Our Team
By your side, every step of the way.
Find your match here. Our consultants are hand-picked for their breadth of industry experience, specialized credentials, and diverse personal journeys. Together we form a tight knit and highly synergistic team with the expertise and determination to find the right fit and best match for your family.
We are deeply familiar with the process because we’ve lived it both as parents and as professionals. This allows us to serve you with both compassion and insight, acting as partner, support, and guide.
Our collective experience includes education specialists, clinicians, executive directors, admissions directors, special education advocates, former educators, and parent coaches. Through our innovative collaborative process you will experience the benefit of expert insight and industry knowledge from our entire suite of specialists.
This is how we find the right educational strategies and therapeutic solutions for your family.
Meet Our Team
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Meet Jodi Liston, the visionary force behind Liston Education Group. With a distinguished career spanning over three decades, and as a mother to three children with a vast range of gifts and needs, Jodi brings a wealth of experience and a deeply personal connection to her work.
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Elisabeth Swain is a passionate educator with more than fifteen years of teaching and administration experience in independent schools and nonprofit organizations. She brings her knowledge and expertise to families transitioning from a therapeutic milieu to a specialized or mainstream school.
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Chrissy Liptrot joins the team with ten years of Special Education classroom experience. She has worked closely with students and their families to navigate the complex and often intimidating IEP and 504 process.
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Kathleen Foden has spent the past ten years working in the field of education. She has worked with a wide range of learners, from pre-k to aging adults. In the past, Kathleen has worked as a classroom teacher, special educator, and advocate to help support families and individuals. She has also worked in a variety of settings, including alternative, public, and private schools, people’s homes, and in the wilderness.
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Temima Halon brings her passion for helping people who need guidance and support while seeking treatment to Liston Education Group. She has deep compassion for and understanding of families and individuals in need of care. Her sensitivity, warmth, and reassuring words carry families through challenging times.
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Heidi has dedicated her career to working with children and their families to provide nurturing and thoughtful residential care. As a young professional, she directed summer and respite camp programs for youth and adults with physical differences and neuro-diverse experiences. Prior to joining Liston Education Group, Heidi served as the Executive Director of an outdoor therapeutic program, a residential treatment center start-up, and a therapeutic boarding school. She launched a not-for-profit charitable foundation to support families in financial need of mental health services.
Our consultants regularly visit schools and programs in order to get a firsthand look and feel for what makes each one unique. We have strong relationships with admissions directors and specialists at a wide range of both academic and therapeutic options, which enables us to accurately match individuals with the people and places that will help them thrive.
Professional Affiliations
As part of our commitment to maintain a high level of industry knowledge, our team members are actively involved in various professional associations, including:
Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)
National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP)
Enrollment Management Association (EMA)
Therapeutic Consultants Association (TCA)
Small Boarding School Association (SBSA)
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
Gap Year Association (GYA)
College Board
Young Adult Therapeutic Association (YATA)
Professional Degrees, Certifications, and Training
Our consultants invest in the highest levels of formal education in their fields, such as:
Masters of Education in Special Education
Masters of Education in Elementary Education
Masters of Secondary Education
Masters in Educational Leadership
Certified Special Education Teacher
Certified Parent Coach
Certification in Orton-Gillingham
Life Purpose Life Coach certification
Wrightslaw Special Ed Law & Advocacy Training
Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy
