Our Team
The multidisciplinary IRIS team—with backgrounds in general and special education, multicultural education, child development, psychology, evaluation, systems analysis, audio engineering, graphic design, publishing, technology, and business—are responsible for creating IRIS resources with the high degree of quality and reliability that our users have come to expect.

Naomi Tyler
Project Director

Kim Skow
Deputy Director

Kim Paulsen
Associate Director

Karen Hale
Administrative Manager

Sarah Semon
Technical Assistance Coordinator

Sarah Price-Strickland
Resource Developer

Nick Shea
Editor/Writer

Ashley Allred
Resource Developer

Destiny Schmitz
Resource Developer

John Harwood
Webmaster

Brenda Knight
Web and Graphic Designer

Pam Dismuke
Administrative Support

Deb Smith
Senior Advisor
Current OSEP Project Officer
Sarah Allen
Former OSEP Project Officers
Tracie Dickson
Shedeh Hajghassemali
Anne Smith
Helen Thornton