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Senior Manager for State Programs and Policy
John D. Denning is the Senior Manager for State Programs and Policy at All
Kinds of Minds. In this role, John serves as the key liaison between external
regional and national organizations that intersect with the ongoing work of the
Institute and its policy and programmatic efforts to ensure all students have
access to high quality instruction. Before coming to All Kinds of Minds in
2003, he worked with Congressman H. Martin Lancaster from North Carolina where
he staffed a number of roles, including requests for information related to
education. A North Carolina Teaching Fellow, John taught American history,
government and economics for a number of years before joining Dr. Barnett Berry
of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future to help launch the
SE Center for Teaching Quality. His responsibilities included project
management for a number of ongoing teaching quality policy tracking efforts,
including the Teaching Quality Indicators Project, and an examination of NCLB,
Leave Teacher Unqualified. In addition, he was instrumental in the creation of
the Center’s annual Status of Teaching Report. In 2007, North Carolina Lt.
Governor Beverly Perdue appointed him as Chair of the NC Fellows Commission.
John holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science from Elon
College, a Masters of Art in public administration from Exeter University and a
doctorate of education in educational leadership and policy from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Manager of Research and Evaluation
Tamara Nimkoff is the Manager of Research and Evaluation for All Kinds of
Minds. She directs the Institute’s research agenda, including monitoring and
facilitating research activities carried out by independent entities,
establishes program evaluation procedures to assure the quality of program
design and delivery, manages projects that advance the Institute's knowledge
base related to learning and the neurodevelopmental framework, and advises the
organization’s staff and other key constituents in understanding and using
research to support their work. Prior to engaging in the field of educational
research, Tamara taught elementary aged students with learning disabilities,
instructed adults in GED preparation and English as a Second Language, and
managed a K-12 learning center. Tamara has a doctorate in educational
psychology, measurement, and evaluation from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and Master of Arts in
special education, both from the University of Georgia in Athens.
Senior Clinical Scholar
Craig Pohlman’s work focuses on the core knowledge that serves as the
foundation for the products, tools, and services All Kinds of Minds offers.
This knowledge includes the research literature related to neurodevelopmental
functions and how they affect academic skills. He is a member of the All Kinds
of Minds Scholar Network, which includes thought leaders in the field of
learning. He serves as editor and regular contributor to the Learning Landscape.
Craig is a licensed psychologist and nationally certified school psychologist.
He began his career teaching elementary and middle school students. He later
went on to earn his doctorate in school psychology at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), where he trained at The Clinical Center for
the Study of Development and Learning, University of North Carolina School of
Medicine (CDL). He has earned appointments at UNC-CH as a Clinical Assistant
Professor for the school psychology program and as a Clinical Scientist at the
CDL. Craig has conducted or supervised thousands of assessments of struggling
learners, and has designed numerous techniques and tools to help others
integrate a neurodevelopmental assessment approach into their work with kids.
His book, Revealing Minds, is a
hands-on guide for assessing students facing learning challenges.
Program Implementation Manager
Michele Robinson’s focus at All Kinds of Minds is Program Development and
Implementation, providing support services and building the capacity of
districts, schools and teachers to understand and provide instruction that
meets the learning needs of students, as well as contributing to the
development of the Institute’s research base and programs. Michele began her
involvement with All Kinds of Minds while teaching fifth grade, attending the
Schools Attuned Program and integrating the principles and concepts of the
program into her teaching practice. When she joined the staff of All Kinds of
Minds in 1999, she delivered the Schools Attuned Program to educators in North
Carolina and across the United States. Michele has led several initiatives for
Schools Attuned, including oversight of state programs in North Carolina and
Oklahoma, followed by management of the program’s Curriculum Development team.
She earned a Bachelor of Science in elementary education from Appalachian State
University and her master’s in education from the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte.
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