Sent: Friday, 24 October, 2025 13:00
Subject: Disability Adjudication Personnel Announcement
To: All DA Employees
It is my privilege to announce that Jim Parikh, currently the Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Disability Adjudication, is now the Head of Disability Support for Disability Adjudication. Within Disability Support, the following leadership changes will take effect, along with the establishment of the units that will comprise our newly formed organization:
Jennifer Thompson, currently the Regional Management Officer for Southeast, is now the Acting Executive Director for Disability Innovation.
James van der Schalie, currently the Associate Commissioner for National Disability Determinations, is now the Executive Director for Disability Solutions.
Hank McKnelly, currently the Associate Commissioner for Hearings, is now the Executive Director for Disability Governance.
Jeffrey Kirkwood, currently the Executive Director for Appeals, is now the Executive Director for Disability Compliance.
LeRoy Weeks, currently the Assistant Associate Commissioner for Office of Management, is now the Executive Advisor for the Flexible Support Division (FSD).
In Appeals, Lucinda Davis, currently Deputy Associate Commissioner for National Disability Determinations, is now the Head of Requests for Review. Claudia Postell, former Deputy Commissioner for Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, is now the Head of Civil Actions. …
8 comments:
So now we will have two whole units called Disability Innovation and Disability Solutions headed by Executive Directors apparently as pat of a unit called Disability Support for Disability Adjudication.
Sounds like gearing up for changing the disability rules. Not good!
Guessing this is how they carved up OCALJ….what any of these new units do or mean is a mystery to all…maybe when we get a new org chart in 2027 it will be explained 😂
How did the commissioner for civil rights and equal opportunity survive DOGE?
Moving the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Make up fancy titles and pretend things are getting done -- a signature strategy.
Does anyone know who is heading up the Department of Redundancy Department?
Deck chairs, titanic
Word salad
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