Kathy West-Evans
Director of Business Relations, Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation

Kathy West-Evans is the Director of Business Relations for the national organization of the 78 public VR agencies in every state, the territories and D.C.. She is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) who is fluent in American Sign Language. Kathy started in the field of rehabilitation in 1978 working at a community agency, then for the Washington State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, moved to the federal level with the Rehabilitation Services Administration and now leads the National Employment Team (NET) at CSAVR (Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation). The NET is a cross state team of VR business specialists working through a dual customer approach to develop strategies with business to employ and retain the talents of individuals with disabilities across the company or organization.

Kathy is a past Chair of the Veterans Advisory Council on Rehabilitation and a former Commissioner on the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification. In addition to impacting legislation focused on VR’s work with business, she is a frequent speaker and has coauthored articles focused on working with business to employ the talents of people with disabilities.