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Blind Visionary Reviews

Abe Abraham's Review of The Blind Visionary

Abe Abraham
President/CEO
CMI Management, Inc.

I have . . .highlighted phrases and sometimes whole paragraphs that speak to some parts of both management and...

Review from The School Administrator - May 2011

Anne S. McKenzie
Executive Director
Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative

The Blind Visionary describes the professional...

Review from Constance Lacy

Constance Lacy

University of North Texas

The Blind Visionary uplifts the heart.

Review from Carl Franklin

Carl Franklin, JD, PhD
Associate Professor
Southern Utah University

In this text, I found more than just a story of success from someone struck with a physical disability in their adult...

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Doug Eadie

 Doug Eadie is president & CEO of Doug Eadie & Company, a firm that specializes in building board and CEO leadership capacity and high-impact board-CEO partnerships.  Doug is the author of 17 other books, including two published by Governance Edge:  Meeting the Governing Challenge and Building a Rock-Solid Partnership With Your Board.  Before founding his consulting practice, Doug held several executive positions in the public/nonprofit sector, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer for three years in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Doug is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Illinois and received his Master of Science degree from Case Western Reserve University.

 

 

 

Virginia Jacko

Virginia Jacko, who is one of only a handful of blind chief executive officers in the country, has been president & CEO of the Miami Lighthouse For the Blind and Visually Impaired since 2005.  In 2001, she enrolled herself for vocational rehabilitation training at the Miami Lighthouse, due to severe vision loss, after a highly successful career as a senior financial executive at Purdue University.  During Virginia’s tenure as CEO, contributions to the Lighthouse have more than doubled, programming has been significantly diversified, and client contact hours have dramatically increased.  In 2007, Virginia was named Business Woman of the Year in the Nonprofit Leader category by the South Florida Business Journal.  Virginia received her baccalaureate degree from Loyola University (Chicago) and her Master of Science degree from Purdue University.