[NFBNJ] Transition resignation Letter

[joe ruffalo]

Greetings to all!
It is with great sorrow that I provide the following transition resignation 
letter from Daniel Frye.
Dan, on behalf of the members in the National Federation of the Blind of New 
jersey, the consumers that have and are receiving training with blindness 
skills to raise their expectations to live the life we want and to transform 
our dreams into reality, we want to wish you good fortune with your future 
endeavors.

Your intelligence, leadership and a positive attitude to change what it 
means to be blind will remain with us and we will share your skills with 
others.
Your next employer will benefit with your love to raise expectations!

Thanks for all you have done, are doing and will continue to do to change 
what it means to be blind!

With Much Respect!
Joe Ruffalo, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
973 743 0075
nfbnj1 at verizon.net
www.nfbnj.org
Live The Life You Want!

***


>From Office of the Executive Director:

Colleagues and Friends:
With the transition of the Murphy administration, I have been asked for, and 
have given, my resignation as Executive Director of New Jersey Commission 
for the Blind and Visually Impaired, effective today at noon.   During my 
four-year tenure, it has been a personal and professional privilege to work 
collaboratively with our staff, stakeholders, and partners.   We have 
achieved substantial programmatic improvements for blind, deaf-blind, and 
vision-impaired residents of the state.   Some of these have included:

*         The establishing of the Student Hands-On Alternatives 
Reinforcement Program (SHARP) for the benefits of students grades 1 - 8;

*         The creation of Employment, Development, Guidance, and Engagement 
(EDGE), addressing the pre-employment transition needs of our high school 
students;

*         The redesign and strengthening of our Blindness Education 
department, with the adoption of new rules that facilitate best practices 
and compliance with all Federal and State laws;

*         The creation of a Business Relations Unit that honors the mandate 
to serve employers as secondary customers of our agency under the provision 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA);

*         The expansion and strengthening of our Business Enterprises New 
Jersey program to include exercising our priority on private property...a 
pioneering addition to this historically strong program;

*         The monthly circulation of the Commission Edition which has served 
to keep our staff and partners aware of the multiple programs of our agency; 
and

*         Completion of most of the objectives outlined in the strategic 
plan adopted in concert with all parties soon after I arrived.
As the agency moves forward, please know I am confident that I leave the 
Commission with a strong and vibrant foundation of professional staff who 
will continue our mission.  Presently, I have no information about who will 
succeed me in this role, but details will be circulated as soon as they are 
known.   In the meanwhile, thank you for your dedicated service, and know 
that I leave you proud of what we have accomplished together.

With kind regards,

Daniel B. Frye, JD



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbnj_nfbnet.org/attachments/20180116/45f062e2/attachment.html>