Staff and National Trainers

Our Staff

Welcome to Project CRISS. Our staff is eager to answer your questions about our program, to help you in setting up trainings for your school or district, and to assist you in the materials you will need for a successful implementation of Project CRISS.

Please scroll down to meet each of the CRISS National Office crew.

National Offices
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Find a Trainer
To find a CRISS-Certified National Trainer to conduct a Level I training in your district or school or a CRISS-Certified Master Trainer to conduct a Level II workshop, please click here.

Contact Us
Send us a note.
Email: info@projectcriss.com
Phone: 406-758-6441

DR. CAROL SANTA, original developer of Project CRISS and Master Trainer. Currently, Carol is the Director of Education at the Montana Academy, a school for troubled youth in Marion, Montana. In addition to CRISS, she has written the literature-based language arts program Pegasus II, published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

LYNN HAVENS, Director and Master Trainer. Before her involvement with CRISS, Lynn taught mathematics and science at the junior and senior high schools in Kalispell, Montana. Now she works full-time running the program. In addition, she is the co-author of Project CRISS for Students: It's a Brain Thing ~ Learning How to Learn!, a semester curriculum for teaching the CRISS principles and strategies directly to students, grades 6-9.

DR. DEBRA FRANCIOSI, Associate Director. Deb coordinates marketing for Project CRISS, is editor of the CRISS Crafter newsletter (for trainers only), and provides trainer and teacher support. Prior to joining Project CRISS, she helped design and open a technology magnet high school, served as a Secondary Literacy Specialist, and taught middle school English, language arts, and social studies, and high school reading in Oregon.

MRS. DOROTHY HUFF, Administrative Assistant. Besides managing the office and working on various projects, Dorothy is in charge of our payable and receivable accounts. She also is the editing genius behind most of our written materials.

STACY LIEBIG, National Training and Materials Coordinator. If you want to set up a CRISS training in your area, Stacy can help you. In addition, she provides general information and processes all orders for training and support materials.

DARLENE TREWEEK, Invoicing and Shipping. Darlene provides secretarial support for the rest of the staff and handles the packaging and shipping of orders originating from our office. She also does the invoicing for accounts receivable.

JENNIFER HULL, Records. Jennifer spends most of her time doing data entry and keeping our database and files up to date.

JENNY MARTIN, Projects and Trainer Coordinator. Jenny is the editor of the Comments from CRISS newsletter. In addition, she is in charge of trainer certification, the Demonstration Sites program and, currently, she is assisting with a federally funded research study in which CRISS is involved.