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Kevin S. Simpson

Sacramento, California

Alta California Regional Center

Nonprofit

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About Me

Kevin is employed as a supervisor at Alta California Regional Center, an agency which serves people with developmental disabilities in the Sacramento region of CA. He has served the developmentally disabled population for more than 12 years working for regional centers in the Oakland- Concord area and Santa Ana-Orange County area. Kevin has spent almost 23 years in the nonprofit community working and volunteering with the Boy Scouts of America, Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Knights of Columbus, and Rotary International.

Kevin serves on the Board for the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Region II as treasurer. He is also active with the American Society for Public Administration, the National Association for the Dually Diagnised, and the American Society of Association Executives.

Kevin is a student at Walden University's online public policy and administration doctoral program. He is studying nonprofit leadership and management, nonprofit workforce, succession planning, and finance issues.

Kevin is married with one son and lives in Sacramento, CA.

Work History

Alta California Regional Center
Supervisor
April 2007 to Present
Recruited, hired, trained and supervised 13 service coordinators. Oversee monitoring of assigned group homes in Sacramento County.

Alta California Regional Center
Service Coordinator
September 2005 to March 2007
Prepared, submitted and managed assessments of people with developmental disabilities being considered for civil commitments in state hospitals.

Regional Center of the East Bay
Living Options Coordinator
May 2001 to September 2005
Worked with case managers to find and secure placements of consumers in various types of group homes. Tracked placements, and support staff assignments.

Education

Golden Gate University
Master of Public Administration
2006 - 2007

California State University, Sacramento
Bachelor of the Arts, Government
1990 - 1992

Walden University
Doctor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Administration, Nonprofit Management and Leadership
2007 -

Interests

Reading, travelling, musical theater, Scrabble, Phase 10, movies, and playing with my dog.

Goals

Earn a doctorate by January, 2011.
Continue to improve in management skills with unit.
Publish at least one academic article by 2010.
Start teaching a course in human services, public administration, or political science by 2010
Become a professor

Favorite Quote

As our case is new so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthral ourselves and then we shall save our country. -Abraham Lincoln

Specialties

Housing, employment, public benefits, criminal justice, nonprofit and government management, leadership, succession planning, workforce management, and finance.