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• Federal Programs Unit
• Office of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education
• Office of Migrant Education

• Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Programs
  • Competitive Grants and Awards
  • Data, Accountability, Reporting and Evaluation

Unit Supervisor: Mark Kirkemier, Ed.D, Executive Director
Administrative Lead: Rachel Matson, Director's Assistant

Fax number: 303-866-6637

Mark Kirkemier, Ed.D
Executive Director
303-866-6780
 

Jessica Hollingshead
Operations Principal Consultant
303-866-5061
hollingshead_j@cde.state.co.us

Address: 1560 Broadway, Denver CO 80202
Room Number(s): 1100

Rachel Matson 
Federal Programs Director's Assistant
303-866-6736
matson_r@cde.state.co.us 

Morgan Cox
Director
303-866-6784
cox_m@cde.state.co.us

Doris Nguyen
ELD Consultant
303-866-6777
brock-nguyen_d@cde.state.co.us

Rebekah Ottenbreit
ELD Specialist & Title IX State Coordinator
303-866-6285
ottenbreit_r@cde.state.co.us

Georgina Owen
ELD Specialist & Title VI State Coordinator
720-648-0482
owen_g@cde.state.co.us

Lindsay Swanton
ELD Specialist & ELPA Coordinator
303-866-6298
swanton_l@cde.state.co.us

Alice Collins 
ELD Senior Consultant
303-866-6872
collins_al@cde.state.co.us 

foy_a@cde.state.co.us

Nazanin (Nazie) Mohajeri-Nelson
Director, ESEA Programs Office
303-866-6205
mohajeri-nelson_n@cde.state.co.us

DeLilah Collins
Assistant Director, ESEA Programs Office
303-866-6850
collins_d@cde.state.co.us

Vacant 
Administrative Assistant III
 

ESEA Programs Team

ESEA Programs

Vacant
ESEA Senior Consultant: Title I
 

Barbara Vassis
ESEA Lead Consultant, Title I & Title II
303-866-6065
vassis_b@cde.state.co.us

Kristen Collins
ESEA Senior Consultant, Title I Parent & Family Engagement Specialist & Title V
303-866-6705
collins_k@cde.state.co.us

Laura Meushaw
Title I School Improvement Coordinator 
303-866-6618
meushaw_l@cde.state.co.us

Vacant
ESEA Senior Consultant
 

Jeremy Meredith 
ESEA Senior Consultant, Title II
303-866-3905
meredith_j@cde.state.co.us

Robert Thompson 
ESEA Senior Consultant: Title III
303-866-6842
thompson_r@cde.state.co.us

Tammy Giessinger
ESEA Senior Consultant: Title IV
303-866-6992
giessinger_t@cde.state.co.us

Michelle Prael  
ESEA Consultant: Title I, D
303-866-6998
prael_m@cde.state.co.us

Data, Accountability, Reporting and Evaluation Team

Data, Accountability, Reporting and Evaluation

Tina Negley
DARE Coordinator
303-866-5243
negley_t@cde.state.co.us

Alan Shimmin
ESEA Reporting Specialist 
303-866-6209
shimmin_a@cde.state.co.us

Mary Shen
ESEA Research Analyst 
303-866-4571
shen_m@cde.state.co.us

Competitive Grants and Awards Team

Competitive Grants and Awards

Kim Burnham
CGA Supervisor
303-866-6916
burnham_k@cde.state.co.us

Patricia Gleason
CGA Senior Consultant
303-866-6143
gleason_p@cde.state.co.us

Mandy Christensen
CGA Senior Consultant
303-866-6250
christensen_m@cde.state.co.us

Brittany Jimenez
Program Support 
303-866-6813
jimenez_b@cde.state.co.us 

Tomás Mejía
Director
303-866-6592
mejia_t@cde.state.co.us

Noemi Aguilar
ID&R Supervisor
303-866-6658
aguilar_n@cde.state.co.us

Juanita Arias
Data Specialist
303-866-6144
arias_j@cde.state.co.us

Laura Leyva
Migrant Consultant
303-866-6490
leyva_l@cde.state.co.us

Aaron Thompson
ID&R Coordinator
303-866-6754
thompson_a@cde.state.co.us

Jenny Lerner
Migrant Senior Consultant, Early Learning
lerner_j@cde.state.co.us
 

Lauren Radin
Secondary Initiatives Consultant 
303-866-6753
radin_l@cde.state.co.us

Silvia Saldivar
Administrative Assistant
saldivar_s@cde.state.co.us