2026 CASE Conference

Carla Jentz
Executive Director
The Massachusetts Administrators for Special Education (ASE)


Carla is Executive Director of the Massachusetts Administrators for Special Education (ASE), the lead association advocating for special education administrators and supporting students with disabilities across the Commonwealth. ASE is an affiliate of CASE. Carla’s career spans more than 60 years in Massachusetts, with experience in early childhood, child welfare, and education. Her roles have included Head Start teacher, court-appointed child protection investigator, special education hearing officer and mediator, negotiations consultant and trainer, and special education central office administrator. She has been a strong CASE supporter and active participant in CEC/CASE advocacy in Washington, D.C., for more than two decades. A passionate advocate for administrators, students, and families, Carla champions policies that strengthen the profession and improve educational and fiscal outcomes. She completed advanced negotiation training at Harvard Law School. Her accomplishments include runner-up recognition in the Pioneer Institute’s Better Government Competition; founding membership in Massachusetts’ SPEDEX Consultation Model, a cost-free, student-centered dispute resolution process; and co-founding statewide conflict resolution training for school administrators and Department of Children and Families staff. She also served as Board President of the Warren Center Behavioral Summer Program for Students with Disabilities. Carla leads with empathy and respect.

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