The WCASS Board has contracted with Gary Myrah to serve as the Executive Director effective July 1, 2011.  Gary retired from the Port Washington-Saukville School District in 2011 after 27 years of service.  Prior to that he served as the director for the Adams-Friendship Area Schools for 7 years.  Gary has been active in WCASS since the merger of WCAPS and WCASE in 1994.  He has served as the chair of the conference committee as well as the president of the association.  He has received the Dan O’Sullivan award twice and the John Melcher Award (now referred to as the Administrator of the Year Award) once in his career.  He is also currently the chair of the Professional Development Committee for CASE International (Council of Administrators of Special Education).