Leslie Buchanan is the Assistant Director of the Utah Professional Development Network. In this capacity she works with state and local education agencies to identify student needs, and develop outcome-focused professional development based on these needs. During her more than 20 years working in education, she has worked as a paraeducator, a teacher of students with significant and sensory disabilities, and as an administrator. She has also been the director of an OSEP funded training and technical assistance grant.