About ACRES

Leadership

ACRES National Headquarters
Contact Information
American Council on Rural Special Education
Montana Center on Disabilities/MSU-Billings
1500 University Dr
Billings MT 59101

E-mail: inquiries@acres-sped.org
Phone: (406) 657-2312
1-888-866-3822 (Toll Free/Voice/TDD)
(406) 657-2313 (fax)

Officers of the Board

NOTE: Parenthesis indicates date of term expiration.

Chair David Forbush (09) Cache County School District Director of Special Education Services Logan, UT Phone: (435) 792-7631 E-mail: david.forbush@cache.k12.ut.us	Chair Elect Lori Garnes (07) Minot State University 500 University Avenue West Minot, ND 58707 Phone: (701) 858-3139 FAX: (701) 852-2694 E-mail: garnesl@minotstateu.edu	Past Chair Belva Collins (08) University of Kentucky Dept. of Special Education & Rehabilitation Counseling 229 Taylor Ed. Bldg. Lexington, KY 40506-0001 Phone: (859) 257-8591 E-mail: bcoll01@uky.edu
Secretary Nancy Glomb (07) Utah State University 2865 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-2865 Phone: (435) 797-3911 FAX: (435) 797-3572 E-mail: nkglomb@cc.usu.edu	Treasurer Jennifer Grisham-Brown (08) University of Kentucky Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling 229 Taylor Education Building Lexington, KY 40506-0001 Phone: (859) 257-8943 E-mail: jgleat00@pop.uky.edu
Consulting Historian Mary Susan Fishbaugh (08) Montana State University - Billings 1500 North 30th Street Billings, MT 59101 Phone: (406) 657-2890 E-mail: mfishbaugh@msubillings.edu	Historian Joan Sebastian (07) National University 11255 North Torrey Pines Rd. La Jolla, CA 92007 Phone: (858) 642-8006 E-mail: jsebasti@nu.edu	Apprentice Historian Steve Street (08) Minnesota State University-Moorhead Lommen Hall Rm 214-U 1104 7th Ave S Moorhead, MN 56563 Phone: (218) 477-2004 FAX: (218) 477-2547 E-mail: streetst@mnstate.edu

Board Members

NOTE: Parenthesis indicates date of term expiration.

John Schuster (08) University of Kentucky 229 Taylor Bldg. Lexington, KY 40506-0001 Phone: (859) 257-8594 FAX: (859) 257-1325 E-mail: jwschu01@uky.edu	Rosemarie S. Dugi (07) The Pennsylvania State University 122 CEDAR Building University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 863-3117 E-mail: rsd231@psu.com	Britt Tatman Ferguson (07) Minnesota State University 209E Lommen Hall 1104 Seventh Avenue South Moorhead, MN 56563 Phone: (218) 477-2554 E-mail: fergub@mnstate.edu
Phoebe Gillespie (08) Project Director The National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Service Providers - Personnel Center @ National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) 1800 Diagonal Road Suite 320 Suite 320 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (703) 519-3800 ext. 337 FAX: (703) 519-3808 E-mail: phoebe.gillespie@nasdse.org	Ann Richards (09) Email: Ann.Richards@mail.wvu.edu	Ex-Officio (Editor, RSEQ) Barbara Ludlow West Virginia University 509 Allen Hall PO Box 6122 Morgantown, WV 26506-6122 Phone: (304) 293-6834 Email: Barbara.Ludlow@mail.wvu.edu
Steve Street (08) Minnesota State University-Moorhead Lommen Hall Rm 214-U 1104 7th Ave S Moorhead, MN 56563 Phone: (218) 477-2004 FAX: (218) 477-2547 E-mail: streetst@mnstate.edu	Kate Mitchum (07) Kate Mitchem, Ph.D. 210 Keystone Hall California University of Pennsylvania 250 University Avenue California, PA 15419 Phone: (724) 938-6039 E-mail: mitchem_k@cup.edu	Effie Laman (08) Texas Tech University College of Education Sowell Center for Research and Education in VI Box 41071 Lubbock, TX 79409-1071 Phone: (806) 742-1997 ext. 231 FAX: 806-742-2326 E-mail: e.laman@ttu.edu
Bill Bauer (09) Marietta College 204 Erwin Hall 215 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 Email: bauerm@marietta.edu	Mark Fugate (09) Division of School Psychology Alfred University Saxon Drive Alfred, NY 14802 Phone: (607) 871-2855 Email: ffugate@alfred.edu	Linda Hyatt (09) Fort Hays State University Department of SPED/ESOL 210D Rarik Hall 600 Park street Hays, KS 67601 Phone: (785) 628-5580 Email: lhyatt@fhsu.edu
Lori Garnes (07) Minot State University 500 University Avenue West Minot, ND 58707 Phone: (701) 858-3139 FAX: (701) 852-2694 E-mail: garnesl@minotstateu.edu

ACRES Committee Chairs

Awards/Scholarships	Lori Garnes	Membership	Ann Richards, John Schuster
Conference Program	Britt Ferguson	Nomination/Elections	Belva Collins
Editorial Board Liaison	Jack Mayhew	Partnerships/Marketing	Joan Sebastian, Steve Street
Legislative/Political	Steve Street	Silent Auction	Nedra Atwell
Financial Oversight	Belva Collins & Mary Susan Fishbaugh	Technology	Effie Laman, Bill Bauer

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