Tag: Leadership
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Rachel Womack PhD, MSW
LEND and Training Director Phone: 859-257-3321 Email: rachel.womack@uky.edu Responsibilities: Dr. Womack provides administrative oversight for the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND), Graduate Certificate in Developmental Disabilities, Undergraduate Certificate in Universal Design, and HDI Seminar Series. Dr. Womack also supervises practicum students and research assistants and serves as a course instructor for both certificate programs…
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Mykal Leslie PhD, CRC
Executive Director Evaluation Phone: Email: mykal.leslie@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:
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Johnny Collett
Deputy Director Phone: (859) 257-2304 Email: johnny.collett@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Former: Assistant U.S. Education Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Program Director for Special Education Outcomes at the Council of Chief State School Officers; State Special Education Director (KY); High School Special Education Teacher Reason: Research: Interests:
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Carter Fifield
Director of Technology HDI Core Phone: 859-257-0513 Email: Carter.Fifield@uky.edu Responsibilities: General I.T. Requests, Website development, Application development Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests: New Projects, Web Design, App Development
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HDI’s Developmental Disabilities Graduate Certificate Program Invites Tony Dotson to Speak on Leadership
Are leaders born or are they made? Is leadership art or a science? Can you be introverted and be a leader? These are the types of questions graduate students in the Human Development Institute’s (HDI) Leadership course recently discussed in the Developmental Disabilities Graduate Certificate. “Leadership is an art, and if you know about art,…
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Latest Fund for Excellence Grants: Winter 2018
We’re excited to share that HDI is funding the following four outstanding Fund for Excellence projects this quarter! With improved consumer advocacy, leadership, and transportation options, take a look at these projects to learn how HDI plans to build more inclusive and empowered communities in Kentucky and nationwide. This round of Fund for Excellence projects represent…
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Christina Espinosa
Division Director, Community Education HDI CATS, Quality Employment Technical Assistance Center, RETAIN Phone: Email: ctespinosa@uky.edu Responsibilities: Project Administration, Project Director, Community Training, Disability, Equity and Inclusion Chair Experiences: M.A in Rehabilitation Counseling, Home Modification and Accessibility Reason: Research: Interests: Accessibility and Universal Design Assistive Technology
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Mary Howard
Division Director Phone: 859-257-0786 Email: mary.howard@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:
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Patti Parker
Division Director Phone: (859) 257-4913 Email: patti.naber@uky.edu Responsibilities: Lead Institute-wide professional learning, engage in strategic planning Experiences: Instructional design, universal design, data analysis, storytelling Reason: Research: Interests:
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Beth Potter
Deputy Director HDI Core Administration, Employment initiatives, ASL Interpreter Team Phone: Email: Beth.Potter@uky.edu Responsibilities: Serve as Acting Executive Director for Kentucky’s designated center on disabilities. Direct employment initiatives that provide services to people who acquire an illness or injury outside of the workplace. Serve as principal investigator for a contract to deliver high quality American…