Richard Davis Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

United States

Chair the Employment Committee of the largest organization of the blind in the U.S. Manage annual Job Seeker Seminar and Job Fair at the National Federation of the Blind Convention. Advise D.C. area Job Fair at annual Washington Seminar. Oversee NFB Jobs listserv, Twitter job postings, and new website which is still under construction.

About 50% of my job at BLIND, Inc. is helping our students explore careers and teaching them how to search and interview successfully for jobs. The most common statistic bandied about is that there is a 70% plus unemployment/underemployment rate among working age blind people. But if you know anything about statistics, they don't apply to individuals. At.

United States, Headquartered In Minneapolis, Minnesota

Consulting in anything that has to do with blindness and/or work with the blind. Have testified as an expert witness in discrimination court cases, worked with managers and staff of rehabilitation agencies, and conducted seminars for National Federation of the Blind divisions, state affiliates, and members. Customers include: Brown, Goldstein & Levy.

This is the consulting firm I run on a part time and occasional basis. I do expert witness testimony in court cases involving blind people, seminars, blind agency management and program consulting, etc.

I was a political appointee under the administration of Governor Arne Carlson, a moderate Republican. At that time, State Services for the Blind (SSB) was a full division of the Minnesota Department of Jobs and Training (DJT), later the Minnesota Department of Economic Security (DES). SSB had 120 employees and a $13 million budget. Much of my time was.

When Fred Schroeder became Executive Director of the newly created agency, he hired me to turn the center around. I was able to do that, and before long, it was considered on a par with the three NFB training centers: BLIND, Inc., the Colorado Center for the Blind, and the Louisiana Center for the Blind. Due to a reorganization in the field services.

Mfa (Partly Completed), Writing

Activities and Societies: University of Iowa Writer's WorkshopI am a grad school dropout. I ran out of money and decided to find a job.

Ba, English, History

Activities and Societies: Circle K, Alpha Sigma Phi, Student Senate, Concordian newspaper, Student Court.Great place; a little out of the.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature/Letters

Activities and Societies: Alpha Sigma Phi, Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities