Andy Winnegar

Andy Winnegar

Andy Winnegar has over 36 years of experience in developing programs and resources promoting independence for persons with disabilities in the areas of vocational rehabilitation, assistive technology, independent living and employment for people living with a spinal cord injury, mobility impairment, and paralysis. He currently serves as the Chair of the New Mexico State Purchasing Council from Persons with disabilities. The Council provides a preference for small business persons with disabilities seeking public contracts. He also served as principal investigator for the New Mexico Technology Assistance project and Deputy Director for the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation from 1991-2010. He works extensively with American Indian programs, centers for independent living, public schools and community rehabilitation programs. Andy was recently honored as the 2007 RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineer and Assistive Technology Society of North America) Conference, Don Ross Invited Lecturer – Early Deployment of Reasonable Accommodations for State Government Workers.