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Dr. Charlie Hobbs

Charlie Hobbs is President and Chairman of the Board of AdTec. He has been actively involved in education for 37 years holding positions in five different school corporations from classroom teacher to superintendent of schools. He has earned two degrees from Butler University, his advanced degree from Purdue University, and teaches for Indiana Wesleyan University in their Educational Leadership Program. A major focus of his career has been providing the human, financial, and physical resources to support local educational programs. He has been recognized by state, national, and international organizations for his educational leadership.

Marilyn Hobbs

Marilyn Hobbs has been employed by AdTec since 1997. Her time is divided between Capital Assets Inventory and E-Rate Consulting. She has earned two degrees in education from Butler University and has taught music in both public and parochial schools.

Jerry Allen

Jerry Allen is an E-Rate Consultant with AdTec. He was involved in public education for 37 years holding several positions from classroom teacher to director of educational technology before retiring. He has two degrees in education from Ball State University, and has completed the licensure requirements to be an administrator at both the elementary and secondary levels. A major focus of his career has been the development and implementation of teaching strategies that translated classroom learning into real world learning.

Sally Baumer

Sally Baumer has been an E-Rate Consultant with AdTec since 2005. She has served as a member of her local School Board of Trustees for 16 years acquiring an appreciation for the complexities of school budgets and finance. She is also a Licensed Dental Hygienist, having graduated from the Indiana University School of Dentistry.

Darsey Carnal

Darsey Carnal, as an E-Rate Consultant, has aided school districts in their quest for E-Rate funding since 2005. She has a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. Past experiences with federal agencies and expertise in scheduling and project management give her a unique perspective on the Universal Services Administrative Corporation and its processes which she uses to smooth her clients' paths to funding.

Tammy Condon

Tammy Condon joined the AdTec team as an E-rate Consultant in January, 2010. During the prior 12 years, she has worked in the telecommunications industry for two major vendors, providing excellent customer service and building solutions for her government and educational clients. The experience she gained from working with various clients and vendors on equipment, network, cellular, and billing provides added value to the AdTec team.

Diane Cormican

Diane Cormican is an E-Rate Consultant and Finance Manager of AdTec. She was employed by Belden, Inc. for 29 years, where she held several administrative positions. She and her husband are entrepreneurs and were owners of Glassworks, Inc. for 20 years, providing commercial, residential and automotive glass services with 13 employees. She managed the accounting/tax and personnel functions of the business. Her years of administrative, financial, and leadership experience provide her the resources to support local educational programs. She was recognized as ‘Administrative Professional of the Year' in 2003.

Lynn Duhamell

Lynn Duhamell joined AdTec as an E-Rate Consultant in January 2012. She spent the first 40 years of her working life as a public educator serving Portage Township Schools as a school library media specialist, Director of Library Media, and finally as the Director of Information and Technology. Lynn is a graduate of both Indiana University with a bachelor of science in library education and Purdue University Calumet with a Master's in Library Media. Lynn has served on the INCOLSA Board of Directors and other various State Library Committees. Lynn received the 1990 American Association of School Librarians' Microcomputer in the Media Center Award.

Charity Hawkins

Charity Hawkins joined the AdTec team in November 2011 as an E-Rate Consultant. She brings more than 15 years of experience from the banking industry and sales, with a primary focus in customer service and sales management. Charity looks forward to using her customer service skills and sales management experience to offer schools and libraries the best E-Rate support possible.

David Hobbs

David Hobbs is a member of the E-Rate Consultant Support Staff. He graduated from Taylor University with a degree in Business Management. Since graduation, he has worked overseas for a non-profit organization as a Business Manager, and currently in the states in the field of finance. His involvement with AdTec began in 2005.

Carol Ingram

Carol Ingram has been an E-Rate Consultant with AdTec since 2009. She graduated from Taylor University with a degree in Business. In the past 10 years her broad range of business expertise has come from working for a Fortune 500 company to non-profit management. She enjoys being part of the Adtec team because of the valuable work it does to support educational institutions across the nation.

Linda Lyness

Linda Lyness has been an E-Rate Consultant since 2009. She earned degrees from Indiana State University and Ball State University, as well as specialty degrees in School Administration and Gifted Education from Indiana University and Purdue University. Linda gained first hand knowledge of the challenges schools face through her 27 years of active involvement not only as teacher, principal, program director, and School Improvement advisor, but also as a consultant for the Indiana Department of Education. She also supported schools with technology integration while working for a national educational software company. Duties included client relations, sales management, public speaking, new hire training and curriculum consulting.

Steve Mills

Steve Mills has been involved in public education for 37 years. He graduated from Ball State University with a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. He received his master's degree in Education at Indiana University. He has also facilitated classes for Indiana Wesleyan University in both the Masters in Education program and in the Transition to Teaching program. Steve has given a variety of workshops on integrating technology into classrooms for schools, state associations, and national organizations.

Karen Portle

Karen Portle joined the AdTec team as an E-rate Consultant in January, 2011. With degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University and Indiana University, she started her career as a programmer/analyst with NSWC Crane before spending 24 years as Director of Information Systems for Monroe County Community School Corporation, Bloomington, IN. As Director, she used E-rate funding from its initial year to enhance the data communications infrastructure to best support instructional technology use within the school corporation. She is excited to help other schools systems gain as much value as possible from E-rate resources.

Linda Sittloh

Linda Sittloh is an E-Rate Consultant. She was employed by Belden, Inc. for 32 years in the Human Resources department, implementing benefits and compensation plans. Her knowledge and experience translates well not only into the AdTec business of E-Rate funding, but also into the Capital Assets Ledger inventory work for school corporations.

Steve Sittloh

Steve Sittloh is a Capital Asset Inventory consultant in the Centerville office of AdTec. A graduate of Purdue University, he was employed at Belden, Inc. where he held several management positions in Warehousing and Inventory Management. He also served 12 years as a member of the school board of trustees in his hometown of Centerville. The knowledge and understanding of school operations that he developed during that time enable him to effectively apply his skills to accurately identify and document Capital Asset Inventory for all clients.

Katy Smith

Katy Smith has been an E-Rate Consultant with AdTec since 2007. She received her Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Taylor University and is currently obtaining her Masters in Educational Technology from the University of Michigan. She taught middle school for 7 years. With her education and technology background, she is passionate about helping schools achieve their technology and financial needs.

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