Stephanie Smith Lee
Stephanie Smith Lee, a Senior Policy Advisor for National Down Syndrome Society
(NDSS), National Policy Center, provides technical assistance to parents, educators,
and institutes of higher education on developing and implementing high
quality services for students with disabilities. Ms. Lee is project leader for a systems
change project in South Carolina that is funding new model programs at
two universities. She speaks at state and national conferences and with the media.
Ms. Lee also coordinates an expert group that provides advice to Congress on
this topic of providing high quality services for students with disabilities at institutes
of higher education. Ms. Lee previously served as the Director of the Office
of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S. Department of Education.