Tricia Jones-Parkin
Utah State University
Project Director
Taylorsville
Tricia Jones-Parkin has over 20-years of experience working with people with disabilities. In 2011, Tricia collaborated to craft the Employment First Language for Utah and has focused on capacity building and systems change efforts to increase the number of people employed and included in their local communities. Tricia is the Training Coordinator for Utah's Customized Employment Certificate Training and is also the project director for Utah’s School to Work Inter-agency Transition Initiative funded by the Administration for the Employment Systems Change grant. Tricia has represented Utah in several national partnership efforts including the Office of Disability Policy's Employment First State Leadership Mentoring Program and the Supported Employment Leadership Network. Tricia was the recipient of the National Association of Persons Supporting Employment First (APSE) Dave Hammis Award.