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Each liaison is charged with understanding systemic needs, supporting access to resources, maintaining relationships with SEA teams, helping identify specific state issues, and brokering technical assistance (TA) support from appropriate sources, including other TA Centers.

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Liaisons By Name
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Tessie Bailey
Wyoming
Sarah Benz
Texas
Katherine Bradley-Black
District of Columbia, Florida, North Carolina, West Virginia
Diana Cruz
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau
Cesar D'Agord
American Samoa, Bureau of Indian Education, Guam, Hawaii, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Beckie Davis
Arkansas, Georgia
Nicole Garcia
Idaho, Oregon
Julia Hartwig
California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
Alexandria Harvey
Mississippi, Washington
Susan Hayes
Connecticut, Montana
Laura Kuchle
Kentucky
Kevin Macpherson
Missouri
Mari Mathews
Alaska
Kate Nagle
New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee
Amy Peterson
Vermont
Kat Pfannenstiel
Colorado, Maryland, Puerto Rico
Jennifer Pierce
Nevada, Ohio
Colleen Riley
Arizona, Iowa, New Mexico
Christina Spector
Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey
Mary Watson
Alabama, Delaware, Massachusetts, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia
Teri Williams Valentine
Louisiana, Maine
Jennifer Wolfsheimer
Kansas, New York, Rhode Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah
Elizabeth Zagata
Michigan

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