Meet the Staff
Autism Center for Education Staff
Wendy Parent-Johnson, Ph.D.
Director of the VCU Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
Jennifer McDonough, M.S., CRC
Principal Investigator for VCU's Autism Center for Education and Co-principal Investigator for the RRTC on Employment for Individuals with IDD
Paul Wehman, Ph.D.
Professor of Counseling and Special Education and Senior Research Scientist
Carol Schall, Ph.D.
Director of Technical Assistance, Director of Virginia Autism Resource Center
Lauren Avellone, Ph.D., BCBA, LBA
Research Associate
Teri Blankenship, M.Ed.
Assistant Director of Distance Education
Alissa Brooke, M.S., CRC, PBSF
Training Associate
Teresa Cogar, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Melanie Derry, M.S., CCC-SLP
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Meredith Eads
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Doug Erickson, M.L.A.
Director of Database Design
Lucian Friel, M.S.
Educational Technology Support Specialist
Carla Goodman, MA
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Taryn Goodwin Traylor, Ph.D., BCBA, LBA
Autism Program Coordinator
Whitney Ham, Ph.D., CRC, BCBA, LBA
Autism Coordinator
Alicia Hart
Training Associate
Crystal Hence
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Katherine Inge, Ph.D., O.T.R.
Director of Instructional Design
Daniel Irwin, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
Training & Technical Assistance Associate
Lauren Lenski, M.Ed.
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Kaylan Long, M.Ed, BCBA, LBA
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Geoffrey Loughrey, BCBA, LBA
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Sebastian Mumford
Information Technology Specialist
Sue Palko, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
Autism Program Coordinator (Regions 1, 3, 6, & 8)
Stefanie Paul, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Jeanne Roberts
Graphic Designer
Surya Suresh, M.S.
Web Applications Programmer
Katie Thompson, M.Ed.
Training & Technology Associate
Lauren Vetere, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Charlene Wentland, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
Technical Assistance Associate
Heather Womack, MS, BCBA, LBA
Training and Technical Assistance Associate
Noel Woolard, Ed.D., BCBA, LBA
Technical Assistance Associate