Congrats to both Libby and Kevin.
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Subject: Utah DD Council and Rhode Island DD Council Welcome New EDs
The
Utah Developmental Disabilities Council
is pleased
to announce
the selection
of
Libby
Oseguera as
its
next
Executive
Director. She
will begin
on April
2, 2018
and receive
a brief
orientation
from Claire
Mantonya,
who is
retiring after
many wonderful
years of
service to
the Council.
Libby
has
worked to
remove barriers
and grow
self‐advocacy for
Utahans with
disabilities through
adaptive recreation,
job coaching
and many
years of
advocacy programing,
policy work
and active
engagement in
systems
change for
people
with intellectual
and developmental
disabilities. She
received a
Bachelor of
Science
degree
in
Recreation at
the University
of Nevada,
Las Vegas
followed by
a Master
of Public
Administration from
California State
University, Dominguez
Hills and
has
given 16
years to
public service. Congratulations Libby!
The
Rhode Island
Developmental Disabilities
Council is
pleased to
announce
the
hiring of their
new Executive
Director, Kevin
Nerney.
He
is
an attorney
with experience
in Education
and Civil
Rights.
He has
served as
Associate Director
of the
Council
since
2012,
and for
the past
14 months,
following
the retirement
of our
previous Director,
he
has been
the acting
Executive
Director
while the
Council
conducted
the search
for a
permanent person.
He has
developed positive
working
relationships
with stakeholder
groups
that include
people with
disabilities
and their
families, providers
and government
agencies. He has
a
comprehensive
grasp of
the
law
and
the rights
of individuals
with
disabilities,
and he
has
the
empathy
and
passion to
want to
make
a
difference. Congratulations Kevin!
Robin Troutman
Deputy Director
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
1825 K Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
202.506.5813 Ext. 105 (Phone)