[Iabs-talk] Fwd: Announcement John Gordon Bureau Chief

[Denise Avant]

Hello all,
On behalf of the National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois, I would like to congratulate John Gordon  on becoming chief of the Bureau Of Blind Services. He is passionate about serving blind people in Illinois, and we all know he will approach his new job with enthusiasm, dedication and hard work. We wish the new bureau chief all of the best.

Denise R. Avant
President, National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois
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> From: "Edward Birmingham" <ebirm18 at wowway.com>
> Subject: FW: Fwd: Announcement John Gordon Bureau Chief
> Date: September 25, 2015 at 5:49:16 PM CDT
> To: "denise avant" <davant1958 at gmail.com>, "Gregory Chang Patti" <pattischang at gmail.com>
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> FYI below
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> From: Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors [mailto:icbv at sbcglobal.net <mailto:icbv at sbcglobal.net>] 
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 5:09 PM
> To: Donnie Anderson; Sonia Munoz; Giovanni Francese; Ed Birmingham; Jesse Sharon Rogers; Charlie Stolzenbach; Dave Crawford; Marco Giannotti; Jim Wagner; Mike Boldrey
> Subject: Fw: Fwd: Announcement John Gordon Bureau Chief
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> The official word has come in, please congratulate John Gordon as he has been chosen to be the next Bureau Chief of the Bureau of Blind Services.  John has worked hard and long and deserves this opportunity to make an even bigger positive impact on all the blind men and women in Illinois.  
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> It will be a huge transition for us all, John has been a powerful leader at ICBV for many years.  I pray that we ALL can carry on and carry out this empire that we built, for the benefit of all of the Illinois Blind Vendors of today and tomorrow.  Hopefully we will have a great in at the Bureau of Blind Services now, that everything should be a piece of cake, right?  
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> Have a good weekend.
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> Thank you,
> Kathy Ungaro
> (630)234-4444
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> Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors 
> 53 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 502 
> Chicago, IL 60604 
> (312)663-3007 
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> From: "Smith, Kris" 
> Date: September 25, 2015 at 3:54:20 PM CDT
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> Subject: Announcement
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>> I would like to send this announcement out on the One Net, and to our Stakeholders and BBS Advisory councils, etc.
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>> It is with great pleasure that I announce that John Gordon will  start  on October 16 as the new Bureau Chief of the Bureau of Blind services.  He will be located at the James R. Thompson Center (JRTC) in Chicago.
>> Throughout John's career, he has been an advocate both in Illinois and across the nation working on blindness issues and their enforcement including the Social Security Act, Randolph Sheppard Act, and the American's with Disabilities Act.  For approximately four years, he was the president and interim executive director of a nominee agency known as the Visually Handicapped Manager of Illinois.  He expanded the Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors from an advisory Board to a revenue generating non-profit agency.  He has also drafted legislation and testified before House and Senate Sub Committees regarding pending legislation that affects individuals who are blind and visually impaired.
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>> Please welcome John as the new Bureau Chief. I am looking forward to working with him as we move forward. 
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