Overview
Dave Phillips leads the Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting (CIFR), a national technical assistance center funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. Since 2014, Phillips has guided CIFR in supporting all states in the nation in implementing complex special education fiscal requirements.
Each year, CIFR will respond to hundreds of individual TA requests from state agency staff; host national and regional conferences; facilitate several communities of practice; and maintain CIFR.wested.org, where dozens of new and previously developed CIFR tools and resources are available.
Phillips’s CIFR role builds on his years of experience in developing organizational processes, creating partnerships, and organizing teams to provide effective technical assistance to state agencies. He previously held leadership roles in U.S. Department of Education–funded regional and national data, research, and TA centers and served in a state agency as its special education data manager.
Education
- MPA, George Mason University
- BA in political science, Montana State University