Staff Directory
Meet the Defiance County Board of Developmental Disabilities Administrative Team.
Heidi Hull
Superintendent
Travis (TJ) Hammer
Principal of Good Samaritan School
Karrah Rath
Director of Business Operations
Pat Uhlenhake
Director of Community Services
Dennis Myers
Director of Early Intervention
Jenna Peper
Communications & Community Engagement Manager
Teri Mitchell
Operations Manager
Bernie Herr
Facilities and Transportation Manager
Staff Directory
Office
Heidi Hull
Superintendent
ext. 2010
HHull@defiancedd.org
Karrah Rath
Director Business Operations
ext. 2060
KRath@defiancedd.org
Teri Mitchell
Operations Manager
ext. 2000
TMitchell@defiancedd.org
Jenna Peper
Communications and Community Engagement Manager
ext. 2410
JPeper@defiancedd.org
Candy Weirauch
Administrative Assistant
ext. 2330
CWeirauch@defiancedd.org
Service and Support Administration
Patricia Uhlenhake
Director of Community Services
ext. 2170
PUhlenhake@defiancedd.org
Clarissa Ankney
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2880
CAnkney@defiancedd.org
Craig Clayton
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2160
CClayton@defiancedd.org
Tiffany Clayton
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2020
TClayton@defiancedd.org
Jean Jacques
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2210
JJacques@defiancedd.org
Taylor Wood
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2100
TWood@defiancedd.org
Kate Blakeley
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2200
KBlakely@defiancedd.org
Jennifer Mulka
Community Programs Assistant
ext. 2420
JMulka@defiancedd.org
Early Intervention
Dennis Myers
Director of Early Intervention
ext. 2140
DMyers@defiancedd.org
Lori Bruce
Program Assistant
ext. 2220
LBruce@defiancedd.org
Amy Westrick
Developmental Specialist
ext. 2230
AWestrick@defiancedd.org
Alexa Polsdorfer
Service Coordinator
ext.2190
APolsdorfer@defiancedd.org
Jodi Martinez
Physical Therapist
JMartinez@defiancedd.org
Kendra Vittorio
Speech/Language Pathologist
ext. 2240
KVittorio@defiancedd.org
Katie Freese
Occupational Therapist
ext. 2250
KFreese@defiancedd.org
Good Samaritan School
Travis Hammer
Principal
ext. 2030
THammer@defiancedd.org
Preschool 1
Amanda Westrick
Instructor
AmWestrick@defiancedd.org
Megan Jacques
Instructor Assistant
MJacques@defiancedd.org
Sarah Wolfrum
Instructor Assistant
SWolfrum@defiancedd.org
Preschool 2
Cindy Turpening
Instructor Assistant
CTurpening@defiancedd.org
Stefanie Ellerbrock
Instructor Assitant
SEllerbrock@defiancedd.org
Preschool 3
Robyn Helmke
Instructor
RHelmke@defiancedd.org
Michelle Steingass
Instructor Assistant
MSteingass@defiancedd.org
Christi Stevens
Instructor Assistant
CStevens@defiancedd.org
Primary 1
Mindy Liffick
Instructor
MLiffick@defiancedd.org
Deb Holtsberry
Instructor Assistant
DHoltsberry@defiancedd.org
Brittany Harris
Instructor Assistant
BHarris@defiancedd.org
Primary 2
Sydnie Fitzwater
Instructor
SFitzwater@defiancedd.org
Sara Snyder
Instructor Assistant
SSnyder@defiancedd.org
Tanya Bradley
Instructor Assistant/Bus Assistant
TBradley@defiancedd.org
Intermediate
Grace Zachrich
Instructor
GZachrich@defiancedd.org
Jenna Pauley
Instructor Assistant
JPauley@defiancedd.org
Greg Dysinger
Instructor Assistant/Bus Assistant
GDysinger@defiancedd.org
Vocational
Nicole Rohlf
Instructor
NRohlf@defiancedd.org
Mary Fitzenrider-Cox
Instructor Assistant
MFitzenrider-Cox@defiancedd.org
Carrie Sheets
Instructor Assistant
CSheets@defiancedd.org
Transition
Chris Millen
Instructor
CMillen@defiancedd.org
Alex Hartman
Instructor Assistant
AHartman@defiancedd.org
Floater
Kristen Smith
Instructor Assistant
KSmith@defiancedd.org
Bus Driver
Michael Mohr
Bus Driver
Maria Glover
Bus Driver
Rick Davis
Bus Driver
Andrew Scott Heater
Bus Driver
Dorrene Beltz
Bus Assistant
Physical Therapy
Valerie Wagner
Physical Therapist Assistant
VWagner@defiancedd.org
Occupational Therapy
Holly Wendling
Occupational Therapist
HWendling@defiancedd.org
Katie Freese
Occupational Therapist
KFreese@defiancedd.org
Speech Therapy
Stephanie Zachrich
Speech/Language Pathologist
SZachrich@defiancedd.org
Kendra Vittorio
Speech/ Language Pathologist
KVittorio@defiancedd.org
Physical Education
Jenny Vincent
Physical Education Instructor/ Special Olympics Coordinator
JVincent@defiancedd.org