Executive Team

Kathy Conley started her professional career as a Corporate Data Analyst before realizing her lifelong ambition to be an educator. She started out as a High School Math and Science teacher and moved onto building and district administration. She has held the following positions: Principal, Director of Pupil Personnel Services including Special Education and Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, Professional Personnel and Technology.

When the state database was introduced in 2003, she immersed herself in all aspects of state reporting by serving as the CIO for six districts simultaneously and worked with many additional districts to train staff to use data in their instructional decision making. Her experiences have provided a unique background for her new role as the Executive Director of the LHRIC. Kathy previously served as Assistant Executive Director where she was responsible for Instructional Technology, State Reporting, Data Warehousing, Data Analysis, Test Scoring and APPR compliance. Kathy has been with the LHRIC since 2011.

Christina D’Aiello brings to her role as Assistant Director of the LHRIC two decades experience supporting technology in education, both in K-8 and higher education settings. Her responsibilities include financial oversight of the LHRIC budget and management of the Network and Applications Support, including the departments of Financial Services and Student Information Services. She holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and a master’s in Business Administration.