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Michigan EPFP Coordinators
Daniel W. Schultz
Senior Development & Policy Advisor
Michigan Virtual University
3101 Technology Blvd. Suite G
Lansing, MI 48910
(517) 324-5369
E-mail: dws@msu.eduDan Schultz is a consultant who works with local, state and national organizations to promote effective leadership and the intelligent use of information and technology. He is currently working with the Michigan Virtual University and Michigan State University's College of Education. He is also Senior Associate for Technology with the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington D.C.
Dan served in key management and policy roles at the Michigan Department of Education where he was assistant state superintendent and director of technology and grants. He coordinated state and federal grant programs for the State Board of Education and provided leadership for the Department's technology planning and policy initiatives. He worked with the Governor's Office and other state agencies to help create a statewide voice, video and data communications network. As Executive Director of The Primary Sources Network he provided leadership for a public/private partnership funded by a US Department of Education, Technology Innovation Challenge Grant. Dan has also served as an elected trustee on a school district board of education.
He has been a featured speaker at numerous state, national and international conferences and has lectured and led seminars for the Colleges of Education and Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University, and the Schools of Education at the University of Michigan, Wayne State University, and Arizona State University. His teaching experience includes an adjunct faculty appointment at Western Michigan University.
Dan earned a B.A. in Economics from Adrian College (MI), an M.A. in Education Administration from Michigan State University and completed his doctoral coursework in Educational Psychology, also at Michigan State University. He is the recipient of the Institute for Educational Leadership's National Leadership Award and the Michigan State University College of Education Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award.
Jacquelyn J. Thompson, Ph.D.
Director of Special Education and Early Intervention Services
Michigan Department of Education
P.O. Box 30008
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-9433
jjt.mail@comcast.netJacquelyn (“Jacque”) is the Director of the Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services at the Michigan Department of Education. Her undergraduate degree was awarded by Brooklyn College of the City University of New York; both her Masters and Ph.D. were awarded by Michigan State University. She has worked as a Speech and Language Pathologist in public schools in New York, Wisconsin, and Michigan. She has also worked as an Early Childhood Educator and Teacher Trainer in Michigan. Her career in the Michigan Department of Education began in 1988, as an Early Childhood Consultant. She has been the State Director for Special Education since 1997.
Currently, Jacque is the President of the Board of Directors of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE). Her focus in education policy and leadership includes: improving achievement for students with disabilities; supporting schools to embed research-based interventions and instruction for students with diverse needs; supporting high expectations for secondary and post-secondary opportunities for students with diverse needs; and embedding universal design for learning in the public education system.
Jacque was an EPFP Fellow in the Michigan cohort of 1992-93. She has served as a Co-Coordinator since 2000. She is a recipient of the Institute for Educational Leadership’s National Leadership Award (2003).
Former Michigan EPFP Coordinators
- Dr. I. Carl Candoli, Founding Site Coordinator, 1975-78
- Dr. Matthew Prophet, Founding Site Coordinator, 1975-81
- Ms. Alissa K. Parks, 2001
- Mr. Argelio Ben Perez 1978-2006
- Ms. Yvonne Cammal Canul 2004-06
- Ms. Mary Gager Anderson 2006-07
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