Peggy Childs earned her masters at University of Arizona in the area of Learning Disabilities and her B.A. in psychology at St. Louis University. She has been a teacher, principal, director of special education, trainer and consultant in school districts and special education cooperatives. During her work experience as a school leader she was committed to creating systems change that supported best practices for students with disabilities.  Since 1994, Peggy has been employed by United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago/Infinitec as the Executive Vice President. In this position, Peggy has offered leadership in creating partnerships, training programs and infrastructure that provide state of the art information and technology resources to empower children and adults with disabilities. She was formally recognized for her work in education in January 2008. The Illinois Alliance of Administrators of Special Education (IAASE) presented Peggy with the “Innovative Practices Award” for her leadership in creating Infinitec Assistive Technology coalitions. Currently the Infinitec Coalition model has been expanded to serve 1000+ school districts in Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, etc.