Executive Director, REL Central
Dr. Louis Cicchinelli

Dr. Cicchinelli is the Executive Director of REL Central and Executive Vice President of McREL.  As director of the regional laboratory, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, he is responsible for planning and ensuring the quality of the laboratory’s portfolio of research, technical assistance, and evaluation work.  He has also led a number of initiatives with the other regional laboratories across the country. 

Dr. Cicchinelli received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Denver.  As a researcher and evaluator, he has conducted numerous program and policy evaluations of education and social systems in the areas of human cognitive processes, learning and performance, and technology transfer and adoption.  For more than 25 years, he has applied his research and evaluation skills in the areas of K-16 education, military and civilian training systems, child welfare and maltreatment, and alcoholism and mental health.

Louis Ciccinelli: Lab Director's Meeting, REL Conference, July 19-20, 2006 (5:52)