<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Federation Family,<div><br></div><div>Director Cervenka resigned her position effective today. </div><div>We will continue to work with the Commission board and department leadership as appropriate to support the department in providing the best possible services for blind Iowans.</div><div><div>I\u2019m assuming that there will be no effort to fill the position until after the election, and we will advocate for a new director with the strong blindness philosophy and leadership strengths the department needs.</div><div><br></div><div>Helen</div><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Helen Mejia, President</div>National Federation of the Blind<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of Iowa<br>hmejia@nfbi.org<br>(570) 983-7867</div>
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