Career & Technical Education Section
Sara Baird, Director
Phone: (608) 266-9609
Email: sara.baird@dpi.wi.gov
To be referred to someone who can answer your CTE question, contact:
Shiela Coulton, Operations Program Associate
Phone: (608) 267-0486
Email: shiela.coulton@dpi.wi.gov
Agriculture & Natural Resources/Wisconsin FFA
Sally Ladsten, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 266-5770
Email: sally.ladsten@dpi.wi.gov
Business & Information Technology/Wisconsin FBLA
Jennifer Jackson, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 266-2803
Email: jennifer.jackson@dpi.wi.gov
Family & Consumer Sciences/Wisconsin FCCLA
Julie Anderson, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 266-7330
Email: julie.anderson@dpi.wi.gov
Health Science/Wisconsin HOSA
Christina Patrin, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 266-2347
Email: christina.patrin@dpi.wi.gov
Marketing Education/Wisconsin DECA
Tim Fandek, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 267-9253
Email: timothy.fandek@dpi.wi.gov
Technology & Engineering/Wisconsin SkillsUSA
Jake Mihm, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 665-9254
Email: jake.mihm@dpi.wi.gov
Dual Enrollment/ACP
Karin Smith, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 267-3161
Email: dualenrollment@dpi.wi.gov
Financial Specialists
Krysten Schroeder
Phone: (608) 266-5583
Email: krysten.schroeder@dpi.wi.gov
Kelley Fanning
Phone: (608) 267-9235
Email: kelley.fanning@dpi.wi.gov
Office Operations Associates
Tabetha Otten
Phone: (608) 266-3928
Email: Tabetha.Otten@dpi.wi.gov
Sara Thoreson
Phone: (608) 264-9540
Email: Sara.Thoreson@dpi.wi.gov
Staff Role Updates
The following staff are no longer in the CTE Section but will continue to collaborate and support CTE in their new positions:
Sharon Wendt, Director, Bureau of Educator Talent
Phone: (608) 267-9251
Email: sharon.wendt@dpi.wi.gov
Carol Hutchison, Communications Specialist, Division of Academics
Phone: (608) 267-2274
Email: carol.hutchison@dpi.wi.gov
Carl Perkins
Christine Lenske, Grant Specialist, Bureau of Grant Administration and Monitoring
Phone: (608) 266-3922
Email: christine.lenske@dpi.wi.gov
CTE Data
Jessica Sloan, Education Consultant - CTE Data, Office of Strategic Initiatives
Phone: (608) 266-1649
Email: jessica.sloan@dpi.wi.gov
Alternative Education
Sherry Holly, Alternative Education Consultant, PK-12 Instruction Section
Phone: (608) 267-1062
Email: sherry.holly@dpi.wi.gov
Andrew Lopez, Education Specialist, PK-12 Instruction Section
Phone: (608) 264-9325
Email: andrew.lopez@dpi.wi.gov