Dr. Cassie Martin is WA state’s Executive Director of Special Education at OSPI. For over 25 years, Cassie has dedicated her professional life and learning to equitable and inclusive education for students with disabilities in support of strong educational outcomes for all students across the educational system. Cassie’s experiences include specializing in the creation and scale of inclusive practices and systems in public schools across Washington state. Cassie has demonstrated great capacity to build and sustain coalitions across the state, based on trust and accountability, by consistently delivering positive outcomes. Her partnerships with school districts have focused on best practices in inclusive education, both in terms of instructional practices and services delivery models, leveraging relationships to facilitate change, and building larger organizational systems. Her work and transition to work at the State is guided by her passion to create inclusive school communities that work for every student, family, and educator. Cassie can be reached at
cassie.martin@k12.wa.us.
