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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> State-affiliate-leadership-list [mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lewis, Anil<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Affiliate Presidents (state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org)<br><b>Subject:</b> [State-affiliate-leadership-list] National Rehabilitation Association (NRA) Announces New Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img width=100 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Description: Image removed by sender."></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>To: All Members of the National Rehabilitation Association </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>From: Patricia Leahy, Interim Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Re: NRA Announces New Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Date: <span class=apple-converted-space> Monday, April 14, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 width=673 style='width:504.75pt'><tr><td style='border:solid #E9E9E9 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #E9E9E9 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>It is with great pleasure and excitement that the National Rehabilitation Association announces the selection of The Honorable Fredric K. Schroeder as NRA's new Executive Director.</span></span><span class=eop><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dr. Schroeder has accepted the National Rehabilitation Association's invitation to join the staff as Executive Director beginning in May of 2014.</span></span><span class=eop><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dr. Schroeder earned a BA in Psychology in 1971 and a Master's degree in Education in 1978 from San Francisco State University and completed post-graduate work in Orientation and Mobility in 1980. Dr. Schroeder is also the first blind individual in the Nation to be admitted to a university program in Orientation and Mobility.</span></span><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=scx116618455> </span><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>In 1980, Dr. Schroeder returned to New Mexico to work as a teacher of blind children for the Albuquerque public schools.</span></span><span class=eop><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>In 1994, Dr. Schroeder earned a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of New Mexico.</span></span><span class=eop><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dr. Schroeder began his career in his home State of New Mexico where in the early 80s, Dr. Schroeder helped establish the New Mexico Commission for the Blind. Beginning in 1986, Dr. Schroeder worked for 7 years as the first Executive Director of the newly-created Commission for the Blind.</span></span><span class=eop><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>In 1994, President Clinton announced the appointment of Dr. Schroeder to be the Ninth Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) in the U.S. Department of Education and in July of 1994 the full U.S. Senate confirmed his appointment.</span></span><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=scx116618455> </span><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>In his capacity as Commissioner of RSA, Dr. Schroeder had responsibility for administering a $2.5 billion program that annually provides individualized services and supports by highly-skilled rehabilitation counselors to more than 1 million eligible Americans with disabilities. </span></span><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=scx116618455> </span><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dr. Schroeder had a very active tenure in RSA and one of his many accomplishments during that time was his founding and implementation of the National Employment Conference which was directed by him and his staff and included productive partnerships with businesses and employers throughout the country.</span></span><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=scx116618455> </span><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Through Dr. Schroeder's recognition early on of the importance of business partnerships, the Employment Conference has endured and prospered to this day as a conduit for business and employers to connect with properly-trained Americans with disabilities who want careers and to live as independently as possible. </span></span><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=scx116618455> </span><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dr. Schroeder serves as an adviser to the National Council of State Administrators of the Blind (NCSAB) and is an active member of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB).</span></span><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=scx116618455> </span><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dr. Schroeder is also a Research Professor with the Interwork Institute at San Diego State University specializing in leadership and public policy.</span></span><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=scx116618455> </span><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dr. Schroeder is an accomplished scholar with over 50 published articles and is a nationally and internationally-recognized lecturer on disability policy.</span></span><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=scx116618455> </span><br></span></b><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dr. Schroeder and his wife Cathy</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span></span><span class=spellingerror><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Nusser</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Schroeder live just outside of Washington, D.C. in Northern Virginia and have two grown children.</span></span><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=scx116618455> </span><br></span></b><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>On behalf of NRA's 2014 President, Ellen</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'> </span></span><span class=spellingerror><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Sokolowski</span></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>, the 2014 NRA Board of Directors and all in the National Rehabilitation Association, it is a pleasure and a privilege to welcome Dr. Schroeder as NRA's new Executive Director.</span></span><span class=eop><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Thank you.</span></span><span class=eop><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=scx116618455> </span><br><span class=textrun>Patricia Leahy</span><span class=scx116618455> </span><br><span class=textrun>Interim Executive Director</span><br><span class=textrun>Director of Governmental Affairs and Public Policy</span><span class=scx116618455> </span><br><span class=textrun>National Rehabilitation Association</span><span class=scx116618455> </span><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:patricia@nationalrehab.org"><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0563C1'>patricia@nationalrehab.org</span></span></a></span></b><span class=textrun><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><span class=scx116618455><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nationalrehab.org/"><span class=textrun><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.nationalrehab.org</span></span></a></span></b><span class=textrun><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><span class=eop><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></td><td style='border-top:solid 1.0pt;border-left:inset 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid 1.5pt;border-right:solid 1.0pt;border-color:#E9E9E9;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Description: Image removed by sender."></span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br><span class=textrun>Fredric K. Schroeder</span><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=textrun><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*</span></b></span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>