[nfbwatlk] Commission for the Blind to tap new exec, The Portland Tribune, March 13 2013

[Becky Frankeberger]

Interesting, back when I was hanging more with the NFB people in PA, I
thought Christine Boone was the darling.  Wonder why the OR NFB choose
Cordova over her.  Her husband is the structured discovery teacher trainer. 

Any idea why she is less in favor? Her past is a bit, but she is a really
neat personable person.  

Becky and Jake    

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Subject: [nfbwatlk] Commission for the Blind to tap new exec, The Portland
Tribune, March 13 2013

The below article identifies the finalists for the Oregon Commission
director position and provides a way to access the meeting where the
director will be named.

Noel

Link:
http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/129946-commission-for-the-blind-to-tap-
new-exec

Text:
Commission for the Blind to tap new exec Created on Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Written by Steve Law

The Oregon Commission for the Blind will select a new executive director for
the state agency at a special Saturday meeting. The commission will select
from among four finalists, two of whom are blind.

Former administrator Linda Mock, who had worked for the agency for 37 years,
retired on Jan. 30.

The agency has been embattled in recent years, rocked by a series of state
audits that were highly critical of its management and financial dealings.
The new director will take the hot seat in time to interact with lawmakers
and plea for the agency's state funding requests during the 2013 Oregon
legislative session.

The commission interviewed four finalists Friday and is set to name a new
director during a one-hour meeting beginning at 9 a.m. at the agency offices
on 535 S.E. 12th Ave. in Portland.

The four finalists are Christine Boone, director of the Michigan Commission
for the Blind training center; Joe Cordova, administrator of the division of
vocational rehabilitation for the Hawaii Department of Human Services; Imara
Jabari, former executive director of workforce integration for Chemeketa
Community College in Salem; and Dacia Johnson, the Portland agency's
director of rehabilitative services and interim director.

Johnson is the insider candidate, while Jabari also worked in Oregon. Boone
and Cordova, both from out of state, are the two blind candidates.

The National Federation of the Blind of Oregon, an advocacy group often at
odds with the state agency, supports Cordova, said the group's vice
president, Art Stevenson. The group prefers the agency have a qualified
blind person at the helm, he said. "That person could further enlighten the
public of the capabilities of a blind person," Stevenson said.

Those who want to dial in to the meeting may call 877-214-5010, and mention
participants' code 943611.

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