Barry H. Newill 451 North 50 th. Street Harrisburg, PA 17111 740-352-5137(H) 717-482-8500 newillbh@gmail.com WORK EXPERIENCE REGIONAL SERVICE DIRECTOR (Central Pennsylvania and Maryland) Keystone Service 4/11 to present System Mental Health, 8182 Adams Drive, Hummelstown, PA 17036 Achieved financial stability and cash over expense in the Maryland TCP and PRP Program after 6 months of employment in FY 2012-13. This represented for the first time in 12 fiscal years of program operation it had retention earnings and has maintained a positive financial outcome for each fiscal year thereafter.to present Brought the ICM program out of a $40,000 deficit in three months during FY 2012-13. Developed and secured a staff incentive program for the ICM Program which was unprecedented in KSS-MH and produced increased income for the company and enabled the staff to receive incentive pay each month when they surpassed the minimum production standard each month. Reduced three Dauphin County PA Programs in FY 2012-13by$ 600,000 while maintaining productivity in the programs that were cut. DIRECTOR Brown Occupational Medical Services, 1661 State Route 522, Wheelersburg, OH 45694 1/20109 to 8/2010 Increased the number of Power Company contracts from 3 to 10 Increased revenue by 250% Established the company s first Occupational Medicine Clinic that served the Southern Ohio Region EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Carl D. Perkins Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center, 5659 Main Street, 7/01 to 12/2009 Thelma, KY 41260 Increased Average Daily Census by 11% Increased revenues by 23% Achieved a 96% customer satisfaction rate Achieved a 94% referral source satisfaction rate Secured $100,000 worth of donated electronic audio/visual interactive long distance learning equipment from outside sources Installed an electronic data management information system for client records consisting of an electronic imaging system and a related data base system for data extraction Decentralized budget system to a departmentalized budgeting planning and expenditure system Instituted and implemented a strategic and business program planning system with all program units operating within the Center Initiated a new program of services for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing
Initiated two new vocational training programs in the top 50 job classes in Kentucky CHIEF OF STAFF Woodrow Wilson Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center, Box 1500, Fishersville, 11/93 to 7/01 VA 22039 Developed a set of strategic recommendations to improve services to the Spinal Cord Injured populations in VA Developed and implemented a marketing/business plan format and process for all operating departments within the Center Developed a public/private partnership between Health South Corporation for the provision of rehabilitation engineering services to Health South Corporation Led the development of an interactive audio/visual distance learning and evaluation project between the Center and the public schools in Virginia Restructured the Case Management function to a regionally based operation Coordinated the development of a process to complete a cost analysis for all product lines at the Center Assisted in the development of the Virginia Assistive Technology Fund Authority and served as a member of the Board of Directors for 6 years EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Community Rehabilitation Services of Richmond (a NovaCare Operating 7/92 to 11/93 Company) 4128 Innslake Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23060 Established and developed the business unit and program Reached target income, achieved client census and generated profit in 24 weeks of operation from initiating the program Developed a case planning and documentation system that was adopted by the parent corporation that was implemented in all operating community rehabilitation service programs within the national company Secured per diem rates from Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Virginia of $510 per day for transitional living services Achieved a 53% conversion rate of referrals to admissions during the first six months of operation. PROGRAM DIRECTOR New Medico Neurologic Rehabilitation Center of Tennessee, 205 Westgate 6/91 to 6/92 Drive, Springfield, TN 37172 Established and developed the pediatric, adolescent, and young adult program for individuals with brain injury Increased daily revenues in four months to a rate of $500.00 per day and $1,045,656.00 in 40 weeks of operation Developed the appropriate marketing and program documentation for marketing purposes. Marketed the program throughout the Mid-South region to physicians, hospitals, etc., which resulted in the daily revenue statistics above. PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER The Vermont Achievement Center, Inc., 88 Park 5/88 to 6/91 Street, Rutland, VT 05701
Established a new residential and day treatment program for behaviorally disabled children and adolescents Expanded the scope of services of the hospital division to accommodate clients as inpatients who were more medically fragile and complex Increased the annual fund raising campaign proceeds from $340,000 to over $400,000 annually in two years Increased the endowment from $1.2 million to $1.3 million in three years Established and operationalized a staff advisory council Established and completed the first strategic planning process involving the Board of Directors, staff and external stake holders Enhanced the operating budget from $2.5 million to $3.9 million in three years while reducing operating costs by 5% PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER The Pathway School, 162 Egypt Road, Jeffersonville, 6/84 to 5/88 PA 19403 Instituted a parents advisory council Enhanced the operating budget from $2.2 million to $3.2 million in a four year period Expanded the Board of Directors to support the establishment of an expanded development and fund raising program Founded Pathway Employment and Training Services, Inc. Initiated the first formal annual fund campaign REHABILITATION SPECIALIST Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Commonwealth of 11/77 to 6/84 Pennsylvania, 7 th and Forester Streets, Harrisburg, PA 17120 Initiated and developed the statewide program for neurologically/cognitively disabled individuals Developed all statewide policies and procedures pertaining to the programs for individuals with neurological/cognitive impairments Secured and implemented the first national model services grant for the development of national policy, procedures and model for the provision of services to individuals with neurological/cognitive impairment PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR Developmental Disabilities Council, Governor s Office, Harrisburg, 1/73 to 11/77 PA 17120 Initiated and completed the first comprehensive statewide strategic planning effort on behalf of individuals with developmental disabilities which led to an improved and integrated service delivery system within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF REHABILITATION Harrisburg State Hospital, Harrisburg, PA 17120 6/71 to 1/73 DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION Harrisburg State Hospital, Harrisburg, PA 17120 8/69 to 6/71 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SPECIALIST central Pennsylvania Special Education Resource
6/68 to 8/69 Center, 2994 North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110 SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER Aberdeen Junior High School, Hartford County Board of 9/66 to 9/67 Education, Bel Air, MD EDUCATION CLARION STATE UNIVERSITY Clarion, PA Bachelor of Science 1966 Major: Mental Retardation/Special Education MILLERSVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY Millersville, PA Master of Education 1968 (US Office of Education Graduate Fellowship) Major: Mental Retardation/Special Education CONSULTATIVE ACTIVITIES 1967 - Curriculum Development Committee, Millersville State University, Millersville, PA Subject: Safety Education for the Mentally Retarded 1967 Special Education Department, York City Schools, York, PA Subject: Occupational Education for Special Education Students (3-day workshop) 1968-70 Special Education Department, Millersville State University, Millersville, PA Subject: Research project titled The Measurement and Comparison of Variables Related to Driver and Highway Safety Between Educable Mental Retarded and Normal High School Age Students in Pennsylvania 1970 Pre-Release Program, Pennsylvania Bureau of Corrections, Harrisburg, PA Subject: Adult Education Programming for Prisoners in a Pre-Release Program from Whitehill State Correctional Institution. 1981 Mississippi Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, Jackson, MS Subject: Specific Learning Disabilities 1982 North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC Subject: Vocational Rehabilitation of the Learning Disabled Client 1983 Rehabilitation Services Administration, US Department of Education, Washington, D.C. Subject: Member, Rehabilitation Services Administration work group on Specific Learning Disabilities 1984 Rehabilitation Services Administration, Region IV Office, Atlanta, GA Subject: Policy and Procedures for Specific Learning Disabilities 1984 Division of Vocational Rehab8ilitation, Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, MD Subject: Diagnosis and Eligibility Decisions for Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES 1968 - Authored a funded research proposal in the amount of $117,000 entitled, The Measurement and Comparison of Variables Related to Driver and Highway Safety Between Educable Mentally Retarded and Normal High School Age Pupils in Pennsylvania. (Funded by the U.S. Office of Education, Division of Research, October 1968). 1980 Chairman, Developmental Disabilities Community Living Arrangement Task Force, Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, Harrisburg, PA. 1980 Member, Executive Director Search Committee, Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, Harrisburg, PA. 1980 Project Director, Field Investigation and Evaluation of Learning Disabilities Project, Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Harrisburg, PA. 1982 Member, National Prime Study Group, 9 th Annual Institute on Rehabilitation Issues: Vocational Rehabilitation of Clients with Specific Learning Disabilities, University of Arkansas Research and Training Center, Hot Springs, AR. 1982 Chairman, Task Force on Planning and Evaluation, Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Harrisburg, PA. 1983 Member, Advisory Committee, U.S. Region III, Regional Information Utilization Institute, Philadelphia, PA. 1983 Chairman, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation/Office of Mental Retardation Cooperative Interagency Implementation Task Force, Harrisburg, PA. 1983 Member, National Planning Committee, 11 th National Institute on Rehabilitation Issues, Chicago, IL. 1983 Joint authorship of the chapter entitled Diagnosis and Assessment of the Adult with a Specific Learning Disability, Special Issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation, Spring Issue, 1984. 1984 Chairman, National Prime Study Group, National Institute on Rehabilitation Issues: Use of Technology in Vocational Placement, University of West Virginia Research and Training Center, Dunbar, WV. 1981-84 Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Human Services, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA. 1985-88 Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Association of Private Schools for Exceptional Children, Harrisburg, PA. 1985-86 Rehabilitation Services Coordinator, Philadelphia PA/Wilmington DE Stakes, Special Demonstration Project, Washington D.C. Regional Storehouse, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Washington, D.C. 1987-88 Chairman, Montgomery County Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children, Montgomery County, PA.
1995-01 Member, Virginia Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority, Richmond, VA. 2003 - Vice President, Paintsville Johnson County Chamber of Commerce, Paintsville, KY 2003 Member, Board of Directors, Big Sandy Hospice Program, Paintsville, KY 2005 to present President, Paintsville Johnson County Chamber of Commerce, Paintsville, KY MAJOR PRESENTATIONS 1967 A Perceptual Analysis of Severely Retarded Adults in a Work Activities Center, Pennsylvania Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children, Pennsylvania State Convention, Hotel Webster Hall, Pittsburgh, PA. 1968 Staff training and Development for Special Education Systems in the 27 Counties of Central Pennsylvania. 1980 Field Investigation and Evaluation of Learning Disabilities Project, Pennsylvania Association for Children with Learning Disabilities State Convention, Hilton Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. 1981 Service Delivery Models for the Learning Disabled: A State Agency Approach, National Rehabilitation Services Administration sponsored short-term training project, Denver, CO. 1982 The Pittsburgh Vocational and Educational Delivery Program for Learning Disabled Adults Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities, International Convention, Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL. 1982 Eligibility for Vocational Services, Rehabilitation Services Administration Federal Region III Conference, Claymont, DE. 1983 National Institute on Rehabilitation Issues, Rehabilitation of Severely Learning Disabled Clients and Issues in State Services to the Severely Learning Disabled Rehabilitation Client, Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC. 1983 Rehabilitating an Individual with Specific Learning Disabilities and Diagnosis and Assessment of the Adult with a Specific Learning Disability, Oklahoma Association for Children with Learning Disabilities State Convention, Tulsa, OK. 1984 Matching the Learning Disabled with the Appropriate Training and Employment: Model Strategies for Preparing the Learning Disabled Adult for Employment and The Role of Vocational Rehabilitation in Planning for Post High School Education and Training for the Learning Disabled, Joint Conference sponsored by the Division of Special Education, Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation, and Council for Exceptional Children, Portland, ME. 1985 Keynote Address: Employment of the Learning Disabled Virginia Learning Disabilities Council, Annual Statewide Conference, Richmond, VA 1991 Integration of Educational Goals into the Rehabilitation Plan: Taking Steps Toward Recovery A Seminar on Neurologic Interventions for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults, New Medico Neurologic Head Injury System, Memphis, TN. 1991 Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents What Do We Do Now? a workshop on the effects of brain injury on the individual and their family, Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, PA.
1991 Integration of Brain Injured Children Into the Schools Following Hospitalization or Rehabilitation, South Central Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses, Memorial hospital, Johnstown, PA. 1983 Joint authorship of the chapter entitled Diagnosis and Assessment of the Adult with a Specific Learning Disability, Special Issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation, Spring Issue, 1984.