As president/CEO over the past 20 years, Leslie Wilson has consulted with federal courts, federal and state agencies and private nonprofits in states from coast-to-coast. Leslie Wilson serves on the National APSE: The Network on Employment Board of Directors. From 2007 through March 2010, more than 2,500 service provider staff and government agency representatives were trained by Ms. Wilson and her staff on some facet of employment for people with disabilities. Through WRI’s contracts with CESSI, a contractor of the Social Security Administration (SSA), WRI is promoting SSA’s “New” Ticket to Work Program. WRI with SSA and CESSI developed two SSA handbooks: The Ticket to Work Employment Network Handbook for Employers: Turning Diversity into Dollars and Employment Network Handbook for Service Providers: Grow Your Bottom Line by Putting Social Security Beneficiaries to Work. Both handbooks have been well-received by SSA.
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