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Contact the NM PED Special Education Bureau
120 South Federal Place,
Room 206
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: 505-827-1457
Fax: 505-954-0001
Fax: 505-827-1469
Denise Koscielniak
Director
(505)827-1457
Joey Martin
Data Fiscal Manager
(505) 827-3599
Cynthia Romero,
Data Supervisor
- State Performance Indicators
- Section 618 Reporting and STARS
(505) 827-1423

Education Administrators
General Supervision:
Tim Crum, Management Analyst
- Maintenance of Effort
- Parent Survey
(505) 827-3502
Tomas Lopez , Education Administrator - Se Habla Español
- State Chartered Charter Schools
- State Supported Schools
(505) 827-1463
Ida Tewa, Education Administrator - Speaks Tewa
- Section 619 Pre-School
- Part C Liason
(505) 827-1466
Mario Vigil, Education Administrator
- State Personnel Development Grant
- Corrective Action Plans - Levels of Determinations
(505) 827-3505
Joanie Roybal - Se Habla Español
- Alternative Dispute
- Resolution Coordinator
Parent Liason/APR
(505) 827-3506
Noreen Romero, Education Administrator - Se Habla Español
- Dispute Resolution Coordinator
- Corrective Action Plans - State Complaints
(505) 827-1424
Leah Johnson, Education Administrator
- Life Span Transition
- Professional Development
(505) 827-1456
Stephanie Sena, Educator Administrator - Se Habla Español
- Significant Disproportionality
- Disproportionate Representation
(505) 827-3542
Sandra Schwartz, Education Administrator
- Low Incidence Disabilities
- NIMAS/NIMAC
Thomas Potter, Education Administrator
- Policies and Procedures
- Private Schools
(505) 827-1461

Specialists:
Anita Curtis
IT Database Administrator
(505)827-6499

Support Staff:
Rita Aquino, Receptionist
- Internal and External Customer Service and Communication
- Records Management
(505) 827-1457
Leah Erickson, Administrative Assistant
- IDEA Advisory Panel Liaison
- Internal Communicatons and external Correspondence
(505) 827-1458
Feliz Romero,
Business Operations Specialist
- State Level Activities Funding
- Bureau Operations
(505) 827-1459

Other PED Contacts:
Vince Trujillo
Assessment and Evaluation Bureau
Assessment Administrator
(505) 827-6577
Phyllis Bass
Quality Assurance Bureau
RtI | 504 Plans | SAT
(505) 827-6952
Carolann Gutierrez
Gifted Education
(505)827-6956
Humanities Bureau
(505) 827-6573
Charter Schools
(505) 222-4762
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