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Staff
Texas Head Start State Collaboration Office LaShonda Y. Brown, Director 7000 Fannin St, Suite 1920 Houston TX 77030 Call toll-free: 866-282-7780 Call locally: 713-500-3835 Fax: 713-500-3820 E-mail Address: LaShonda.Brown@uth.tmc.edu	Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System Katie Chennisi, Coordinator 7000 Fannin St, Suite 1920 Houston, TX 77030 Call toll-free: 866-282-7780 Call locally: 713-500-3832 Fax: 713-500-3820 Email Address: Catherine.E.Chennisi@uth.tmc.edu

Name	Title	Organization
Audrey Abed	Head Start Director	City of San Antonio
LaShonda Brown	Director	Texas Head Start State Collaboration Office
Sebrina Carroll	Associate Director for Professional Development and Quality Assurance	South Plains Community Action Association
Sonya Coffey	Project Coordinator	Children’s Learning Institute
Fran Dayal	Program Specialist	DARS – Early Childhood Intervention
Teresa Flores	Head Start/Early Head Start Director	Hidalgo County Head Start Program
Janell J. Frazier	Executive Director/Head Start/Early Head Start	4C Central Texas
John Gasko	Director of Statewide Initiatives	Children’s Learning Institute
Kenneth Gilbert	Head Start Director	Texas Head Start Association
LeAnn Kite Hampton	Head Start Director	Region 10 ESC
Margie Larsen	Head Start State T/TA ECE Manager	Booz Allen Hamilton
Kristine Mohajer	CPS State Office Educational Specialist	DFPS – Child Protective Services
Howard Morrison	Program Specialist Division of Federal and State Education Policy	Texas Education Agency
Julie Ray	Head Start Director	Child Care Associates
Janet Reese	Head Start Manager	Region 9 ESC
Chris Simone	Coordinator for Education, ERSEA & Disabilities	Kerrville ISD

Texas Head Start State Collaboration Office
7000 Fannin, UCT 1920, Houston, Texas 77030
(866) 282-7780