Interdisciplinary Technical Assistance Center on Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Curriculum Vitae
ROBERT ALLAN BACON

Education/Honors:
1969 B.A., Honors Humanities; Stanford University, Stanford, California (magna cum laude) Phi Beta Kappa (1968)
1978 M.A., Instructional Design & Technology; University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Pi Lambda Theta
1997 Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Public Policy Fellowship

Summary of Experience:

Director, Iowa's University Center for Excellence on Disabilities, Center for
Disabilities and Development,  Iowa City, Iowa, 1998-present

Adjunct Faculty, University of Iowa College of Education, Iowa City, Iowa, 1998-present

Adjunct Faculty, University of Iowa Public Policy Center, Iowa City, Iowa, 2008-present

Congressional Fellow, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of
Representatives, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Public Policy Fellowship,
Washington, D.C., 1997

Director of Training, Iowa Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Project (federal Maternal and Child Health Training grant), Center for
Disabilities and Development, 1993 - present

Deputy Director, Iowa University Affiliated Program, University Hospital
School, Iowa City, Iowa, 1988-98

Director, Office of Training and Project Services, University Hospital School,
Iowa City, Iowa, 1984-88

Coordinator, Instructional Technology Unit, University Hospital School, University
of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1979-84

Manager, Curricular Design, Westinghouse Learning Corporation,
Iowa City, Iowa, 1975-79

Writer/Editor/Manager of Development, PLAN* Systems, Westinghouse Learning Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, 1972-75

Selected Appointments/Memberships:
Co-chair, Legislative Affairs Committee, Association of University Centers on Disabilities, 2005-present

Co-chair, Outcomes & Performance Measures Committee, for the legislatively mandated redesign of Iowa's Mental Health & Disability System, 2012

Co-chair, ID/DD Workgroup for the legislatively mandated redesign of Iowa's Mental Health & Disability System, 2011.

Oversight Committee for the Redesign of Iowa's Children's System, Iowa MH/MR/DD/BI
Commission, 2004 - 2008

Iowa Council on Early ACCESS (Iowa's Interagency Coordinating Council under Part C of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), 2000-2006 (Chair, 2004-2006)

Board of Directors, Association of University Centers on Disabilities, Silver Spring, MD,
1998-2006 (President, 2002-2003)

Chair, Steering Committee, Iowa Department of Education's "Self-Assessment of Special Education and Early Intervention Services," July, 2000-March, 2001

Member, Executive Committee, Iowa Governor's Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities, 1996-2001 (Chair, 2000)

Selected Projects/Publications/Recent Presentations

Panel presentation, "Federal-State Partnerships: Federal Initiatives Helping States to Advance Community Living,"  AAIDD Annual meeting, Minneapolis, June 2011.

Project Director, "Olmstead Mental Health and Disability Services Technical Assistance," contract from Iowa Department of Human Services, 2009-2013.

Project Director, "Partnership for Community Integration," subcontract from Iowa Department of Human Services to support Iowa's CMS-sponsored Money Follows the Person grant, 2007-2016.

Project Director, "Community Circle of Care," subcontract from Iowa Department of Human Services to coordinate Iowa's SAMHSA-funded children's mental health system of care grant, 2007-2012.

Project Director, "Medicaid Infrastructure Grant," subcontract from Iowa Department of Human Services, 2008-2013.

Project Director, "Iowa COMPASS Information & Referral," contract from Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (Iowa DHS), 2010 - 2013.

Project Director, "Career Connections," contract from Grant Wood Area Education Agency, 2003-present.

Project Director, Targeted Case Management Training & Quality Assurance, contract with Iowa Department of Human Services, 2011-2013.

Project Coordinator, Iowa's Real Choices Systems Transformation grant, under subcontract from
the Iowa Department of Human Services to manage Iowa's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) sponsored systems change project, 2005-2010.

Project Director, "Family Support 360," under subcontract from the Iowa Department of Human
Services to manage Iowa's federal Administration on Developmental Disabilities sponsored
disability system change project, 2005-2006.

Program Consultant, Iowa's Robert Wood Johnson Cash and Counseling project, subcontract
from the Iowa Department of Human Services, 2004 - 2007.

Member, Iowa's National Governors' Association Long Term Care Policy Academy
Team, 2004-2006.