Staff Directory
Meet the Defiance County Board of Developmental Disabilities Administrative Team.
Heidi Hull
Superintendent
Amanda Westrick
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
Leslie Zartman
Human Resources Manager
ext. 2430
LZartman@defiancedd.org
Communications and Community Engagement
Jenna Peper
Communications and Community Engagement Manager
ext. 2410
JPeper@defiancedd.org
Toby Bostater
Special Olympics and Community Inclusion Coordinator
ext. 2280
TBostater@defiancedd.org
Early Intervention
Dennis Myers
Director of Early Intervention
ext. 2140
DMyers@defiancedd.org
Jodi Martinez
Physical Therapist
JMartinez@defiancedd.org
Amy Westrick
Developmental Specialist
ext. 2230
AWestrick@defiancedd.org
Lori Bruce
Program Assistant
ext. 2220
LBruce@defiancedd.org
Alexa Polsdorfer
Service Coordinator
ext.2190
APolsdorfer@defiancedd.org
Katie Freese
Occupational Therapist
ext. 2250
KFreese@defiancedd.org
Kendra Vittorio
Speech/Language Pathologist
ext. 2240
KVittorio@defiancedd.org
Facilities and Transportation
Bernie Herr
Facilities and Transportation Manager
BHerr@defiancedd.org
Keith Adkins
Bus #1 Driver
KAdkins@defiancedd.org
Maria Glover
Bus #5 Driver
MGlover@defiancedd.org
Andrea Copsey
Bus #2 Assistant
ACopsey@defiancedd.org
Michelle Schmunk
Custodian/Maintenance
MSchmunk@defiancedd.org
Dorrene Beltz
Bus #3 Assistant
DBeltz@defiancedd.org
Michael Mohr
Bus #3 Driver
MMohr@defiancedd.org
Maxwell Schmunk
Evening Custodian/ Bus #5 Assistant
MaSchmunk@defiancedd.org
Rick Davis
Bus #2 Driver
RDavis@defiancedd.org
Erin Yoder
Bus #1 Assistant
EYoder@defiancedd.org
Operations
Teri Mitchell
Operations Manager
ext. 2000
TMitchell@defiancedd.org
Gina Theobald
Food Service Manager
GTheobald@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
Alexis Weidenhamer
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2210
AWeidenhamer@defiancedd.org
Kate Blakeley
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2200
KBlakeley@defiancedd.org
Tiffany Clayton
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2020
TClayton@defiancedd.org
Taylor Wood
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2100
TWood@defiancedd.org
Danielle Bryant
Service and Support Administrator
ext. 2880
DBryant@defiancedd.org
Jennifer Mulka
Community Programs Assistant
ext. 2420
JMulka@defiancedd.org
Good Samaritan School
Amanda Westrick
Principal
ext. 2030
AmWestrick@defiancedd.org
Preschool 1
Megan Jacques
Instructor Assistant
MJacques@defiancedd.org
Cindy Turpening
Instructor Assistant
CTurpening@defiancedd.org
Preschool 2
Robyn Helmke
Instructor
RHelmke@defiancedd.org
Michelle Steingass
Instructor Assistant
MSteingass@defiancedd.org
Lynae Sanchez
Instructor Assistant
LSanchez@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
Elizabeth Hartman
Instructor Assistant
EHartman@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
GDysinger@defiancedd.org
Transition
Shannon Miller
Instructor
SMiller@defiancedd.org
Alex Hartman
Instructor Assistant
AHartman@defiancedd.org
Mary Fitzenrider-Cox
Instructor Assistant
MFitzenrider-Cox@defiancedd.org
Nurse
Helen Bowden
Nurse/ Family Support Services
HBowden@defiancedd.org
Occupational Therapy
Holly Wendling
Occupational Therapist
HWendling@defiancedd.org
Katie Freese
Occupational Therapist
KFreese@defiancedd.org
Physical Education
Lauren Peterson
Physical Education Instructor
LPeterson@defiancedd.org
Physical Therapy
Amber Wright
Physical Therapist
AWright@defiancedd.org
Valerie Wagner
Physical Therapist Assistant
VWagner@defiancedd.org
Speech Therapy
Stephanie Zachrich
Speech/Language Pathologist
SZachrich@defiancedd.org
Kendra Vittorio
Speech/ Language Pathologist
KVittorio@defiancedd.org