Dr. Laura Brown serves as the Director of North Georgia Learning Resources System (GLRS), an extension of the Georgia Department of Education, coordinating special education services and professional development for local schools in the northeast corner of Georgia. She is a 29-year veteran educator who has worked in schools at every level including as an elementary assistant principal, a system level special education consultant, as well as a middle and high school teacher. She is currently the Project Coordinator for Georgia’s State Personnel Development Grant, GraduateFIRST, designed to address the dropout issues related to students with disabilities.