Who Are We?

Meet Our Team

Middle Start National Center Staff

• Maud Abeel, Program Officer
• Adria Gallup-Black, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer for Research and Evaluation
• Calvin Hastings, Director of School and District Outreach
• Steve Hoelscher, Regional Director, Michigan
• Jessica Knevals, Research Assistant
• Patrick Montesano, Director, Middle Start
• Ruthie Smith-Stevenson, Ph.D., Regional Director, Mid South
• Sandy Weinbaum, Vice President and Director, School StudySenior Advisor, School Study
• Lea Williams Rose, Program Officer

Coaches in New York City

• Barbara Ghyll
• Jon Moscow
• Cecile Wren
• Stefan Zucker

Michigan

Michigan Coaches and Consultants

• Sharon Bowen
• Helen Burz
• Ed Griffen
• Mary Alice Krajenta
• Dennis Massingill
• Dave Nizinski
• Bill Ostwald
• Dave Sellers
• Richard Wood

Michigan Partners

• Patricia Benson, Michigan Schools in the Middle, Central Michigan University

Mid South

Mid South Coaches and Consultants

• Charles Green
• Wayne McLeod