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

[Mike Freeman]

I wouldn't care to speculate publicly as what's said here might adversely affect the decision.. Uwg

Mike Freeman
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On Mar 14, 2013, at 11:19, "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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    
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Nightingale, Noel
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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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