RERF Staff

Direction

Mark Emblidge, Co-Principal Investigator
Administration/Family

Joan Rhodes, Co-Principal Investigator
Reading/Curriculum

Evelyn Reed-Victor, Co-Principal Investigator
Evaluation/Special Ed.

Administration

Barbara Gibson
Budget Director

Phyllis Grooms-Gordon
VCU Head Start Director

Christopher Chin
Project Evaluator

Dottie Walsh
Fiscal Technician

Mary Sumner
Administrative Assistant

Cynthia Hutchinson
Project Coordinator

Educational Specialists

Reading Specialists
Shantha Smith

Early Childhood Special Educators
Lisa App
Nora Land

Mentor Specialist
Gilda Johnson
Ainsleigh Thomas

Family Literacy Specialist
Barbara B. Booth

Graduate Assistants

Leo Connally
Carla Shaffer
Suzanne Camou-Linkrum
Pia Stanard
Jasmine Frazier