SEDL Management Council

SEDL's management council currently comprises 8 members.

	Wesley A. Hoover President and CEO Wesley A. Hoover has served as SEDL's President and CEO since 1996. In this role, Dr. Hoover is responsible to the Board of Directors for the overall management and operation of SEDL. Prior to being named president, Dr. Hoover was a senior vice-president of the lab, leading the Eisenhower Southwest Consortium for the Improvement of Mathematics and Science Teaching (SCIMAST) and the Office of Institutional Assessment and Evaluation (OIAE). He joined SEDL in 1980 as a programmer/analyst in the Division of Bilingual and International Education, working on research in bilingual reading acquisition.
	Arnold Kriegel Vice President and CFO Arnold Kriegel is SEDL's Vice President and CFO. He is responsible for the oversight of SEDL's fiscal and technical accounting. Mr. Kriegel came to SEDL in 1973 from Unitech Corporation, where he was corporate controller. He has also served as a senior accountant and auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency in Dallas.
	Martha Boethel Director of Sponsored Funding Martha Boethel is SEDL's Director of Sponsored Funding. She oversees SEDL's proposal planning and development activities, and she provides writing and editing support for SEDL.
	Vicki Dimock Program Director Vicki Dimock is a Program Director of SEDL's Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) and Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC). She coordinates and directs SEDL's efforts to build Texas's capacity to implement the programs and goals of the No Child Left Behind Act.
	Robin Jarvis Program Manager Robin Jarvis is Program Manager of SEDL's Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC). Prior to coming to SEDL, Dr. Jarvis served as the acting superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans.
	Catherine Jordan Program Manager Catherine Jordan is a Program Manager with the National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning at SEDL. She currently leads the National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools, which links people with research-based information and resources they can use to effectively connect schools, families, and communities.
	Christine A. Moses Director of Institutional Communications Christine Moses is SEDL's Director of Communications. Within the Communications department, she leads a team of seven staff members in external and internal communications efforts that include public relations, marketing resources and services, production of publications, and Web development and design.
	Michael Vaden-Kiernan Director of Research and Evaluation Michael Vaden-Kiernan is SEDL's Director of Research and Evaluation. Dr. Vaden-Kiernan has spent the majority of his professional career conducting research and evaluation studies with the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Health and Human Services agencies. He was employed as a senior research analyst with Abt Associates for over 5 years and the CDM Group for more than 2 years in the areas of education, child development, and family studies.
	John Westbrook Program Manager John Westbrook is a Program Manager of SEDL's National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR), SEDL's Research Utilization Support and Help (RUSH) project, and SEDL's Disability Law Resource Project (DLRP). His current work include strategies for the effective dissemination and utilization of disability-related information.