The role provides strategic guidance, technical assistance, and advocacy support to state associations, ASHA members, state education leaders, regulatory entities, and other stakeholders on education issues including caseload/workload, salary supplements, education-focused advocacy member groups, special education/IEP policy, school choice, and teacher/educator licensing requirements. The Director, State Education Affairs has latitude to determine approaches and methodologies that support successful execution of major responsibilities in conjunction with the Senior Director, State Affairs and consistent with the programs and procedures of the GAPP Cluster, the State Affairs Team, and other ASHA units.