Brigitta Altmann-Austin brings over 20 years experience to the Board of Review in K-12 Education, specifically in the area of Career & Technical Education and a decade of restaurant experience. Currently, she serves as an Assistant Principal in Wisconsin at Stevens Point Senior Area High School, where she also coordinates their College & Career Readiness efforts. Her formal education culminates with Doctorate in Career & Technical Education from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She has led professional development sessions for instructors in Assessment and Grading and has presented education and training sessions nationally including Wisconsin, Illinois, North Carolina, Indiana, Nevada, and others.

Debbora M. Sharifi is a specialist in clinical nursing, including 20 years teachingexperience in the medical field. She taught Nursing Assistant, Medical Terminology and Health Careers, Healthcare Foundations, and Emergency First Aid on both the secondary and post-secondary levels with dual credit options. Her formal education culminates with a Master of Public Health degree from Benedictine University, plus over 30 post-graduate credit hours in health care, career & technical education, and curriculum development and instruction. In addition, she developed, reviewed, and revised competency-based curriculum consistent with national health-care standards and Illinois academic learning standards. Additionally she served as a Cut-Score Setting Team with NOCTI.

Greg W. Leston brings to the Board of Review over 30 years of educational and training experience, especially in Fire Science and EMS/Paramedic training. Greg is a Certified Instructor I with the Illinois State Fire Marshall, an IDPH Lead Instructor, and holds a NAEMSE Level II Certification. He formerly served as a Firerfighter/Medic in his local fire department and as an instructor for the College of DuPage. Greg was a team member on over 400 Critical Patient Transports via Lifestar Helicopter and also cowrote a research article published in Air Medical Journal. As an entrepreneur, he owns Creative Water Gardens, an Illinois-based corporation. Greg currently advises the Illinois State Board of Education on creating and reviewing assessments, a critical aspect of the Illinois Fire Science and Emergency Medical Technician curricula.

J. Mark Williams brings 25 years of experience in teaching and facilitation from high school to graduate levels, including six years as the Illinois State Director of Career and Technical Education and as a long-serving member on NOCTI’s Board of Trustees, a national occupational competency testing service. As Vice President of the Academic Institute in Lincoln, Illinois, he worked families, schools, and communities to enhance children’s life-long learning. He served as the scientific advisor for the Center of Innovations in Learning and contributed to CIL’s focus on the science of innovation, personalized learning, and personal competency. He studied under the noted behaviorist Israel Goldiamond at the University of Chicago and has advanced degrees in theology from the Angelicum University in Rome, Italy. Currently, he is the Director of Ministry Formation for Ascension Florida.

Dr. Shaun Dudek is currently Program Director/Associate Professor in Graphic Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin. She has a passion for career education totaling 37 years of classroom teaching/industry experience and a strong understanding of what students need to be successful in both the both classroom and the workplace. She has a BS in Organizational Management from Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois; a Masters in Adult Education from National Louis University in Lisle, Illinois; and a Doctorate in Career and Technical Education from UW-Stout.