Staff Directory

Below is the staff directory for LEASE. To email an employee, use the first initial and last name (for example: kfox) followed by @lease-sped.org. If you need any assistance, please contact us at 815-433-6433.

Kathy Fox, Executive Director

Dawn Roalson Zavada, Assistant Director

Cross Categorical Coordinators

Stephanie Allen - LaSalle-Peru HS, Seneca Elementary, Seneca HS, Unit #2, Waltham

Nicole Butt - Allen/Otter Creek, Streator Elementary, Streator HS

Sabrije Fejzoski - Deer Park, LaSalle Elementary, Milton Pope, Rutland, Lostant

Katie Muntz  - Mendota Elementary, Mendota HS, Putnam County

Melissa Shinnick - Dimmick, Earlville, Leland, Oglesby, Wallace

Laura Levine - Grand Ridge, Lighted Way, Marseilles, Peru Elementary, ROE Academy, SOAR, Tonica

Sydney Santoy - Ottawa Elementary, Ottawa HS

School Psychologist

Michael Grenda - Deer Park, Grand Ridge, Residential

Emma Riedesel - Peru Elementary

Pre-School Screening Team

Molly Kasperski - Speech and Language Diagnostician

Michelle Pangrcic - Diagnostician

Kayla Allegretti - Hearing & Vision Screener

Amy Koehler - Play Facilitator

Other Certified Staff

Darcy Beals - Audiologist

Brenda Booker - Visually Impaired Coordinator

Courtney Cameron - Educational Interpreter

Tanna Horner - Coordinator of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

Beth Lawless - Social Worker

Julie O'Brien-Smith - Speech Language Coordinator and Pre-School Speech Language Diagnostician

Karliene Pfalzgraf - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Itinerant

Kelly Wakefield - Visually Impaired Teacher

Michelle Windy - Vision Itinerant

Support Staff

Jennifer Adkins - Child Count/Personnel and Records Custodian

Hallie Durkee - Secretary to Nicole Butt, Melissa Shinnick, Stephanie Allen and Julie O'Brien-Smith

Michael Gregory - Maintenance

Marie McLaughlin - IT Coordinator

Julie Moore - Secretary to Audiologist and Pre-School Screening Team, LEASE Library Manager

Natalie Newbury - Receptionist, Secretary to Psychologists, Tanna Horner, Brenda Booker

Emily Robinson - Secretary to Sabrijie Fejzoski, Sydney Santoy, Laura Levine, and Katie Muntz

Colleen Stefan - Secretary to Executive Director

Justine Whittington - Bookkeeper