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The advisory council is made up of representatives from the Iowa Department of Education, Local and Area Education Agencies, Iowa’s colleges and universities, and community organizations and family partners.
![Mindy VanZuiden](/sites/irrc.education.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/5/6/560a6bfd391160b16e68d1bb2f4355f0.png?itok=hBJGYEWa)
![Portrait of Beth Ades-Hanson](/sites/irrc.education.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-04/School%20Photo.jpg?h=7ce96cc7&itok=HyGiwjMW)
![Stacey Cole](/sites/irrc.education.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/5/6/560a6bfd391160b16e68d1bb2f4355f0.png?itok=hBJGYEWa)
![Beth Happe](/sites/irrc.education.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/5/6/560a6bfd391160b16e68d1bb2f4355f0.png?itok=hBJGYEWa)
![Portrait of Kathleen Konrardy](/sites/irrc.education.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-04/Konrardy_Kathleen_2022.jpg?h=2a35d14f&itok=5ZQuql7Q)
Kathleen Konrardy
Title/Position
Director of Special Education at a Nonpublic Accredited School | Vice-Chair
![Sherry Petty](/sites/irrc.education.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/5/6/560a6bfd391160b16e68d1bb2f4355f0.png?itok=hBJGYEWa)
![Erick Pruitt](/sites/irrc.education.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-01/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-09%20at%2010.03.17%20AM.png?h=b197e0c6&itok=m8Ylyszw)
![A portrait photo of McKenzie Snow.](/sites/irrc.education.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-07/McKenzieSnow-webimage-250x320.jpg?h=db178bcf&itok=KH3umcx7)
McKenzie Snow
Title/Position
Iowa Department of Education Director
McKenzie Snow is the director of the Iowa Department of Education.
![John Speer](/sites/irrc.education.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/5/6/560a6bfd391160b16e68d1bb2f4355f0.png?itok=hBJGYEWa)
![Cori Stanley](/sites/irrc.education.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/5/6/560a6bfd391160b16e68d1bb2f4355f0.png?itok=hBJGYEWa)