Administrative Assistant Manager

Brenda M. Umholtz, M.Ed., C.R.C.

Business Address: 1314 N. Oliver, P.O. Box 8287

Wichita, KS 67208

316-***-**** (Office)

Professional Experience

****-******* *****/******** ******* Consulting

Current owner of a sole proprietorship providing vocational rehabilitation counseling

services. Travel primarily includes a four-state area of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and

Oklahoma. While owning this business, I also was employed as a State of Kansas

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for one year in 2004. I also was a contractor with

the State of Kansas for job placement with welfare recipients from 2000-2004.

Evaluation and Job Placement services provided for local State of Kansas Vocational

Rehabilitation clients from 2006-2009.

Associate with Terry Cordray & Associates, L.L.C., providing case management and

vocational rehabilitation in disability cases with railroad employees.

Vocational Expert Witness in Federal District Court. Vocational Expert for the Social

Security Administration.

2000-2003 Vocational Counselor Concentra Integrated Services

Kansas Area Office

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor performing vocational assessments, labor market

surveys, vocational evaluations, and counseling services for persons primarily in workers’

compensation or long-term disability cases. Testimony within cases involving a wide

variety of employers and insurance providers to include federal employees. Position

required travel primarily throughout a four-state geographical area as the sole vocational

case manager within Kansas and Oklahoma. Began part-time and steadily increased

referrals to a full-time position.

1998-1999 State Vocational Director Curtis & Associates, Inc.

Kearney, Nebraska

Position involved writing a federal grant proposal of $2 million to provide employment

services to persons receiving state assistance in Kansas. Implemented program to ensure

financial, personnel, and outcomes were met. This position was at the highest level of

management at the state-level for this extensive federal welfare-to-work initiative in

Kansas supervising a team of 15-20 counselors in over five separate offices throughout a

fifteen county area. Portions of this program are still being implemented in Kansas.

1995-1998 Vocational Services Director Sumner Mental Health Center

Wellington, Kansas

Employed initially as a case manager in July of 2005 with a proposal provided to the

Board in November of 2005 regarding a Federal/State grant opportunity. This grant was

approved by the State of Kansas which allowed the initiation of a program for the Center

to provide vocational services. As Vocational Services Director, program implementation

required training and hiring of staff members, fiscal oversight, coordination with State

contact personnel, and education to the business leaders in the community. This program

provided services to include vocational assessment testing, employment placement

support, job readiness counseling and supported employment services to persons with

severe mental illness and welfare recipients. Superior outcomes resulted in contract with

C&A (above) and Sumner Mental Health as subcontractors.

1993 Administrative Assistant Mental Health Consortium

Administrative Assistant for the Winfield Correctional Facility/Substance Abuse Program

for eight months. Assisted with department layoffs and closure in June/July of 1993.

Education

1995 M.Ed.; Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Univ. of Arkansas

1993 Bachelor of Arts; Field Major Wichita State

Univ.

1987 Associate of Science; Legal Assistant Wichita State Univ.

Professional Certifications

Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (C.R.C.), Board of Rehabilitation Counselor

Certification, 1995-Present. License # 040736. Ongoing continuing education

requirements at 100 credit hours/five years.

Approved Rehabilitation Provider, Kansas Department of Labor, Oklahoma Department

of Labor, and Missouri Department of Labor.

Professional Organizations

Professional Member, I.A.R.P., International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals.

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