Cary Griffin

Bio

Cary Griffin is Senior Partner at Griffin-Hammis Associates, a full service consultancy specializing in building communities of economic cooperation, creating high performance organizations, and focusing on disability and employment. Cary maintains a strong relationship with the Rural Institute at the University of Montana, where he served as Director of Training, and is now Director of Special Projects. He is the former Executive Director of the Center for Technical Assistance & Training (CTAT) in Denver. Cary provides training to administrative and direct service level professionals in the rehabilitation field; consultation to businesses and rehabilitation agencies regarding the employment of individuals with significant disabilities; field-initiated research & demonstration; family & consumer consultation; resource development; organizational development. Recently, Cary has been instrumental in designing self-employment protocols and training for individuals, agencies, and states.

 Cary speaks on an international basis, with an emphasis on leadership and community employment. Recent keynotes include the National Conference on Autism and the Australian National Employment Conference. His latest publications include editing and contributing to a special edition of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation on Self Employment (2001); the book, Working Better, Working Smarter: Building Responsive Rehabilitation Programs (1999); a chapter on self-employment for individuals with significant disabilities in an upcoming book by Dr. Paul Wehman; a chapter on Organizational Change in Bill Kiernan & Robert Schalock?s book Integrated Employment: Current Status and Future Directions (1997); a chapter on job development for students with severe disabilities in Paul Wehman's: Life Beyond the Classroom (2000); an article on non-aversive behavioral supports in the Journal of American Rehabilitation (1994); and articles on Transformational Leadership in the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation (1994; 1996). Cary is on the editorial board of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Journal of Mental Retardation and he serves as a consultant to several national projects on Disability and Workforce Development, and is also a trainer for the Benefits Planning Assistance and Outreach projects through the Social Security Administration. Cary is a member of the U.S. Small Business Administration?s Blue Ribbon Panel on Entrepreneurship and Self Employment for People with Disabilities. Cary?s next book , co-written with business partner Dave Hammis, is Making Self Employment Work for People with Disabilities, to be published by Brookes in 2002.