[nfbmi-talk] Announce-Executive Director, New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Vision-Impaired

[Christine Boone]

Sadly, we now stand below many combined agencies that serve blind persons.  

On Sep 26, 2013, at 12:54 AM, "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Indeed, good news and lucky blind persons of the Garden State of New Jersy.
> That appointment likely translate to Michigan further slipping down one more
> spot on the quality of rehabilitation services to the citizens, as another
> Federationist assumes the helm of a state with a separate agency serving the
> blind. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Christine Boone
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 11:11 AM
> To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Announce-Executive Director,New Jersey Commission
> for the Blind and Vision-Impaired
> 
> This is wonderful news for folks in New Jersey.  I know that Dan Frye will
> do a fantastic job directing the NJ Commission for the Blind.  He has
> soldiered through at RSA for a long time now, and attempted as vigorously as
> he could to educate the good folks at Michigan's BSBP about how to run a
> proper Business Enterprise program.  Sadly that lesson did not take; and Dan
> was prevented from continuing to insist upon strict adherence to the law.
> And so we find ourselves caught in a quagmire, with no one in a position of
> authority having the slightest idea of what to do about it.  Meanwhile,
> those of us who actually have experience running a creditable, honorable,
> upright BEP, treating blind operators of concessions, cafeterias, cafe's and
> gift shops with the respect, dignity and fairness that they deserve, can
> only watch in stunned horror as the scene grows ever bleaker; fraught with
> wrong-doing, illegality and corruption.  
> 
> We look to New Jersey with hope for a brighter future than we Michiganders
> can anticipate, and we join them in celebrating this appointment of a highly
> qualified candidate to serve as chief of the agency serving blind people in
> the Garden State!  
> 
> Congratulations to my friend Dan Frye!  
> 
> Christine
> 
> On Sep 25, 2013, at 9:40 AM, joe harcz Comcast <joeharcz at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Jarvis" <carjar82 at gmail.com>
>> To: <blind-democracy at octothorp.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 9:32 AM
>> Subject: Announce-Executive Director, New Jersey Commission for the Blind
> and Vision-Impaired
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> Congratulations to a very dear friend of mine.  I'm mostly pleased to see
>>> that Dan got out of RSA pretty much in one piece.
>>> In our long friendship, Dan has always been open and honest, and carried
> his
>>> concerns for the well being of blind people foremost in his labors.
>>> Good success, my friend.
>>> Carl Jarvis
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Kathy Beachem
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 1:41 PM
>>> To: Marcus Stabile; Frank Scheick; John Walsh; Lorri Ghio
>>> Cc: Nicole Brossoie
>>> Subject: CBVI Executive Director
>>> Dear CBVI staff:
>>> 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.
>>> Kathy Beachem
>>> Office of the Commissioner
>>> Department of Human Services
>>> (609) 292-6232
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> Blind-Democracy at octothorp.org
>>> http://www.octothorp.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-democracy 
>> 
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