Ellen Condon (condon@ruralinstitute.umt.edu) is the Transition Projects Director and Director of MTWorks, a CARF accredited employment vendor, at the University of Montana's Rural Institute on Disabilities. She has served as the Principle Investigator and Director of two U.S. Department of Education Model Demonstration Projects, the Principle Investigator and Director of four Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities funded projects. Condon also works as a consultant for Marc Gold and Associates and is on the Board of Directors for Employment For All.
Ellen has worked in the disability field for over 20 year in community employment, school and residential settings. Condon's recent publications include the Monographs: Keep the Bucks While you begin Making a Buck, (2005); It Takes a Village (or at least several partners) to Transition a Student from School to Work, (2005) Manage the Bucks; A guide for Managing Your Plan for Achieving Self-Support, (2004); One Size Doesn't fit All; a Customized Approach to Career Planning and Employment for Students, (2004); PASS the Bucks; Increasing Consumer Choice and Control in Transition Planning through the use of SSA Work Incentives, (2003).