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
Leslie Zartman
Human Resources 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
Leslie Zartman
Human Resources Manager
ext. 2430
LZartman@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
Craig Clayton
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2160
CClayton@defiancedd.org
Tiffany Clayton
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2020
TClayton@defiancedd.org
Taylor Wood
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2100
TWood@defiancedd.org
Kate Blakeley
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2200
KBlakeley@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
Lynae Sanchez
Instructor Assistant
LSanchez@defiancedd.org
Preschool 2
Robyn Helmke
Instructor
RHelmke@defiancedd.org
Michelle Steingass
Instructor Assistant
MSteingass@defiancedd.org
Cindy Turpening
Instructor Assistant
CTurpening@defiancedd.org
Preschool Float
Carrie Sheets
Instructor Assistant
CSheets@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
Angie Englehart
Instructor Assistant
AEnglehart@defiancedd.org
Intermediate 1
Garrett Snyder
Instructor
GSnyder@defiancedd.org
Tanya Bradley
Instructor Assistant
TBradley@defiancedd.org
Joy Grahn
Instructor Assistant
JGrahn@defiancedd.org
Intermediate 2
Grace Byram
Instructor
GByram@defiancedd.org
Christi Stevens
Instructor Assistant
CStevens@defiancedd.org
Vocational
Nicole Rohlf
Instructor
NRohlf@defiancedd.org
Jenna Pauley
Instructor Assistant
JPauley@defiancedd.org
Kristen Smith
Instructor Assistant
KSmith@defiancedd.org
Greg Dysinger
Instructor Assistant/Bus Assistant
GDysinger@defiancedd.org
Transition
Chris Millen
Instructor
CMillen@defiancedd.org
Alex Hartman
Instructor Assistant
AHartman@defiancedd.org
Floater
Mary Fitzenrider-Cox
Instructor Assistant
MFitzenrider-Cox@defiancedd.org
Bus Drivers
Keith Adkins
Bus Driver
Michael Mohr
Bus Driver
Maria Glover
Bus Driver
Rick Davis
Bus Driver
Dorrene Beltz
Bus Assistant
Nurse
Helen Bowden
Nurse
HBowden@defiancedd.org
Food Service
Gina Theobald
Food Service Manager
GTheobald@defiancedd.org
Physical Education
Jenny Vincent
Physical Education Instructor/ Special Olympics Coordinator
JVincent@defiancedd.org
Physical Therapy
Jodi Martinez
Physical Therapist
JMartinez@defiancedd.org
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
Facilities and Transportation
Bernie Herr
Facilities and Transportation Manager
BHerr@defiancedd.org
Custodian/Maintenance
Michelle Schmunk
Custodian/Maintenance
MSchmunk@defiancedd.org