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CDE Divisions
Meet Our Teams:
Communications Division
Manages external and internal communications, media relations, website content and services, website accessibility, and translation services. Publicizes key department initiatives and engages with the public, educators, and stakeholders through newsletters and social media.
- Communications
- Language Services
- Web Management
District Operations Division
Manages funding and technical assistance for school facilities, provides financial oversight and auditing for school finance and grants, supports access to healthy meals for students through federal and state nutrition programs, and enforces safety regulations for student transportation vehicles and drivers.
Pathways, Policy, & Partnerships Division
Supports educational and career pathways for students and adults and facilitates partnerships with schools, libraries, and communities. Makes recommendations on education policy and legislation.
Strategy Division
Manages financial operations, procurement, and data management. Oversees budgeting, contract administration, grant processing, and strategic planning to ensure effective operations across the department.
- Accounting
- Budget
- Contracts & Procurement
- Grants Fiscal
- Information Management Services
- Strategic Recovery
Student Excellence Division
Supports assessments, accountability, student services, and school improvement. Facilitates state assessments, assists districts with school performance initiatives, and develops resources to improve student outcomes.
Talent Division
Supports the educator lifecycle, including licensing, career advancement, and professional growth, to strengthen Colorado’s educator workforce. HR manages internal staff recruitment, retention, and development, fostering a supportive work environment for CDE employees.
State Board of Education
The Colorado State Board of Education is the governing board of CDE.
Commissioner of Education
CDE is led by the Commissioner of Education, a position that is appointed by the State Board of Education.
CDE Key Contacts
Find a Contact:
- Access Learning and Literacy
- Accountability and Continuous Improvement
- Adult Education Initiatives
- Capital Construction
- Child Find
- Commissioner's Office
- Communications Division
- Concurrent Enrollment/ASCENT Technical Support
- District Operations
- Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement
- Educator Career Navigation
- Educator Development
- Educator Effectiveness
- Educator Licensing
- Educator Preparation
- Educator Recruitment and Retention
- Educator Talent Division
- Exceptional Student Services
- Expelled and At-Risk Student Services
- Facility Schools
- Federal Programs and Supports
- Field Services
- Foster Care Education
- Gifted Education
- Graduation Guidelines
- Grants Fiscal Management
- Grants Program Administration
- Health and Wellness
- Investigations Unit
- Kindergarten School Readiness
- Migrant Education Program
- Nutrition
- Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness
- Preschool Special Education
- READ Act
- School Finance
- School Health Professional Grant
- School Choice
- Standards and Instructional Support
- State Board of Education
- Student Pathways
- Student Support Office
- Transportation
- Turnaround Support
- Work Based Learning
Access Learning and Literacy
Primary Contact:
Tanni Anthony
Director
anthony_t@cde.state.co.us
303-503-4647
Secondary contact:
Krista Berkey
Administrator III
berkey_k@cde.state.co.us
720-661-3013
Accountability and Continuous Improvement
Primary Contact:
Lisa Steffen
Director of Continuous Improvement
steffen_l@cde.state.co.us
530-305-2435
Secondary contact:
April Thompson
AEC Consultant & ACI Program Coordinator
thompson_a@cde.state.co.us
Adult Education Initiatives
Contact:
Allyson Garcia
Director
garcia_allyson@cde.state.co.us
Capital Construction
Primary Contact:
Andy Stine
Director
stine_a@cde.state.co.us
303-918-6892
Secondary contact:
Dustin Guerin
Supervisor, Statewide Facility Assessment
guerin_d@cde.state.co.us
720-595-1675
Child Find
Primary Contact:
Melissa Taucher
Child Find Specialist
taucher_m@cde.state.co.us
720-822-6239
Secondary contact:
Heidi White
Director, Early Childhood Special Education
white_h@cde.state.co.us
303-501-0837
Commissioner's Office
Contact:
commissioner@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6520 (voicemail)
Communications Division
Primary Contact:
Emma Garrett-Nelson
Chief Communications Officer
garrett-nelson_e@cde.state.co.us
720-788-1393
Primary Contact:
Jeremy Meyer
Director of Communications
meyer_jeremy@cde.state.co.us
720-668-6434
Concurrent Enrollment/ASCENT Technical Support
Contact:
Michelle Romero
Director of Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness
romero_m@cde.state.co.us
303-877-4155
District Operations
Contact:
Sheldon Rosenkrance
Chief District Operations Officer
rosenkrance_s@cde.state.co.us
rosenkrance_s@cde.state.co.us
Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement
Primary Contact:
Johann Liljengren
Director
liljengren_j@cde.state.co.us
303-968-0201
Educator Career Navigation
Primary Contact:
Jennifer O'Brien
Director, Educator Career Navigation
obrien_jennifer@cde.state.co.us
303-656-8596
Secondary Contact:
Travis Garoutte
Early Childhood Career Navigator
garoutte_t@cde.state.co.us
303-905-2814
Educator Development
Primary Contact:
Zarra Keith
Educator Development Specialist
keith_z@cde.state.co.us
720-484-0507
Secondary contact:
Trish Malik
Leadership Development Specialist
malik_t@cde.state.co.us
720-766-9302
Educator Effectiveness
Primary Contact:
Leslie Burkholder
Educator Effectiveness Manager
burkholder_l@cde.state.co.us
303-945-1997
Secondary contact:
Allan Nolan
Educator Effectiveness Support Specialist
nolan_a@cde.state.co.us
720-215-6102
Educator Licensing
Primary Contact:
Robert Faris
Educator Licensing Supervisor
faris_r@cde.state.co.us
720-739-3304
Secondary contact:
Tanya Klein
Director, Educator Licensing
klein_t@cde.state.co.us
303-501-2192
Educator Preparation
Primary Contact:
Megan Lovinguth
Educator Preparation Manager
lovinguth_m@cde.state.co.us
720-610-2781
Secondary contact:
Mandy Hansen
Educator Development Specialist
hansen_m@cde.state.co.us
720-591-5819
Educator Recruitment and Retention
Primary Contact:
Travis Garoutte
Educator Workforce Development Manager
garoutte_t@cde.state.co.us
303-905-2814
Secondary contact:
Derrick Martin
Educatory Recruitment and Retention Specialist
martin_d@cde.state.co.us
720-456-9199
Educator Talent Division
Primary Contact:
Jake January
Educator Talent Director, Operations
january_j@cde.state.co.us
720-666-0182
Secondary contact:
Jennifer Simons
Educator Talent Program Manager
simons_j@cde.state.co.us
720-670-2235
Exceptional Student Services
Primary Contact:
Dr. Paul Foster
Assistant Commissioner, ESSU
foster_p@cde.state.co.us
720-660-4253
Secondary contact:
Suzann Shotts
Program Associate
shotts_s@cde.state.co.us
720-926-4033
Expelled and At-Risk Student Services
Primary Contact:
Amy Werpy
Grant Manager
werpy_a@cde.state.co.us
720-470-7558
Secondary Contact:
Tricia Walz
Program and Evaluation Assistant
walz_t@cde.state.co.us
720-241-8094
Facility Schools
Primary Contact:
Judy Stirman
Facility Schools
stirman_j@cde.state.co.us
303-476-1880
Secondary contact:
Wendy Dunaway
Assistant Director
dunaway_w@cde.state.co.us
303-726-2209
Federal Programs and Supports
Primary Contact:
Nazanin (Nazie) Mohajeri-Nelson
Executive Director
mohajeri-nelson_n@cde.state.co.us
720-626-3895
Field Services
Primary Contact:
Christina North
Executive Director
north_c@cde.state.co.us
303-981-6513
Stephanie Hund
Director of Field Services
hund_s@cde.state.co.us
720-810-7394
Foster Care Education
Contact:
Jamie Burciaga
State Coordinator of Foster Care
burciaga_j@cde.state.co.us
303-518-5938
Gifted Education
Primary Contact:
Rebecca McKinney
Gifted Education Director
mckinney_r@cde.state.co.us
720-774-0908
Secondary contact:
Heather Baskin
Gifted Education Assistant Director
Phone: 720-557-4528
baskin_h@cde.state.co.us
Graduation Guidelines
Contact:
Arlisha Lawson-Watford
ICAP & Graduation Guidelines Specialist
lawson_a@cde.state.co.us
719-960-7466
Grants Fiscal Management
Primary Contact:
Jennifer Austin
Grants Fiscal Manager Supervisor
austin_j@cde.state.co.us
303-681-6302
Secondary contact:
Robert Hawkins
Grants Fiscal Analyst
hawkins_r@cde.state.co.us
303-927-9608
Grants Program Administration
Contact:
DeLilah Collins
Director
collins_d@cde.state.co.us
720-537-9882
Health and Wellness
Primary Contact:
Sarah Blumenthal
Director of Student Health Services Office and Health Education Services Office
blumenthal_s@cde.state.co.us
303-947-6946
Secondary contact:
Peter Stevinson
Program Assistant
stevinson_p@cde.state.co.us
303-565-6286
Investigations Unit
Primary Contact:
cdelicensingbackgroundunit@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6966
Secondary contact:
Darrin Bacca
Director, eLicensing & Enforcement
bacca_d@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6854
Kindergarten School Readiness
Contact:
Megan Rogers
Kindergarten School Readiness Consultant
rogers_m@cde.state.co.us
720-326-2880
Migrant Education Program
Contact:
Danielle Ongart
Assistant Commissioner Student Pathways & Engagement Unit
ongart_d@cde.state.co.us
303-501-3968
Nutrition
Contact:
Brehan Riley
Director
riley_b@cde.state.co.us
720-202-3338
Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness
Primary Contact:
Michelle Romero
Director of Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness
romero_m@cde.state.co.us
303-877-4155
Secondary contact:
Alena Barczak
Program Assistant
barczak_a@cde.state.co.us
303-548-8427
Preschool Special Education
Primary Contact:
Heidi White
Director
white_h@cde.state.co.us
303-501-0837
Secondary contact:
Suzy Shotts
Program Associate
shotts_s@cde.state.co.us
720-926-4033
READ Act
Contact:
Tammy Yetter
Elementary Literacy and School Readiness Office Director and READ Act Supervisor
yetter_t@cde.state.co.us
720-955-8055
School Finance
Contact:
Corey Evans
School Finance Executive Director
evans_c@cde.state.co.us
720-830-7829
School Health Professional Grant
Primary Contact:
Sarah Blumenthal
Director of Student Health Services Office and Health Education Services Office
blumenthal_s@cde.state.co.us
303-947-6946
Secondary contact:
Kristi Elliott
Health Education Services Supervisor
elliott_k@cde.state.co.us
303-968-5736
School Choice
Charter School Office:
Paola Paga
Director of Charter Schools
paga_p@cde.state.co.us
303-923-0847
Online And Blended Learning Office:
Renee Martinez
Director of Online & Blended Learning
martinez_r@cde.state.co.us
720-765-6388
Standards and Instructional Support
Contact:
Shelly Ramos
Director, Office of Standards and Instructional Support
ramos_s@cde.state.co.us
720-926-7097
State Board of Education
Primary Contact:
Daniel Van Schooten
Director of State Board Relations
van_schooten_d@cde.state.co.us
720-556-8564
Secondary contact:
Michelle Crawford
Executive Assistant to the Director of State Board Relations
crawford_m@cde.state.co.us
303-908-4580
Student Pathways
Contact:
Danielle Ongart
Assistant Commissioner, Student Pathways and Engagement
ongart_d@cde.state.co.us
303-501-3968
Student Support Office
Primary Contact:
Dana Scott
Director
scott_d@cde.state.co.us
720-413-5956
Secondary contact:
Susanna Spear
Program Assistant
spear_s@cde.state.co.us
720-305-7536
Transportation
Primary Contact:
Fred Stewart
Transportation Supervisor
stewart_f@cde.state.co.us
720-766-1415
Secondary contact:
Rebecca Sykes
Principal Transportation Consultant
sykes_r@cde.state.co.us
720-576-5720
Turnaround Support
Primary Contact:
Nicole Monet
Director, Office of Intensive Supports
monet_n@cde.state.co.us
720-737-2454
Secondary contact:
Nate Goss
School and District Accountability Manager
goss_n@cde.state.co.us
720-682-8535
Work Based Learning
Contact:
Alexa Enamorado
WBL Specialist
enamorado_a@cde.state.co.us
720-955-1641
Site Index
- About the Office of Elementary Literacy and School Readiness (ELSR)
- Accountability
- Adult Education Initiatives (AEI)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Assessment Division
- Capital Construction (BEST)
- Careers
- CDE Budget Unit
- CDE News Bureau / Communications
- CDE Update
- Colorado Charter Schools
- Colorado Education Statistics
- Colorado Grants Administration Implementation and Navigation System (GAINS)
- Colorado Kids with Brain Injury
- Colorado READ Act
- Colorado State Board of Education (SBE)
- Colorado State Library (CSL)
- Colorado State Publications Library (CoSPL / SPL)
- Colorado Statewide Student Information System (SIS)
- Colorado’s Interagency Sequencing of Services Initiative for Students and Youth with Disabilities (SOS)
- Commissioner of Education
- Comprehensive Health
- Computer Science (CS)
- Concurrent Enrollment (CE)
- Data Pipeline Home
- Data Privacy and Security
- Dispute Resolution
- Dropout Prevention and Student Re-Engagement
- Early Learning and Literacy in Libraries
- Educator Effectiveness Office (EE)
- Educator Licensing
- Educator Talent
- Elevating Excellence Conference
- Equity Toolkit
- Extended Evidence Outcomes (EEO)
- Family, School, and Community Partnerships (FSCP)
- Federal COVID Education Funding
- Federal Programs and Supports Unit (FPSU)
- Field Services and Supports Unit
- Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement
- Gifted Education
- Health Education Services Office (HES)
- Identity Management (IdM)
- Landscape of Wellbeing and Belonging
- Legislative Relations and Policy
- Mathematics
- Media Literacy
- Migrant Education Program (MEP)
- Office of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (CLDE)
- Office of Facility Schools
- Office of Grants Fiscal
- Office of Grants Program Administration (GPA)
- Office of Learning Supports
- Office of Online and Blended Learning
- Office of Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness (PWR)
- Office of Special Education
- Office of Standards and Instructional Support (SIS)
- Office of Student Support (OSS)
- Physical Education
- Professional Development
- Reading, Writing, and Communicating (RWC)
- Results Matter: Improving Preschool Outcomes for Children with Disabilities
- Rural Education Council
- School Finance Unit
- School Health Services Office (SHS)
- School Nutrition Unit (SNU / OSN)
- School Quality and Support Division (SQS)
- School Readiness
- School Safety and Crisis Resources
- School Transportation
- Schools of Choice (SOC)
- Science
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
- Social Studies
- Special Education Finance
- State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement in Education (SACPIE)
- Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS)
- Teaching and Learning Conditions Colorado Survey (TLCC)
- Teaching Personal Finance in Colorado
- Unified Improvement Planning (UIP)
- Visual and Performing Arts
- World Languages
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