Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports

Virginia Department of Education

VTSS Leadership Team

VDOE

Joseph Wharff: Director of Student Support Services
Michael Gregory, VTSS Coordinator: VTSS Specialist, Office of Student Services;
SPDG Project Manager
SCTG Project Manager
PDG Project Manager
michael.gregory@doe.virginia.gov
Dawn Hendricks, Ph.D.: Early Childhood Specialist,
Office of Special Education Instructional Services
dawn.hendricks@doe.virginia.gov
Hollie Jennings, Ed.D.: VTSS Implementation Specialist
Office of Student Services
Hollie.Jennings@doe.virginia.gov
Jeff Phenicie: Director, Office of Special Education
Program Improvement
jeff.phenicie@doe.virginia.gov

Old Dominion University

Corinne Wilson, Ph.D.: VTSS Research Analyst; ccooking@odu.edu
Amanda Working, Ph.D.: VTSS Research Analyst; aworking@odu.edu

VTSS-RIC

Jodie Soracco, Ph. D., BCBA, LBA: Director
soraccoja@vcu.edu
Anna Hebb, Ed.D., L.C.S.W.: Local Education Agency (LEA) Lead VTSS Systems Coach
hebbal@vcu.edu
Regina Pierce, M.Ed.: VTSS Consultant
rhpierce@vcu.edu
Sherol Southerland, Ph.D., M.T., B.A., LRS: State Education Agency (SEA) Lead VTSS Systems Coach
slsoutherland@vcu.edu

T/TAC Representative

Virginia Bussey: Co-Director,
T/TAC at Radford University
vbussey@radford.edu

Family Engagement

Kelly Henderson, Ph.D.: Executive Director,
Formed Families Forward
kelly.henderson@formedfamiliesforward.org

Virginia Tech

Whitney Miller: Coordinator/ SIM™ Professional Development Leader
whm2378@vt.edu