Hillary Tabor is an Education Program Specialist at the U.S. Department of Education in the Office of Special Education Programs, Monitoring and State Improvement Planning. She is the dispute resolution lead and is a fiscal accountability facilitator. Hillary is a licensed attorney, and holds a master’s degree in educational policy and administration, and a certificate in disability policy and services from the University of Minnesota. While in Minnesota, she worked at the Minnesota Department of Health preparing Universal Newborn Hearing Screening legislation, worked at a special education law firm, and provided free legal services to parents through the University of Minnesota's Special Education Law Clinic. In addition, Hillary has six years of experience teaching in public and private schools, in general and special education classrooms.