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Michelle Wykoff
President
Michelle Wykoff has served on the board since January 2008. She has one son, Zachary, who is on the spectrum. She has been an employee of Nucor Steel Arkansas since 1992. She lives with her husband and son in Armorel. |
Kristin Jackson
Vice President
Kristin has been an AANEA board member since December 2008. Kristin has been teaching special education in the Paragould School District since 2005. She is currently the Early Childhood Special Education Teacher at School of the 21st Century. Kristin attended Indiana University for her undergraduate degree and is working on her master’s in Special Education with Autism Specialist certificate through the University of Arkansas. She is involved with local and state Special Olympics for Area 1.
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Shelby Knight
Shelby Knight is the Training Coordinator for the Arkansas Parent Training Center, a grant project of the Arkansas Disability Coalition. She is a founding member of the Autism Association of Northeast Arkansas and the Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Arkansas. Shelby Knight has worked as an advocate for children and adults with disabilities for 11 years. She is married to Ben Knight and they have three children; Hailey is a senior at ASU, Jeremiah, diagnosed with autism, is working in the community and Lindsay is a nursing student in Little Rock.
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Robin Snider
I've been working in the special education field for twelve years. I have served as a service coordinator, due process designee, parent trainer and advocate, and currently, as Northeast Arkansas regional coordinator for the Family-to-Family Health Resource grant. In May I will graduate from Arkansas State University with a B.S. in Communication Disorders. I hope to start graduate studies there in June. My future goal is to become a Speech Language Pathologist and work with special needs children. I have been volunteering with AANEA since its start, and have been a board member since 2010.
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Debbie Bouldin
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Havilyn Baker
I have been an AANEA board member since 2009. I am a second grade teacher at Brookland Elementary School. I have been a teacher for 15 years and have taught kindergarten, first and second grades. During my teaching career, I have had the opportunity to work with some very wonderful students with autism. I also have a 10 year old son with autism, who brings joy to every minute of my life. I enjoy serving on the AANEA Board of Directors, where I am able to work with parents, teachers and professionals to bring awareness of autism to my community.
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Sandra Niemeyer
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Michelle Nelson
Michelle Nelson has served on the board since January 2012. She is a third grade teacher at Gosnell Elementary School. She lives with her husband, Steve and their two sons, Brad and Brandon in Gosnell. She is involved with Area 13 local and state Special Olympics.
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Dawn Patchell
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Kimberly Cooper
Kimberly has served on the board since January 2012. She is currently the special education director for Crowley’s Ridge Educational Cooperative. She received her EDS from Arkansas State University in 2010 and her MSE from Arkansas State University in 2006. She received her BSE from Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi in 1997.
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