Traci M. Hogan

Traci M. Hogan holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication disorders from Marshall University. She has 30 years’ experience in special education that includes working with the South Carolina public school system and the private sector. Ms. Hogan served as the Director of Speech Services for Spartanburg School District Six for five years prior to completing certifications in the areas of elementary principal and superintendent in 2009. She has experience as the Special Education Director for School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties and served as the Executive Director for Federal Programs for Horry County Schools. Ms. Hogan has completed the Education Policy Fellowship Program through the Institute for Educational Leadership and is an alumna of the Riley Institute’s Diversity Leadership Initiative. Ms. Hogan has served on state task forces and is a member of many professional organizations. She is Past President for the South Carolina Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and is the current President-Elect for South Carolina Council for Administrators of Special Education. Ms. Hogan has served as the keynote speaker for other state special education agencies and has regularly been asked to present nationally on the importance of and strategies for promoting collaboration between general and special education leaders. Under Ms. Hogan’s leadership, GCS has obtained its highest graduation rate for students with disabilities, excellent survey results from schools on the Ubeat survey, and approximately 80% satisfaction rate from parents on the district’s spring survey of parents with disabilities.