Kathryn Ann Goodspeed

Background

Goodspeed, Kathryn Ann was born on October 2, 1939 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Earle Muller and Ruby Vera Curtiss.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northern Illinois University, 1961.

Career

Teacher special education School of Hope, Rockford, Illinois, 1962—1965. Home day care provider, 1971—1978. Teacher preschool, director Melrose DayCare Center, Iowa City, 1978—1989.

Teacher Blind Children's Learning Center, Santa Ana, California, 1989—1992, director early childhood center, 1992—2001, assistant executive director, 2005—2010, interim executive director, 2004—2005, since 2009, consultant, early childhood special education, since 2010. Board president Southern California Network Serving Infants and Preschool Children with Visual Impairments, 1998—2008. Consultant Supporting Early Education Delivery Systems.

Achievements

• Kathryn Ann Goodspeed has been listed as a noteworthy pre-school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Treasurer Joint Action Committee Visually Impaired, California, since 1997. Co-chair Infant Vendor Committee, Santa Ana, 2000. Member advisory board California Deaf-Blind Services.

Education commission head Yorba Linda United Methodist Church, 1998—2002. Member of Family Support Network Board (board chairperson), Association Education and Rehabilitation Blind and Visually Impaired, Council Exceptional Children, California Transcribers and Educators Multihandicapped Specialist, California First Chance Consortium (co-chair, board director, family support network committee, member camp TLC).

Interests

• Reading, cooking, travel, watercolor painting.

Connections

Married Robert Harrison Goodspeed, February 4, 1961. Children: Julie, Jill, Jerry, Jeff, Jennifer.

Father:

Earle Muller

Mother:

Ruby Vera Curtiss

Spouse:

Robert Harrison Goodspeed

child:

Jeff Goodspeed

child:

Jerry Goodspeed

child:

Jill Goodspeed

child:

Jennifer Goodspeed

child:

Julie Goodspeed