Judith Emery - Biography
Judith Emery, M.A. is a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics with the University of Colorado Denver (UCD). She is the Director for “Colorado WIN Partners”, a collection of initiatives to assist individuals to maximize independence through employment, health management and community based opportunities through innovation and collaboration, especially targeting underrepresented populations and individuals with disabilities. Ms. Emery has recently been appointed the PI and Director for the WELLS Center, a facility that produces customized curriculum focused on human patient simulation and interfaced with cutting-edge technology for delivery to healthcare educators, practitioners and students. The WELLS Center is housed at the Colorado Science and Technology Park at Fitzsimons, and operated by Colorado WIN Partners/UCD through a contract from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. It partners with Touch of Life Technologies, Inc, the Colorado Workforce Development Council, University of Colorado Hospital, Colorado Area Health Education and various private industry healthcare organizations, which represents a unique collaboration among educators, providers and policy makers. Ms. Emery is also the Director for the federal initiative entitled “Colorado Youth Work Incentive Network of Supports (WINS)”, a Social Security Administration youth demonstration project which is looking at ways to maximize economic self-sufficiency for youth with disabilities aged 14-25. She has been contracted by Colorado’s Office of Workforce Development/Workforce Development Council to provide technical assistance and training and to support the implementation of two federal initiatives: 1) the “Disability Program Navigator Project” which ensures universal access with Colorado’s Workforce Development Centers, and 2) The “WIRED Initiative through a Disability Perspective” which ensures access to education and training for underrepresented populations through Colorado’s Metro Denver WIRED Initiative. Both of these were awarded through a cooperative agreement through the US Department of Labor.
Ms. Emery is the PI on the national evaluation with Mathematical Policy Research, Inc. for the SSA Youth Demonstration Project. She has been contracted by the University of Iowa Law, Health, Policy and Research Center to participate on the national evaluation and technical assistance team for the Disability Program Navigator Initiative and has also been contracted to partner with the Lewin Group and Johns Hopkins University in completing a statewide evaluation of the Colorado Works/DHS program. In her previous work, she was the Project Director for “Colorado Project WIN”, a systems change Rehabilitation Services Administration Project and also the Project Coordinator for the “Consortium for the Employment of People With Disabilities”, a project targeted to work with the Workforce Centers within Colorado in designing and implementing Centers that are universally accessible to all populations seeking services. Prior to her work at the UCD, she was the Associate Director of the Rocky Mountain Resource and Training Institute (RMRTI) and also served as the Training Coordinator on the Colorado Assistive Technology Project and the Training Consultant on Colorado’s Systems Change Supported Employment Project.
Ms. Emery has been a leader in the field of disabilities for over 25 years. She is recognized nationally and within Colorado in the areas of systems change and collaboration, community integrated employment/supported employment, transition from school to work, strategic planning, grants and project management and organizational development.
Judith Emery, Director
The WELLS Center
Colorado WIN Partners
University of Colorado Denver
601 E. 18th Ave., Suite 130
Denver, Colorado 80203
(303) 326-0674 ext 15 (WELLS)
(303) 315-1272 (WIN)
(303) 915-3859 (cell)
e-mail: judy@ColoradoSimulationCenter.org (WELLS)
e-mail: Judy.emery@ucdenver.edu (WIN)
