After much speculation, today, Alexa Posny, the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, announced that the Department of Education filled two powerful and important positions in special education. Sue Swenson will be the Deputy Assistant Secretary of OSERS and Melody Musgrove will be the Director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
Ms. Swenson currently runs her own company which specializes in management, payment technologies and social entrepreneurship to support people with disabilities and their families. Formerly the Executive Director of the Arc of the United States and the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, as well as the Commissioner of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD).
Ms. Swenson currently runs her own company which specializes in management, payment technologies and social entrepreneurship to support people with disabilities and their families. Formerly the Executive Director of the Arc of the United States and the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, as well as the Commissioner of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD).
Ms. Musgrove is the Director of Business Development with LRP Publications. Formerly, she was the State Director of Special Education in Mississippi, a due process hearing officer, an Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Federal Programs for the Lawrence County School District, an Assistant Principal, and a special education teacher at the elementary, middle and high school levels.
CEC congratulates Ms. Swenson and Ms. Musgrove on their new positions and looks forward to working with them to achieve the goals of IDEA and ESEA, and enhance opportunities and achievement for all children and youth with disabilities.
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