CTE Staff Directory

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

Melissa “Missy” Goers, Education Consultant
Email: melissa.goers@dpi.wi.gov

Jennifer Jackson, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 266-2803
Email: jennifer.jackson@dpi.wi.gov

Julie Anderson, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 266-7330
Email: julie.anderson@dpi.wi.gov

Christina Patrin, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 266-2347
Email: christina.patrin@dpi.wi.gov

Tim Fandek, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 267-9253
Email: timothy.fandek@dpi.wi.gov

Jake Mihm, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 665-9254
Email: jake.mihm@dpi.wi.gov

Karin Smith, Education Consultant
Phone: (608) 267-3161
Email: dualenrollment@dpi.wi.gov

Krysten Schroeder
Phone: (608) 266-5583
Email: krysten.schroeder@dpi.wi.gov

Kelley Fanning
Phone: (608) 267-9235
Email: kelley.fanning@dpi.wi.gov

Tabetha Otten
Phone: (608) 266-3928
Email: tabetha.otten@dpi.wi.gov

Sara Thoreson
Phone: (608) 264-9540
Email: sara.thoreson@dpi.wi.gov

The following staff are no longer in the CTE Section but will continue to collaborate and support CTE in their new positions:

Sharon Wendt, retired
Former Director, Bureau of Educator Talent

Carol Hutchison, Communications Specialist, Division of Academics
Phone: (608) 267-2274
Email: carol.hutchison@dpi.wi.gov

Vacant, Grant Specialist, Bureau of Grant Administration and Monitoring

Jessica Sloan, Education Consultant - CTE Data, Office of Strategic Initiatives
Phone: (608) 266-1649
Email: jessica.sloan@dpi.wi.gov

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