2026 CASE Conference

Sessions Speakers Exhibitors Products Press Releases Show Specials Floor Plan

Speakers

Luann Purcell

Luann Purcell
President
Luann Purcell, LLC


Luann L. Purcell, Ed.D. currently is president of Luann Purcell, LLC where she consults & is a strategic analyst for educational & associational organizations. Her tag sums up her current professional philosophy: Learning, Leading, & Progressing! She retired on 2/29/2020 as the Executive Director of the international Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), a division of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). As CEO, her job responsibilities included: consulting & advising administrators on best practices for leadership & development of quality programs for students with disabilities; assisting members in developing networking systems through state, provincial, and country units in order to provide better services to members; advocating at the governmental level to assure appropriate legislation to facilitate the development & maintenance of quality programs for students with disabilities; & providing Keynote/breakout sessions & presentations at state, provincial,& regional conferences on leadership, legislative/policy updates, attitude adjustment & other current education issues. She is one of the authors of Leading by Convening: A Blueprint for Authentic Engagement & worked with state & provincial CASE units to implement this model of sustainable change by authentically engaging cross stakeholders. She was both a general & special education teacher, coordinator at a regional educational service center, & assistant superintendent for 18 years in a district with 27,000 students. Luann is still very active in CEC from the chapter through the international level & believes strongly in the local chapter to promote teacher retention & quality! Dr. Purcell received her bachelor’s degree at Georgia Southern University, her Masters’ & Specialists Degrees and her doctorate in Educational Administration from University of Georgia. Since her retirement, she works with CEC with the development of state & provincial units, especially assisting local chapters.

Sessions :