Education Marketing Specialist Gail Taylor joined the NIE department in January of 1999. Gail moved to the Tampa Bay area in 1990. She is originally from east Tennessee. She earned a B.S. in Elementary Education, as well as an M.A. in Educational Psychology and Counseling from Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee. She also attended The University of London in England, and most recently, The University of South Florida, where in November 1999 she completed certification in Human Resource Management.

If you are an educator interested in participating in the NIE program, contact Gail via e-mail at ctaylor@tampatrib.com, or call (813) 259-7330.

Education Specialist Jodi Pushkin joined the NIE department in December of 2000. She moved to the Tampa Bay area in 1987, after relocating from Long Island, New York. Jodi earned a B.A. in writing and literature from Long Island University in Southampton, N.Y., as well as an M.A. in English Education from Tampa's University of South Florida. Jodi spent seven years teaching in Plant High School in Tampa. In addition to writing and raising funds for the NIE department, Jodi is an adjunct teacher at Saint Leo University.

If you are interested in sponsoring an NIE program or obtaining copies of NIE publications and curricula, contact Jodi via e-mail at jpushkin@tampatrib.com, or call (813) 259-7329.