Kevin Feldman, Ed.D.
Director of Reading and Early Intervention, Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE)
Dr. Kevin Feldman’s career in education spans thirty-six years. As the Director of Reading and Early Intervention for SCOE, he develops, organizes, and monitors programs related to K–12 literacy and prevention of reading difficulties. He also serves as a Leadership Team Consultant to the California Reading and Literature Project, and assists in the development and implementation of PreK–12 programs throughout California and across the nation.

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Ted S. Hasselbring, Ed.D.
Professor of Special Education, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Over the past twenty-five years, Dr. Hasselbring has conducted research on the use of technology for enhancing learning in students with mild disabilities and those who are at-risk of school failure. He has authored more than one hundred articles and book chapters on learning and technology and serves on the editorial boards of six professional journals. He is also the author of several computer programs, including READ 180. Between 2000 and 2006, Dr. Hasselbring left Vanderbilt and served as the Executive Director of the National Assistive Technology Research Institute at the University of Kentucky. In the fall of 2006, Dr. Hasselbring returned to Vanderbilt where he had been a Professor of Special Education and Codirector of the Learning Technology Center for 18 years. Dr. Hasselbring is a graduate of Indiana University, earning a Bachelor of Science in 1971, the Master of Arts in Teaching with a major in Biology in 1972, and an Ed.D. in Special Education in 1979. He is also the author of several computer programs, including READ 180 and System 44.

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Sara Holbrook
Poet & Author
Sara Holbrook writes poetry for the silly, the wondering, and the sometimes helpless and hopeless and misunderstood. She is the author of 10 poetry books for teens and children, two poetry books for adults and two professional books on the teaching of poetry in grades 4-12, Practical Poetry, A Non-Standard Approach to Meeting Content Area Standards and Outspoken, Improving writing and communication skills through poetry performance. In addition, she is a slam poet having represented Cleveland several times and appearing on the finals stage three times and a vocal proponent of helping kids become outspoken through poetry performance.

Kate Kinsella, Ed.D.
Faculty member, Department of Secondary Education, San Francisco State University
Dr. Kinsella teaches coursework addressing academic language and literacy development in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms. She has maintained secondary classroom involvement by teaching an academic literacy class for adolescent English learners through the University’s Step to College Program and received the California Department of Education’s Award of Excellence in 2005.

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