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Donald E. Galvin, Ph.D.
In January 2000, Don Galvin became President of the Galvin Group, LLC., a consulting firm specializing in disability and rehabilitation issues.
From 1993 to 2000, Don Galvin was the President/CEO of CARF . . . the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission, the preeminent standards-setting and accrediting
body promoting quality services for people with disabilities. CARF, which accredits over 25,000 rehabilitation programs throughout the United States, Canada, and Sweden, is a private, not-for-profit,
voluntary organization. From 1989 to 1993, Dr. Galvin was the Vice President for Programs of the Washington Business Group on Health (WBGH) and was also the Director of the Institute for Rehabilitation and
Disability Management (IRDM).
Dr. Galvin served as the Director of Strategic Planning and as the Executive Director for Outpatient Services for the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C.,
from 1986-1989.
Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., in 1986, Dr. Galvin was a professor at Michigan State University, where he directed the graduate program in rehabilitation counselor
education and also engaged in disability/rehabilitation policy research. At M.S.U., Dr. Galvin also directed the University Center for International Rehabilitation, a cross national, federally funded
research and information dissemination program.
Before joining the university in 1978, Dr. Galvin was an Associate Superintendent of Education and State Director of the Michigan Rehabilitation Service. For nearly twenty
years he also served as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Rehabilitation Services Administration at De Paul University in Chicago.
Dr. Galvin received his masters degree in rehabilitation counseling from Michigan State University in 1960 and his doctoral degree in counseling and guidance from the
University of Michigan in 1970.
Dr. Galvin was also one of the original Presidential Appointees to the National Council on Disability.
Jan C. Galvin
Jan Galvin resides in Tucson, Arizona. She has over 30 years of experience in the field of assistive technology and working with individuals
with disabilities. Ms Galvin has provided training and technical assistance to hundreds of individuals and organizations on a wide-range of topics related to rehabilitation. These include relevant legislation
and regulations; home modifications for aging in place; AIDS/HIV in the workplace; universal design; consumerism and customer service issues, and leadership, team building and systems change.
Over the
past seven years, Ms. Galvin has been actively involved in the development of program evaluation and performance indicator tools and the provision of program evaluation services for Disabled Students Services and
Programs (DSP&S) in the California Community College system, visiting over 85 community colleges. She is also involved in the design and implementation of on-line curricula to meet the need for pre-service and
continuing education of rehabilitation professionals and DSP&S coordinators and program managers.
Prior to moving to Tucson, Ms. Galvin was Director of Rehabilitation Engineering at the National
Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) in Washington D.C. where she directed the rehabilitation engineering clinical service and several major federal grants on the evaluation of assistive technology, new and emerging
technologies, worksite accommodations, ADA implementation, and the District of Columbia Technology Act state grant. Ms. Galvin has written extensively on appropriate matching of persons and technology,
consumer satisfaction with devices and services and assistive technology outcomes. She is co-author of the book: Evaluating, Selecting, and Using Appropriate Assistive Technology, and is a nationally and
internationally known speaker on assistive technology issues. In 1982 Ms.Galvin was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in Rehabilitation.
Bette McMuldren
Bette McMuldren has a twenty-six year history in working with and advocating for people with disabilities. She has provided direct services as a
Rehabilitation Counselor and has worked administratively in a variety of capacities including Program Director, Grants Administrator, Trainer, and Special Projects Coordinator.
From 1994 to 2002, she directed education and training activities for CARF.The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission. Through that association, she
planned and executed training for CARFs 1000 member surveyor cadre, including development of training simulations, instructional materials and presentations to over 40 training sessions. She also oversaw CARFs
many regional and national training seminars and conferences, numbering in the hundreds.
Prior to her work at CARF, she directed training of Vocational Rehabilitation counselors and special projects for the AZ Rehabilitation Services
Administration. Her transition to training activities followed extensive experience of eight years as a counselor for people with disabilities.
Bette began her career in 1976 in the independent living movement at the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley, California where she developed grants to fund innovative services
and programs at CIL.
Skip Bingham:
Skip Bingham M.A. C.R.C. has spent his entire professional career dedicated to the improvement of services and the advancement of social policy related to the education, employment
and independence of persons with disabilities. As the recently retired Administrator of the Arizona Department of Economic Securitys Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Mr. Bingham was responsible for
all operational and strategic issues related to the Rehabilitation Services Administration and its several Programs (Vocational Rehabilitation, Independent Living Services and Employment Support Services). RSA is an
entity of over 600 staff and a yearly operating budget of approximately 90 million dollars.
In 30 years in the field of vocational rehabilitation, he has both provided services directly and managed and
developed vocational and independent living services. As a vocational rehabilitation counselor in the early 1980 s, he specialized in working with individuals with serious mental illness and with learning
disabilities. As a regional manager and the Administrator for RSA, he has been continuously involved in the development of cooperative agreements between RSA and other organizations, including the Arizona
Department of Health Services, Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, Arizona Supreme Court, Native American Tribal Entities, City of Phoenix, Arizona State University and many local school districts. Mr.
Bingham is a certified Rehabilitation Counselor and a graduate of the National Executive Leadership Institutes Academy for Executive Leadership. He holds a Masters degree from the University of Arizona.
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