Emory Valley Center innovation director receives award
Emory Valley Center Community Innovation Director Miranda Kelley recently received the Council on Quality and Leadership Award of Excellence.
Kelley was recognized based on her efforts to spearhead and advance the enabling technology program at the center. The program plays an important role in encouraging independence, giving people the ability to live their lives the way they choose.
“Miranda’s leading efforts at Emory Valley Center to ensure technology play an integral role in the lives of people with disabilities,” said Mary Kay Rizzolo, president and CEO of the quality council.
“We are so proud to be able to recognize her with an award for the impact that she’s having on people receiving services.”
For years, the council has been a leader in working with human-services organizations. Its work with Emory Valley Center and other organizations has helped define and measure ways in which the quality of life of people with disabilities can be improved. According to the council’s website, “The [council’s] Awards of Excellence recognize individuals, organizations, and/or systems that exemplify the very best in human services for people with disabilities.”
“I am especially grateful to be part of the enabling technology program at EVC, having seen firsthand the difference it can make in the lives of people we support,” Kelley said. “I am honored to have received the [council’s] Award of Excellence, and I look forward to seeing the people we support continue to thrive through the use of enabling technology.”
Emory Valley Center has been meeting the needs of people with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities in the East Tennessee community since 1955, and currently provides a variety of services including behavioral health, community participation, community supported living, early childhood education, enabling technology, family support and workforce development. This support reaches more than 3,300 people annually in multiple East Tennessee counties.