Before becoming the CATT Director, Stephanie Pizza served as a Regional Director for AIDB's Office of Field Services since April 2020. The Office of Field Services is a state-wide network of ten centers that provide services and support to individuals and their families, birth through senior citizens, who have vision loss and/or hearing differences. She is a certified TSVI and attended Florida State University where she received her BS and MS degrees in Visual Disabilities in 2012. She then obtained her Education Specialist degree in Teacher Leadership from Thomas University in 2017. Stephanie began her career in Georgia as an itinerant teacher with Gwinnett County Public Schools and worked as a TSVI and O&M for five years. Stephanie then served as the Director of Children and Youth Services at the Center for the Visually Impaired in Atlanta from 2017-2020 to oversee two year-round programs for early intervention and school-age students. She resides in the beautiful city of Florence, Alabama with her dog, Toby, and enjoys traveling.

Susie has been serving as a trainer since the inception of the Center for Assistive Technology Training program. Prior to working with the CATT program, Susie worked as a secondary science and English teacher for ten years, a Certified Teacher for the Visually Impaired for fifteen years, and a Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for fourteen years. Additionally, Susie served as the Lead Outreach Provider for AIDB Outreach for a year and a half. Among her formidable experience, Susie is also a Certified Braille Transcriptionist and a National Board Certified Teacher. 

Jill Dunaway currently serves as an Assistive Technology Trainer/Specialist at the Center for Assistive Technology Training (CATT). Prior to joining CATT, she taught assistive technology at Alabama School for the Blind (ASB) for fifteen years. Ms. Dunaway is a Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired as well as a Certified Braille Transcriber. Additionally, she holds certifications in ZoomText, JAWS from Vispero, and NVDA from nvacces. She also serves on the curriculum committee for the Quorum Programming language, a computer programming language specifically designed for users who are blind or visually impaired. A braille reader and screen reader user herself, Ms. Dunaway likes to say that assistive technology and braille literacy are keys to independence.

Jennifer has been with AIDB for 10 years. Most recently she worked as a SPED classroom teacher at the Alabama School for the Blind. Jennifer is a certified TVI and obtained her Masters degree in Collaborative Special Education. She also holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology, with a minor in Forensic Psychology. Jennifer is a wife of 23 years and has two sons and two dogs.

Katy Reid is a native of Oxford, Alabama. She serves as an assistant for the Center for Assistive Technology Training (CATT) program at AIDB and is also a devoted Support Service Provider for DeafBlind individuals through the Talladega Regional Center. She has worked in the Alabama school system for over 16 years in various positions. She enjoys serving others and has a passion for people with disabilities. Katy’s belief is that all individuals with disabilities have the potential to be empowered to achieve their goals. Katy enjoys spending time outside, playing corn hole, kayaking, and enjoying time around a bonfire with her family.  She loves being active in her daughter’s Girl Scout Troop. Her greatest joy in life is being a mother to her children.