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Texas LEARNS State Advisory Committee

Voting Members
Name	Organization	Representation or Area of Expertise
Sofia Zamarripa	Fort Worth ISD	Adult Education North
Blanca Andrade	El Paso ISD - San Jacinto Adult Learning Center	Adult Education Far West
Jon Engel	Community Action, Inc. of Hays, Caldwell & Blanco	Adult Education Central
Nancy Dunlap	Northside ISD	Adult Education South Central
Merri Lynn Rideout	Abilene ISD	Adult Education West
Benny Raley	Region VI ESC	Adult Education East
George Garza	Southwest Texas Junior College	Adult Education South
Katherine Moser	College of the Mainland	Adult Education Coastal
Guadalupe Ruvalcaba	San Antonio ISD Adult & Community Education	TCABE
Gayla Roberts	Trinity Valley Community College	Community Colleges
Nancy Crawford	Tyler Literacy Council	CBOs, Volunteers and Learning Disabilities
OPEN		Corrections
Stacey Weaver	Victoria College	Distance Learning
Dean Ransdell	Bowie-Cass Adult Education Cooperative	TALAE
Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
Name	Organization	Representation or Area of Expertise
David Lindsay, retired	Lyondell Chemical Corporation	Business
Harriet Vardiman Smith	Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning	Clearinghouse
Tamara Clunis	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board	Developmental Education
Rene Coronado	Region XX ESC	Education Service Centers
Michele Sabino, Former President	National TESOL	ESL
Ysabel Ramirez	Texas Family Literacy Resource Center	Even Start Evaluators and Family Literacy
Jerre Bergeron	Spring ISD Even Start Program	Even Start and Family Literacy
Barbara S. Knaggs	Texas Education Agency	Associate Commissioner for State Initiatives
Clint Winters	Texas Workforce Commission	Workforce

Texas LEARNS Staff Representatives

Joanie Rethlake, State Director
Janell Baker, Assistant State Director
Beth Thompson, State Even Start and Family Literacy Coordinator
Mario Villafranca, Interagency Specialist
Laura Aguirre, Administrative Assistant