Laurie Wellner, Ed.D., is the Director of Teaching and Learning at Colorado State University Global and has worked in education for the past 24 years. Dr. Wellner specializes in issues regarding autism, special education and organizational leadership, ADHD, Educationally Related Mental Health Services, faculty development, course design and program development and the successful communication and collaboration with stakeholders for the improvement of the educational process. Dr. Wellner has served as an adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University, and Touro College (New York). She has served on many committees pertaining to systems change in education. Dr. Wellner is the author of several articles, a meta-analysis of the literature in the area of trust theory, a curriculum guide for Applied Behavior Analysis, as well as other writing, leadership, conferences and research projects. She regularly chairs and participates in committees for dissertation research at the doctoral level. She is a passionate advocate for the success of all.