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CDI Central

Director: Shelby Fiegel
University of Central Arkansas
201 Donaghey Avenue
Brewer-Hegeman 102
Conway, AR 72035

Email: sfiegel@uca.edu
Phone: 501.450.5269

2025 Training Dates:
July 28 – August 1
Brewer Hegeman Conference Center
University of Central Arkansas
201 Donaghey Avenue
Conway, AR 72035

2025 PCED Exam Dates:
March 13 (1 p.m. CST)
August 1 (1 p.m. CST)
October 23 (1 p.m. CST)
Brewer Hegeman Conference Center
201 Donaghey Avenue
Conway, AR 72035

CDI Central in Bossier City

Co-Directors: Jessica Hemingway, PCED and Lisa Johnson
Bossier Chamber of Commerce
710 Benton Road
Bossier City, LA 71111

Email: cdila@bossierchamber.com Phone: 318.746.0252

2025 Training Dates:
February 18-21
June 16-19
September 29-October 2
Louisiana Tech Academic Success Center
Bossier Parish Community College
6220 E. Texas Street, Building H
Bossier City, LA 71111

2025 PCED Exam Date:
October 3 (1 p.m. CST)
Louisiana Tech Academic Success Center
Bossier Parish Community College
6220 E. Texas Street, Building H
Bossier City, LA 71111

CDI Mid-Atlantic

Director: Roger Hesketh
University of Delaware
Biden School of Public Policy & Administration
100 W. 10th Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Email: rogergh@udel.edu
Phone: 302.573.4422

2024 Training Dates:
April 29-May 2
Community Education Building
University of Delaware
1200 N. French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801

2024 PCED Exam Date:
May 3
Community Education Building
University of Delaware
1200 N. French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801

CDI Midwest

Co-Directors: Christopher Merrett and Sandy Wittig
Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455

Phone: 309.298.2281
Email: info@midwestcdi.org

2025 Training Dates:
August 11-14
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
701 E. Adams Street
Springfield, IL 62701

2025 PCED Exam Dates:
February 27
August 14
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
701 E. Adams Street
Springfield, IL 62701

CDI Northwest

Director: Jerry Miller
Idaho Commerce
700 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702

Email: jerry.miller@commerce.idaho.gov
Phone: 208.287.0780

2025 Training Dates:
July 21-25
The Riverside Hotel
2900 W. Chinden Boulevard
Garden City, ID 83714

2025 PCED Exam Dates:
July 25
The Riverside Hotel
2900 W. Chinden Boulevard
Garden City, ID 83714

CDI Texas

Director: Kay Fitzsimons
Lone Star College
5000 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77381

Email: Kay.L.Fitzsimons@lonestar.edu
Phone: 832.813.6623

2025 Training Dates:
March 3-6
Lone Star Community Building
Lone Star College-System Office The Woodlands
5000 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77381

2025 PCED Exam Date:
March 7 (9:30 a.m. CST)
Lone Star Community Building
Lone Star College-System Office The Woodlands
5000 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77381

CDI Southeast

Director: Mary Patterson, CPA, SHRM-CP, PCED
Teaching Innovation and Digital Education
The University of Alabama
Box 870388
3304 University Hall
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Email: mepatterson1@ua.edu
Phone: 205.348.7049

2025 Training Dates:
June 9-12
Bryant Conference Center
The University of Alabama
240 Paul W. Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487