Kristen M. Bordonaro

Kristen M. Bordonaro, EdD, is an educator and school- and district-level administrator with 15 years of experience serving public and private school districts and special education collaboratives. Her career has included roles as a classroom teacher, special education teacher, resource teacher, building leader, program manager, and district administrator. She most recently served as director of programs and services for the Exceptional Learners Collaborative in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Bordonaro holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Trinity International University, master’s degrees in special education and educational leadership and an educational specialist degree in educational leadership from Western Illinois University, and a doctorate from Aurora University. She is the coauthor, with Megan Clarke, of The Collaborative IEP: Working Together for Life-Changing Special Education.