Meet Our Team
Growing Readers is a literacy professional learning grant designed and implemented through Georgia’s 16 Regional Educational Service Agencies (RESAs) and administered through the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement and the Georgia Department of Education.
The RESA network team is comprised of Certified Growing Readers Specialists. These specialists were carefully selected to engage in Growing Readers based on a wide range of experience with teaching reading as well as a shared passion for impacting teaching and learning across the state.
Central Savannah River Area RESA
- Deandra Hall: dhall@csraresa.org
- Marcia Lim-Tom – mlimtom@csraresa.org
- Margo Huskey – mhuskey@csraresa.org
- Kayce Tyler: ktyler@csraresa.org
- Vanessa Murphy: vmurphy@csresa.org
Chattahoochee-Flint RESA
- Dee Studdard – dstuddard@chattflint.org
- Gloria Koopal – gkoopal@chattflint.org
- Shana Griffin – sgriffin@chattflint.org
Coastal Plains RESA
- Stephanie Butler: stephaniebutler@cpresa.org
Flint District RESA
- Marcella Alexander: malexander@fdresa.org
Griffin RESA
- Angel Nauck: anauck@griffinresa.net
Heart of Georgia RESA
- Wendy Slade: wendyslade14@gmail.com
Metro RESA
- April Brillard: april.brilliard@mresa.org
- Kathy Matthews: kathy.matthews@mresa.org
- Kristy Kueber: kristy.kueber@mresa.org
- Nicolle Trow: nicolle.trow@mresa.org
- Shakia Bruce: shakia.bruce@mresa.org
- Susan Graham: susan.graham@mresa.org
Middle Georgia RESA
- Joy Bassett: jbassett@mgresa.us
- Leslie Shultz: lshultz@mgresa.us
- Melanie Jones: mjones@mgresa.us
- Ruthann Bowden: rbowden@mgresa.us
North Georiga RESA
- Kathy Cobb: kathy.cobb@ngresa.org
- Nicole Moneyham: nicole.moneyham@ngresa.org
Northeast Georgia RESA
- Gail Elrod: gail.elrod@negaresa.org
- Kristi Holloway: kristi.holloway@negaresa.org
- Tonia Paramore: tonia.paramore@negaresa.org
Northwest Georgia RESA
- Krushinda Brannon: kbrannon@nwagaresa.org
Oconee RESA
- Dana Hutchison: dana.hutchison@oconeeresa.org
Okefenokee RESA
- Cindy Hitt: chitt@okresa.org
- Delia Garrett: dgarrett@okresa.org
- Wendy Good: wgood@okresa.org
Pioneer RESA
- Darlene Doster: ddoster@pioneerresa.org
- Jan Black: jblack@pioneerresa.org
- Rhonda Hayes: rhonda.hayes10@gmail.com
Southwest RESA
- Carrie Holand: cholland@swresa.org
West Georgia RESA
- Ann Marie Johnson: ajohnson@garesa.org
- Julie Hughie: jhughie@garesa.org
- Lisa Reeves: lreeves@garesa.org