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Dr. Tom Hairston

Tom is the Managing Director of the Network for Educator Effectiveness. Tom has worked with NEE since 2011. Prior to his work with NEE, he worked for two years as

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Dr. Marc Doss

Dr. Marc Doss has 30 years of classroom and education administration experience at the building and district levels. Following his K-12 career, Dr. Doss was hired by the University of

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Dr. Christi Bergin

Dr. Christi Bergin is the co-founder of the Network for Educator Effectiveness and Associate Dean for Research & Innovation at the University of Missouri College of Education. She conducts research

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Erica Kassel

Erica is project manager for NEE’s IT team and provides customer support. No one knows the NEE Data Tool quite like Erica. She has an extensive background in materials and

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Kendra Christians

Kendra joined NEE in 2018 as marketing director to help NEE reach new clients and serve existing clients even better. Kendra is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism

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Cheri Patterson

Cheri joined the NEE team as a trainer in 2013 after an extensive career in K-12 schools. She began her teaching career as a special education teacher and preschool teacher

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Dr. Terri Steffes

Terri is a retired Missouri school principal and teacher. Dr. Steffes earned her National Board Certification in teaching in 1995, the first in Missouri to do so. She is a

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Chuck Mayes

Chuck Mayes is a former educator for Sikeston R-6 Schools.  He retired in 2020 after 30 years in K-12 public education where he served as a teacher, elementary principal, middle

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Cathie Loesing

Cathie creates professional development materials for the EdHub Library and provides user support for customers of both EdHub and NEE. She has extensive experience as an elementary teacher, school librarian

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Javier Leung

Javier is an instructional designer for NEE. He develops online professional development for the EdHub platform that serves the professional development needs of teachers. He is a seasoned instructional designer