Kenya Haynes is the State Coordinator for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth at the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE). In addition to leading the homeless youth program, Ms. Haynes is the State Coordinator for federal Neglected or Delinquent Youth Programs, Gender Equity (Title IX), and liaison to the Office for Civil Rights. A former elementary school teacher, Ms. Haynes joined WDE in 2002. Her duties have included serving as the Wyoming director of gifted and talented education, the Wyoming homeschool coordinator and school improvement specialist. Kenya has presented at the local, state and national level on her program areas. She is one of the co-authors of “A Home for Everyone: Wyoming’s Plan to End Homelessness,” and served as President of the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth. She currently serves on the Wyoming Governor’s Early Intervention Council, the Wyoming Human Trafficking Task Force and the board of Serve Wyoming. In December 2010 Ms. Haynes was appointed liaison to the National Expert Panel for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk by the US Department of Education and the American Institutes for Research.