1479x4533
Professional Learning
Program of Studies/KY Academic StandardsKaren Kidwell 564-2106x4139
Pupil Attendance Software
564-2020x2217
Read To Achieve Grants
kde.readtoachieve@education.ky.gov
Reimbursement, Pupil Transportation - SEEKChay Ritter
564-3846x4453
Research
564-2102
Response to Intervention (RTI)
564-2106
Restraints and Seclusions
564-9850x4112
Rural Low-Income School Program
Safe School Data
564-4772x4063
Safe Schools
564-4772
Safety Administrator
564-8137x4353
Safety Core Curriculum and Pupil TransportationJohn Wyatt
564-5279x4421
Saturday Learning Program, Extended School ServicesApril Pieper
564-4970x4519
School-Based Decision MakingNeil Watts564-3791x4054
School-Based Health Services Program-MedicaidErma White
564-4970x4105
School Bus Driver Status and Update TrainingJohn Wyatt
564-5279x4421
School Bus Inventory and RegulationCarl Meehan
564-5279x4442
School Counseling Services
Vacant
School Curriculum Assessment and Accountability Council (SCAAC)
564-4394x4748
School Facilities Construction Commission
564-5582
School Numbers
564-4326x4449
School Nutrition Programs
564-5625x4929
School Psychological and Psychometric Services
Vacant
564-9853x4751
School Safety Compliance
564-4772x4015
Science
kdescience@education.ky.gov
Social Media
Social Studies
socialstudies@education.ky.gov
Special Populations, Career and Technical EducationTania Sharp
564-4970x4124
564-4970x4105
State Advisory Panel, Exceptional ChildrenJoe McCowan
564-4970x4121
State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)Gretta Hylton
564-4970x4527
564-2000x4611
564-2020x2236
Student Voice
Students Involuntary Admitted to Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals w/ID
564-4970x4136
Suicide Prevention
564-4772
Superintendent Contracts
564-3846x4438
Superintendent Evaluations
Teacher Leadership
Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program
564-3791x4021
564-3846
Teacher's Advisory Council
564-1479x4526
Technology Standards for Teachers and AdministratorsDavid Couch
564-2020x2229
564-2020x2421
Testing Violations
564-4474x4809
Textbooks/Instructional Materials and Resources
Vacant
Title I, Improving the Academic Achievement of Disadvantaged ChildrenJennifer Akir564-3791x4014
Title II, Teacher and Principal Training & Recruiting FundJennifer Baker
564-1479x4501
Title III
Neil Watts
neil.watts@education.ky.gov
564-3791
Transition Planning for Students with DisabilitiesTania Sharp 564-4970 x4124
Transitional Courses/Transitional InterventionsApril Pieper x4
564-4970x4519
Transportation Programs
564-4286x4250
564-2351x4301
Truancy
564-5279x4444
564-2020
Virus Protection for Schools and Districts
KETS Help Desk
(866) 538-7435
Vocational Transportation Reimbursement
564-3846x4435
564-2020x2421
Waivers for Exceptional Children Programs
564-4970x4105
Waivers for Extended School Services ProgramsApril Pieper
564-4970x4519
World Languages
worldlanguages@education.ky.gov