[Jobs] New Member

[David Evans]

MV Transit is the name of a transit company that is nationwide and does 
fixed route, Para-transit, shuttle services community circulators and more.
I work for their Para-Transit division in Palm Beach Florida as a Consumer 
Advocate.

David Evans
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacob" <lawnmower84 at hotmail.com>
To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] New Member


> hello
> What is MV Transit ?
> from
> Jacob Struiksma
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Albert Yoo" <ayoo0001 at email.vccs.edu>
> To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Jobs] New Member
>
>
>> David Evans, who is the addvocate for MV Transit in Virginia
>> or Washington D.C.
>> Albert
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>>>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:51:21 -0400
>>>From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
>>>Subject: Re: [Jobs] New Member
>>>To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>Dear Jeanne,
>>>
>>>Welcome to the list, there are other NFB lists where you
>> may find more pros
>>>to talk to .
>>>
>>>I have RP also and have been legally blind since the age of
>> 16.
>>>Lucky for me that no one ever got around to telling me that
>> fact until I was
>>>20.  I was working as a Fireman/Para-medic at the time and
>> driving too.
>>>I won a couple of scholarships, which helped get me through
>> college and
>>>allowed me to work as a Nuclear/Aerospace Materials
>> Engineer.
>>>While in college I worked for Lockheed Space and Missiles,
>> Lunar Rover Labs
>>>in Sunnyvale California, building and testing the Lunar
>> Rover vehicles that
>>>went to the Moon in '71-72.
>>>I also worked as a systems engineer on the F-117 Stealth
>> Fighter Program.
>>>This was still back in the days when we used slide rules
>> and not computers
>>>to help us with the math.
>>>I left Lockheed and worked for a year for the Stanford
>> Research Institute
>>>and Linear Accelerator doing sub atomic particle research.
>>>I left there to go to work for General Electric Nuclear
>> Energy Division in
>>>San Jose California.
>>>I even certified welders for GE and did materials testing,
>> destructive and
>>>non-destructive.
>>>I just learned to do things my own way, even making and
>> developing my own
>>>sets of tools and aides as needed.
>>>
>>>I met my wife, got married, had 2 kids and moved to Florida
>> in '79.
>>>There I worked for a aviation Hydraulics business, where I
>> headed my own
>>>department designing and building test stands and equipment
>> to test fuel
>>>controls, A.P.U's, pumps and motors that go on all kinds of
>> aircraft.
>>>I had to leave the job , some years later, after my vision
>> got so bad that I
>>>could no longer drive at all and Public transportation just
>> did not exist to
>>>the level that I could use it to get to work.
>>>That was when, after going on SSDI, that I decided to do
>> something about the
>>>transit problem.
>>>I became a transit advocate.
>>>Now, after 19 years, I went back to work for a transit
>> company called MV
>>>Transit.
>>>I am the Consumer advocate.  I work on consumer complaints,
>> agency problems,
>>>Public outreach about the services, organize the local
>> seniors and disable
>>>so that they have a voice in their own system and promote
>> legislative action
>>>on the behalf of these groups.
>>>Now you know something about me.  I hope that we will have
>> many exchanges in
>>>the future.  You might check out the NFB-Talk list and
>> others.
>>>Have a nice day.
>>>
>>>David Evans, NFBF
>>>President, Palm Beach County Chapter
>>>Boca Raton, Florida
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Jeanne Marie Govia LCSW" <jeannegovia at sbcglobal.net>
>>>To: <jobs at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:39 PM
>>>Subject: [Jobs] New Member
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi My name is Jeanne;This is my first experience witha
>> Listserv. I am
>>>interested in communicating with professionals in general.
>> I am a blind
>>>licensed clinical social worker and I presently work  from
>> homein the   out
>>>patient physical  rehabilitation field.  I  have been in
>> practice since 1985
>>>and have worked in the fields  of rehabilitation, medical
>> social work,
>>>geriatrics, home care and hospice, private practice.I have
>> RP and have been
>>>blind since age 14 but had some sight before; I would like
>> to correspond
>>>with anyone interested in sharing their experiences either
>> professional or
>>>personal regarding life as a disabled professional.
>> Regards: Jeanne G.
>>>
>>>
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