Bev Ingram
Bev Ingram has 30 years experience in Alaska providing services as an occupational therapist primarily in the field of early intervention. She was the program director for the REACH Infant Learning Program for seven years and managed multiple grant projects. She also coordinated the Alaska Transition Training Initiative (ATTI) for 7 years and is an experienced trainer and facilitator. Bev is an effective leader and has excellent communication, team building, and consensus building skills.

Bev has served on many statewide and local planning teams. She was a member of the Early Intervention Committee of the Governor’s Council for Disabilities and Special Education for six years, past president of the Alaska Infant Learning Program Association, and served on the Key Coalition, a statewide advocacy group supporting persons with developmental disabilities. She has been an active member of the Juneau Transition Team- Partnerships for Families and Children since its inception in 1999.

Kathryn Cardarelle
Kathryn Cardarelle has been an early childhood educator for more than 30 years. She moved to Alaska in 1991 and has taught in seven different school districts, in preschool special education and elementary grades. In 1997, she completed a master's degree in education with an emphasis in Early Childhood Special Education from Anchorage University. Currently, she is a kindergarten teacher in Fairbanks. Kat joined the ATTI training team in the winter of 2006.

Kat and her husband have enjoyed exploring the rural and urban areas of Alaska and making new friends along the way. Kat joined the ATTI team in the winter of 2006.

Ann Brantmeier
Ann Brantmeier has lived in Alaska Native villages for 30 years. Originally coming from a large family in rural Wisconsin, she brought with her a great love for people and the land. In 1992, Ann made Kaltag her permanent home. She is a member of the Kaltag Wellness Team and supports local families and agencies to build a healthy community. She also serves on the local school board and regional health board, and volunteers at a variety of community events.

Ann began working for Head Start in 1995 as a nutritionist/educator and then as a prenatal home visitor for three families. Her love of children and desire to help them develop to their greatest potential prompted her to obtain her master's degree in early childhood education through the University of Alaska Southeast distance education program in May of 2006. Currently Ann is working as the Special Needs Coordinator for the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) Head Start. She coordinates services for children with special needs in the nine villages served by TCC. She joined ATTI in 2006.

Heather Wheeler
Heather Wheeler joined the ATTI team in the fall of 2007. She has been an educator in the state for more than 20 years. She has taught preschool to 12th grade in the Northwest Arctic, Fairbanks, and Kodiak. She has also served as a principal and Director of Special Services for the Kodiak Island Borough School District. Heather was a statewide mentor to new teachers for several years. Heather recently retired and she currently mentors new special education directors in Alaska.

Heather has also served on several state committees such as the Retention and Recruitment Committee, the K-2 Grade Level Equivalency/Early Learning Guidelines Committee, and the State Determination Setting Stakeholder Group.

Charlie Johanson Adams
Charlie Johanson Adams has been an ATTI trainer for 10 years. Charlie is the owner/sole-consultant of Leading EDGE Consulting, a Chugiak-based private company specializing in leadership mentoring, systems development, strategic planning, program development/implementation, program evaluation, and group facilitation.

A 38-year veteran leader in the early childhood, leadership, disabilities, and family services field, Charlie has served on various statewide, regional, and national committees/boards and has written and published articles, curricula, and manuals promoting leadership within the field. Of the 38 years, 15 were spent as Executive Director of FOCUS, Inc. and Chugiak Children’s Services (CCS), serving the Eagle River, Chugiak, and Mat-Su Valley communities. She is currently the coordinator of the Alaska TACSEI Pyramid Partnership/Promoting Social Emotional Competence in Young Children.

With a master's degree in education from the University of Washington, Lucy taught special education preschool in the Olympia school district until moving her family to Anchorage in 1985. She is the mother of four sons. Her youngest, Sam, was born in 1995 with Down Syndrome, and Lucy is an active member of her local family support group for Down Syndrome. She has spent 10 years on planning committees for the annual Buddy Walks for Down Syndrome, and is also a swim coach for Special Olympics.

Amanda and her husband Glen were raised in the Kenai/Soldotna area and have enjoyed raising their three children in their hometown.

Margaret Kavanaugh
Margaret Kavanaugh is a lifelong Alaskan who worked for the Kodiak Island Borough School District for 23 years as an early childhood educator. In 2005, Margaret received her master’s degree in early childhood special education (birth to age 5) from University of Alaska Anchorage. In July 2010, Margaret retired from KIBSD and now works as a developmental specialist with the Infant Learning Program in Kodiak.

Margaret joined the ATTI team in the fall of 2010. She was a member of the Early Intervention Committee of the Governor’s Council for Disabilities and Special Education for three years. Margaret has participated in the Key Coalition Campaign and has volunteered with Special Olympics in her community.

Margaret feels her journey has come full circle as her oldest son (age 19), who experiences a developmental disability, received services from Kodiak ILP when he was 1 year old.

Karin McCullough
Karin McCullough has worked professionally in the early childhood education field for 32 years, with Child Care and Head Start. Karin was the lead Head Start Teacher for the CCTHITA Petersburg Center Base Head Start program for 15 years. In 2001, Karin moved into administration and is a site supervisor and staff development coordinator for the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Head Start Program. In the summer, Karin is a Southeast Alaska gillnetter.

Since 2000, Robin has had integral involvement with families whose children are transitioning from ILP programs to school district services. As a new ATTI trainer, Robin is excited to help communities improve their transitions for families and children throughout Alaska as well as on the Kenai Peninsula.

Laurie Thomas
Laurie Thomas is a lifelong Alaskan and has 18 years experience as an infant learning provider. Laurie has spent a majority of her career at Community Connections in Ketchikan and is currently the director of the Early Learning Program. She earned a master's degree in early childhood/special education from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2001.

Laurie enjoy working on teams and believes that one of her strengths is bringing people together. During Laurie’s ILP careers she has participated in six ATTI trainings.

Laurie was awarded the Alaska Infant Learning Program Association Provider Award of Excellence in 2001. She currently chairs Ketchikan’s Early Childhood Leadership Coalition.

Sarah Kuenzli
Sarah Kuenzli lives in Fairbanks and has 29 years of experience working with Head Start and Early Head Start in rural and remote Alaska. She has been providing training, facilitation, and technical assistance to Head Start programs for the last seven years.

Sarah brings a wealth of experience in working in cross-cultural settings, and believes in the process of bringing partners together and building collaboration around services for young children with disabilities and their families.