[blindkid] Good news for NJ!!!

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Who is the new director?  What are his/her qualifications?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Castellano" <carol_castellano at verizon.net>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 3:19 PM
Subject: [blindkid] Good news for NJ!!!


> We finally have a new director for our blindness agency.  This is good 
> news for NJ!!!
> Carol
>
> Carol Castellano
> Parents of Blind Children-NJ
> Director of Programs
> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> 973-377-0976
> carol_castellano at verizon.net
> www.blindchildren.org
> www.nfb.org/parents-and-teachers
>
> The following message is from
> Kathy Beachem
> Office of the Commissioner
> Department of Human Services
>
> I am pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Frye as the new 
> Executive Director of DHS' Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired 
> (CBVI). He will start on October 21, 2013. Daniel will fill the vacancy 
> created by Vito DeSantis' retirement last June.
>
> Daniel comes to us from Maryland, where he served as a management and 
> program specialist with the Rehabilitation Services Administration with 
> the US Department of Education. There, he was responsible for the national 
> administration of the Federal Randolph-Sheppard program and the Helen 
> Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults.
>
> Prior to his employment with the US Department of Education, Daniel served 
> in successive management positions on the national staff of the National 
> Federation of the Blind and as national advocate for the Association of 
> Blind Citizens of New Zealand.
>
> Daniel earned his Juris Doctorate at the University of Washington, School 
> of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree at Erskine College in South 
> Carolina. He is a certified mediator and has authored several publications 
> and articles.
>
>
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