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Have a question you need an answer to? Feel free to email us at ndtac@longevityconsulting.com or call us at 1-800-319-9302.

Each State is assigned a technical assistance advisor through NDTAC and a Program Officer through the Department of Education. These individuals are available to answer your Title I, Part D questions, provide one-on-one support, and share resources that will aid in your program administration. See the list below for who supports your State:

NDTAC TA Provider: Obioma Okogbue [ookogbue@childtrends.org]

Department of Education Program Office contact: Heather Denny [heather.denny@ed.gov]

States: Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Wyoming

Department of Education Program Office contact: Heather Denny [heather.denny@ed.gov] and Nicole Herron [nicole.herron@ed.gov]

States: Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Ohio

Department of Education Program Office contact: Jeffery Buehler [jeffery.buehler@ed.gov] and Nicole Herron [nicole.herron@ed.gov]

   States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware

 

NDTAC TA Provider: Daniel Froemel [daniel.froemel@longevityconsulting.com]

Department of Education Program Office contact: Jeffery Buehler [jeffery.buehler@ed.gov]

States: Alaska, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Department of Education Program Office contact: Heather Denny [heather.denny@ed.gov]

States: Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina

 

Get to Know Your TA Providers and Department Program Officers 

Dan Froemel

Daniel Froemel
Senior Technical Assistance Advisor, Longevity Consulting
Dan Froemel, Ed.D., is a senior training and technical assistance advisor for NDTAC at Longevity Consulting, providing direct consultation to program State coordinators and the Department of Education Program Office.

Obioma Okogbue

Obioma Okogbue
Technical Assistance Coordinator, Child Trends
Obioma Okogbue is a technical assistance analyst who leads the NDTAC helpdesk and support development of TA activities and products at Child Trends. She has expertise providing training and TA and developing TA products for state health and education agencies.

Daron Clark

Daron Clark
Technical Assistance Coordinator, Longevity Consulting
Daron Clark serves as a Technical Assistance Coordinator for NDTAC. She has extensive customer service and grants management experience. She facilitates the NDTAC helpdesk communications and other Center technical assistance activities.

Mark Ziegler-Thayer

Mark Ziegler-Thayer
Program Officer, Title I, Part D, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Mark Ziegler-Thayer joined the Title I, Part D team at the U.S. Department of Education in July of 2023 through the Presidential Management Fellows program. Before coming to ED, they were a research associate at the American Institutes for Research, as well as a kindergarten educator in schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey.

Heather Denny

Heather Denny
Program Officer, Title I Part D, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Heather Denny joined the Title I, Part D team at the U.S. Department of Education in January of 2022. Prior to that she served as Montana’s State Coordinator for the Title I, Part D program for seven years, as a school district homeless liaison, and as a classroom teacher for students in grades 6-12. 

Jeffery Buehler

Jeffery Buehler
Program Officer, Title I, Part D, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
After working with children, youth, and families for 11 years, Jeff coordinated a technical assistance center that delivered professional development that supported the quality improvement efforts of 200+ youth programs annually.  To meet the rising needs of out-of-school time education, Jeff launched Project LIFTOFF, a Midwestern initiative to secure the resources necessary for quality STEM learning in youth programs.

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