Professional Experience:
August 2007–Present: ADA Consultant
Clients include attorneys, contractors, and architects. Currently consulting on $390 million dollar Duval County Courthouse complex. July 1991–July 2007: Division Chief for the Disabled Services Division, City of Jacksonville, Florida
* Jacksonville's first ADA Coordinator.
* Initiated scholarship program for children with disabilities.
* Key player in making River City Renaissance and Better Jacksonville Plan projects accessible to all.
* Outstanding Public Servant Award from Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital.
* Local, state, and national recognition that Jacksonville is one of America's most "disability friendly" places to live.
* Increased community awareness of people with disabilities through seminars, newsletters, media outlets, and public
speaking engagements.
* Maintain extensive informational hub of sources of assistance for people with disabilities.
* Provide peer counseling and emergency services as appropriate. March 1990–January 1991: Sales Specialist for Butler Paper Company, a Division of Georgia-Pacific.
* Maintained and acquired wholesale customers for printing papers and janitorial supplies via telemarketing. 1970–1989: Field Representative, Social Security Administration, Jacksonville, Florida.
* Principal contact with the public through Northern Florida for the administration of agency's Retirement, Survivors,
Disability, and Health Insurance Programs, along with Black Lung and Supplement Security Income Programs. 1961–1970: Claims Representative, Social Security Administration, Jacksonville, Florida.
* Interviewed, developed, accepted, and adjudicated claims for benefits or eligibility under all programs administered by
the Social Security Administration. |
