Who directs the Center’s programs and activities?

The NTAR Leadership Center is currently housed at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Key program partners have included the Center for Workers with Disabilities at the American Public Human Services Association, the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, the Alliance for Full Participation, and others.

The NTAR Leadership Center is under the direction of Kathy Krepcio, the Executive Director of the Heldrich Center, who works in close cooperation with ODEP.

The NTAR Leadership Center is also guided by national experts serving on advisory panels for technical assistance and for research. The Technical Assistance Advisory Panel is co-chaired by Megan Juring, Assistant Secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency and Mary Alice Mowry, Director, Pathways to Employment, Minnesota Department of Human Services. The Research Advisory Panel is co-chaired by Dr. Carl Van Horn, Professor and Director, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, and Dr. Doug Kruse, Professor, Department of Economics and the School of Management and Labor Relations, at Rutgers University.