HEIDI BISHOP is a Fellow of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE) and is a Certified Dyslexia Therapist certificate by the International Dyslexia Association (IDA). She has trained practitioners in schools and school districts throughout SC, NC, GA, and CA. She served as president of the South Carolina Branch of the International Dyslexia Association for six years, was appointed to the SC Dyslexia Task Force, served on the Read to Succeed Advisory Group, and currently serves on the Information and Outreach Committee of the AOGPE board. She has spent 31 years working in private schools for children with dyslexia and is now involved with a dyslexic charter school that opens in the fall of 2018.DAVID KATZ, a Fellow of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators, has trained and mentored many practitioners in the Orton-Gillingham Approach. An experienced educator, David has a Master of Arts in Teaching degree and has taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. He also has extensive experience practitionering students through his private practice in Metuchen, New Jersey. David is active in the literacy community, serving as a past president of the New Jersey Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, an advisory board member of the New Jersey Learning Disabilities Association, and a lecturer at conferences throughout the United States and abroad.

NORMA JEAN MCHUGH is a Fellow and Board Member of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators with over 30 years of experience working with dyslexic students. She initially worked at the Schenck School, a school for dyslexic students in Atlanta, Georgia. While at the school, she held many titles, including practitioner, creator of their summer camp for students, and director of their practitionering program. Upon leaving Schenck, she began training practitioners in the Orton-Gillingham Approach and has trained practitioners and parents.LINCOLN TURNER is a lifelong educator and the co-founder of Whizzimo.com, the premier digital teaching platform for Orton-Gillingham based instruction. Lincoln received his Masters Degree in English Education from Columbia University's Teachers College and began his career in education as an English Teacher in the New York City public schools. Lincoln has trained and coached thousands of educators and school leaders throughout the United States on the best practices for literacy instruction.