{"id":32223,"date":"2015-10-29T17:38:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T22:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=32223"},"modified":"2015-10-29T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T22:42:58","slug":"executive-director-position-available-at-texas-governors-committee-on-people-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/10\/29\/executive-director-position-available-at-texas-governors-committee-on-people-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Director position available at Texas Governor&#8217;s Committee on People with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/state-of-texas-header-logo.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/10\/29\/executive-director-position-available-at-texas-governors-committee-on-people-with-disabilities\/state-of-texas-header-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/state-of-texas-header-logo.png?fit=480%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"state of texas header logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/state-of-texas-header-logo.png?fit=480%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32225 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/state-of-texas-header-logo.png?resize=480%2C100\" alt=\"state of texas header logo\" width=\"480\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/state-of-texas-header-logo.png?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/state-of-texas-header-logo.png?resize=300%2C63&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/state-of-texas-header-logo.png?resize=260%2C54&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/state-of-texas-header-logo.png?resize=160%2C33&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Executive Director position available <\/strong>at<strong> Governor&#8217;s Committee on People with Disabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Angi English, the former Executive Director of the Governor&#8217;s Committee on People with Disabilities, recently accepted another position with the State Office of Risk Management. Under her leadership with the Governor&#8217;s Committee, she worked to raise awareness of disability issues, networked with other disability organizations, and researched issues that impact Texans with disabilities, using the accumulated information to compile suggested legislation.<\/p>\n<p>We all wish Angi well in her next job, and we hope to be able to fill the Executive Director position at GCPD as soon as possible to keep our work and projects going. Please help us with outreach to find the perfect person for the position &#8211; someone with the appropriate background, knowledge and qualifications. If you are interested or know someone who is, details on the position and instructions on how to apply can be found on the Governor&#8217;s website at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/employment\/executive_director\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/employment\/executive_director<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the Committee&#8217;s website:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.texas.gov\/disabilities\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gov.texas.gov\/disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive Director position available at Governor&#8217;s Committee on People with Disabilities Angi English, the former Executive Director of the Governor&#8217;s Committee on People with Disabilities, recently accepted another position with the State Office of Risk Management. Under her leadership with&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/10\/29\/executive-director-position-available-at-texas-governors-committee-on-people-with-disabilities\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[637,316,24316,15073,31,32,17],"class_list":["post-32223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-disability","tag-executive-director","tag-executive-director-of-the-governors-committee-on-people-with-disabilities","tag-gcpd","tag-job","tag-opportunity","tag-texas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-8nJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40529,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2020\/03\/26\/april-accessibility-and-disability-policy-webinar-series-covid-19-and-considerations-for-people-with-disabilities\/","url_meta":{"origin":32223,"position":0},"title":"April Accessibility and Disability Policy Webinar Series: COVID-19 and Considerations for People with Disabilities","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"March 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Office of the Texas Governor, Greg Abbott Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities Accessibility and Disability Policy Webinar Series COVID-19: Considerations for People with Disabilities Gears Representing Different Healthcare Items The Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities (GCPD) invites you to join us for an emergency preparedness webinar session on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Office-of-the-Texas-Governor-Greg-Abbott-300x157.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28396,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/08\/28\/texas-governors-committee-on-people-with-disabilities-citizen-legislative-input-survey\/","url_meta":{"origin":32223,"position":1},"title":"Texas Governor\u2019s Committee on People with Disabilities Citizen Legislative Input Survey","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"August 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Texas Governor\u2019s Committee on People with Disabilities Citizen Legislative Input Survey The Texas Governor\u2019s Committee on People with Disabilities (the Committee) seeks your input on issues facing Texans with disabilities. 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