Advisory Council

The VR-ROI Project Advisory Council provides input to project staff and consultants to ensure that the project findings are relevant, replicable, and sound. This advisory group receives regular reports from the Project Management Team concerning the performance of the project, including progress in meeting the established project milestones, and will provide feedback to the Principal Investigator and staff on project accomplishments. Additionally the Advisory Council will evaluate the practical applicability of proposed models for estimating ROR/ROI and the proposed VR ROI Estimator. Members of the VR-ROI Project Advisory Council include:

Agency Representatives

Virginia DARS

VR-ROI Advisory Council Chair
Kathryn Hayfield
Commissioner, Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services
kathryn.hayfield@dars.virginia.gov

Dale Batten
Director of DRS, Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services
Dale.Batten@dars.virginia.gov

Shaquwanda Baker
Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services
shaquwanda.baker@dars.virginia.gov

Delaware DVR

Andrea Guest
Director, Delaware Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Labor, DVR
Andrea.Guest@state.de.us

Jocelyn Langrehr
Deputy Director, Delaware Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Labor, DVR
jocely.langrehr@state.de.us

Kentucky OVR

Cora McNabb
Executive Director, ‎Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Cora.McNabb@ky.gov

Becky Cabe
Assistant Director of Consumer Services at Kentucky Office for the Blind
Becky.Cabe@ky.gov

Maryland DORS

Scott Dennis
Assistant State Superintendent
Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services
scott.dennis@maryland.gov

North Carolina DSB

Cynthia Speight
Director of Division of Services for the Blind
‎NC Department of Health and Human Services
cynthia.speight@dhhs.nc.gov

Chris Egan
Senior Director for Employment Services
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Chris.Egan@dhhs.nc.gov

North Carolina DVRS

Phil Protz
Director of Program Policy Planning and Evaluation
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVR)
NC Department of Health and Human Services
phil.protz@dhhs.nc.gov

Tara Myers
‎Deputy Secretary for Human Services
NC Department of Health and Human Services
tara.myers@dhhs.nc.gov

Texas DARS DRS

Cheryl Fuller
Assistant Commissioner for Rehabilitation Services
DARS Division for Rehabilitation Services
Texas Workforce Commission
Cheryl.Fuller@dars.state.tx.us

Adam Leonard
Director, Division of Operational Insight
Texas Workforce CommissionTexas DARS, Division for Blind Services
adam.leonard@twc.state.tx.us

Virginia DBVI

Raymond E. Hopkins
Commissioner, Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Ray.Hopkins@dbvi.virginia.gov

Rick Mitchell
Deputy Commissioner, Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Rick.Mitchell@dbvi.virginia.gov

Other Members

John Connelly
Director, Research and Grants
Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation
JConnelly@rehabnetwork.org

Robert Lee Doyle III
Director, Florida Division of Blind Services
Robert.Doyle@dbs.fldoe.org

Sara J. Dunnigan
Deputy Director, GO Virginia and Economic Development
‎Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
sdunnigan@vccs.edu

Kevin Hollenbeck, Ph. D.
Vice President, Senior Economist, Director of Publications
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
hollenbeck@upjohn.org

John O’Neill, Ph.D., CRC
Director, Employment and Disability Research
joneill@kesslerfoundation.org

David Stapleton
Senior Fellow; Director, Center for Studying Disability Policy
Mathematica
dstapleton@mathematica-mpr.com