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Abby Cohen is the Region IX State TA Specialist for the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC).  She works with the lead CCDF administrators in the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and the Territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands and Guam.  She has worked on issues of inclusion for almost thirty years, including training child care providers, administrators and policymakers about legal rights and responsibilities under the ADA.

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Eva Carter currently serves as the Technical Assistance Coordinator for the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) which is a service of the Child Care Bureau.  She was the Region VI Technical Assistance Specialist with NCCIC for 10 years before assuming this role.  Eva also currently serves as a consultant for  SpecialQuest (SQ) and is a member of the SQ national advisory Board.  Previously she assisted SQ as a trainer and learning coach.  Eva has presented at several Inclusion Institute conferences.

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Desiree’ Reddick Head is presently the State Technical Assistance Specialist for Region IV with the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center.  Before employment with NCCIC, Desiree’ worked with the Georgia Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies as the Director of Development.  As a native Floridian, Desiree’ served as the Program Administrator for the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services and was responsible for the Child Care and Development Fund.  Her experience at state level work included, working with Migrant child care, subsidy policy development, family child care capacity development, professional development, CCR&R and abuse registry.  Before joining state government, Desiree’ managed extended day programs for local school systems, taught at local technical schools and worked with a local CCR&R agency.  Desiree’s education includes a Masters and Bachelors degree in Child Development from Florida State University.

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Susan Rohrbough has 30 years of experience working as an administrator, supervisor, teacher, trainer, and technical assistance specialist and consultant in the United States and internationally. She has expertise in child, family, and human development with a concentration in leadership, collaboration, policy/program development and implementation, and program management and administration at the Federal, National, State, and local levels.
Since 1998, Ms. Rohrbough has worked as a Technical Assistance Specialist at the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC), a service of the Child Care Bureau. She previously served in the Ohio Office of the Governor as the Head Start State Collaboration Director from 1993–1998. She was also a former Executive/Head Start Director for 8 years in rural Ohio. In addition, Ms. Rohrbough worked as a planner/trainer for a nine-county Area Agency on Aging in Appalachian Ohio and was a VISTA Volunteer serving as a Community Organizer in Bronx, NY. Ms. Rohrbough continues as a coach with SpecialQuest, promoting inclusion and professional development.. She has worked internationally with Children’s Resources International, most recently in Muscat, Oman, and with central/eastern European countries in the mid-1990s as part of Ohio’s partnership with the Soros Foundation.