Reading Leadership Implementation Council

Members

Council members are appointed as outlined in statute.

  • Dr. Matthew J. Conway, Jr., Superintendent Derby Public Schools
  • Dr. Michael Coyne, Professor, Neag School of Education the University of Connecticut 
  • Dr. Margie Gillis, Founder and President, Literacy How, Inc. 
  • Kim Healy, Selectwoman, Wilton, CT
  • Steven Hernandez, Executive Director, ConnCAN
  • Gary Highsmith, Superintendent Hamden Public Schools
  • Yazmin Ithier-Vicenty, Teacher, Hartford Public Schools
  • Dr. Tamu Lucero, Superintendent, Stamford Public Schools
  • Dr. Ashley C. Oldham, Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Special Education, University of Saint Joseph
  • Shandra Scott-Brown, Principal CREC Museum Academy
  • Dr. Melissa K. Wlodarczyk Hickey, Connecticut State Department of Education
  • Dr. James Zavodjancik, Chief Academic Officer, Fairfield Public Schools

Council staff

  • Irene E. Parisi, Connecticut State Department of Education
  • Katyria Rivera, Connecticut State Department of Education