College of Health and Human Services

Mark Gallagher received his Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Bowling Green State University and his Master’s and Educational Specialist degrees in School Psychology from the University of Toledo. Mark has worked in education for eleven years and is the current Director of Continuous Improvement for Marysville Schools. His work involves leading the continuous improvement cycle, coordinating systematic supports for students, coordinating social-emotional, mental health, and substance abuse prevention programming, coordinating community behavioral and mental health providers, and engaging in research, evaluation, and analytics activities. He has served on a writing team for Ohio’s social-emotional learning standards, contributed to the Student Supports and School Climate and Culture strategies found in Ohio’s Strategic Plan for Education: Each Child, Our Future, contributed to the design of Ohio’s Whole Child Education Framework, was a co-author on Ohio’s dyslexia screening bill (HB 583), and currently is serving as the Ohio School Psychology Association’s representative to the Ohio Department of Education’s Whole Child Advisory Group. You can contact Mark at  mark.gallagher@utoledo.edu 

Shari Meyers received her Bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University, and Master's and Education Specialist degrees in School Psychology from The University of Toledo. She has practiced school psychology in Missouri and Ohio, with experience in both elementary and secondary settings. Shari has been a school psychologist for Rossford Exempted Village Schools since 2017, and she is a member of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and the District Leadership Team. Shari enjoys sharing her knowledge and passion for the field through teaching a school psychology graduate course and supervising graduate students in the field. You can contact Shari Meyers at  shari.merricle@utoledo.edu