Dr. Carol Quirk is the Co-Executive Director of the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education (MCIE). She is a member of the Executive Team and State Facilitator Team Leader for the School-wide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT) Center, which is a national K-8 technical assistance center focused on providing academic and behavioral support for all students, including those with the most extensive needs. Dr. Quirk coordinates work of the center across operating teams, facilitates state level work in one of the SWIFT states, and coordinates state level technical assistance with other SWIFT State Facilitators. Dr. Quirk has extensive experience in planning instruction for students with disabilities, developing positive behavior supports, promoting collaboration among educators, and providing quality professional development for general and special educators to include students with disabilities. Through her partnership with the Maryland State Department of Education, Dr. Quirk has helped to shape state and local education policy and practice, and has implemented systemic reform in a number of Maryland school systems. She is a graduate of Leadership Maryland, and was named one of the Top 100 Minority Business Entrepreneurs of 2008 for the Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia region. Dr. Quirk was named to President Obama’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities in 2011. She was recognized as the 2012 Distinguished Alumna by the Johns Hopkins University and received the Brava! Award in 2013 from SmartCEO for exemplary leadership. She received her Ed.D. from The Johns Hopkins University, and her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Connecticut. Previously, she was a Teacher of students with developmental disabilities in Connecticut, a Psychologist in a residential facility in North Carolina, a Technical Assistance Director for early intervention programs in North Carolina, a Consultant to the Philadelphia School System, and the Executive Director of a Baltimore agency providing supported employment services to adults with disabilities.