Ray Melecio, Ph.D., is an Arroyo Research Services Senior Associate and serves as project manager for Arroyo’s Alabama Migrant Education Program (MEP) team. Dr. Melecio is recognized throughout the national MEP for his expertise in Identification and Recruitment (ID&R) policy and programming. For over 25 years he has provided support at the federal level on key eligibility and ID&R regulatory and guidance issues and has managed statewide ID&R and MEP operations, including in Florida and Louisiana. He led programs in Florida and Louisiana and has provided programmatic expertise to MEPs in several states including Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and Pennsylvania. He has helped facilitate more than ten national ID&R forums and organized speakers from across the country who provided sessions focused on the latest practices and policies in ID&R and has regularly presented at national conferences on key MEP topics. Dr. Melecio has also been part of major ID&R federally funded initiatives, including the development of documents such as the ID&R manual and National ID&R curriculum, and participated in the Office of Migrant Education’s subject matter expert workgroup in 2018. He has served as the Director of ESCORT, a national migrant education resource center. Dr. Melecio was State Coordinator of Identification and Recruitment for the Pennsylvania MEP. He holds a Ph.D. from the College of Education at Penn State University with an emphasis in Bilingual Education. 

Contact: ray.melecio@arroyoresearchservices.com | 828-484-4385 x711