I will miss you, Debra! You have been so helpful to me each time I reached out to brainstorm. I hope that you enjoy the next phase of your life with your family!

And, Welcome Valerie! I look forward to meeting you in the near future.

Pat

Patricia L Maichle

Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council

Margaret M. O’Neill Building, 2^nd Floor

410 Federal Street, Suite 2

Dover, DE 19901

Phone: 302.739.2232

Fax: 302.739.2015

www.ddc.delaware.gov

www.facebook.com/DelawareDDC

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

From: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com [mailto:xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Debra Dowds
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 11:37 AM
To: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com
Cc: Valerie Breen
Subject: DD Councils new Florida ED

Hi Everyone,

The new Executive Director for the Florida DD Council has been hired. Her name is Valerie Breen and she has a wealth of knowledge and experience that will be so valuable to the DD Act work. Valerie has been with the Florida Brain Injury Association since 1997, first as its Director of Program Development and then, since 2004, as its Chief Executive Officer. She is a certified social worker and has extensive experience with non-profits, federal grants, strategic planning, and serving individuals with spinal cord injuries, brain injuries and other neurological impairments.

Valerie’s effective date as the new Executive Director is March 20^th. We have provided Valerie with an FDDC email, so you are welcome to copy Valerie. Her FDDC email is xxxxxx@fddc.org .

You all have been such an important source of information, insight, and comradery. I have never met a group so willing to share knowledge, work and themselves to help each other be successful. You welcomed me with open arms and I know you will do the same for Valerie.

Take care of yourselves.

Debra

Debra Dowds
Executive Director
Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. (FDDC)
124 Marriott Drive, Suite 203
Tallahassee, Florida 32301-2981
Ph: (850) 488-4180 | (800) 580-7801
Fax: (850) 922-6702
TDD: (850) 488-0956 | (888) 488-8633
www.fddc.org

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