Joseph T. Amodeo

Founded and lead a vocational rehabilitation company serving more than 350 youth and adults with disabilities each year across New York and New Jersey under a Core Rehabilitation Services contract with ACCES-VR and through New Jersey's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Provide Pre-Employment Transition Services, vocational evaluations, transferable skills assessments, and labor market analyses. Developed operational systems, evaluation tools, and staff training. Supervise a team of eleven.

Founded the practice that launched The Grove, a community classes program in Midtown Manhattan offering instructor-led classes in digital skills, civic education, personal finance, design, and language arts, built on an active-learning approach and open to all.

Founded CareerLinc Inc. and lead development of LINC Pro, an AI-enhanced career coaching platform built on evidence-based assessments and designed for vocational rehabilitation agencies, schools, and workforce programs.

• Director of Career Development and Communications, July 2023 to August 2025
• Senior Director of Strategy, January 2019 to July 2023
• Senior Director of Development, December 2017 to January 2019
• Director of Development and Special Assistant to the CEO , February 2012 to December 2017

Directed transition services and vocational rehabilitation programs for youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, and mental health conditions. Conducted vocational assessments, community-based work assessments, and transferable skills analyses. Placed participants with employers including Calvary Hospital, Barnes and Noble Education, Koeppel Auto Group, and Wells Fargo. Directed multiple workforce development and training initiatives funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. Earlier in my tenure, led organizational development and fundraising, including securing the largest philanthropic grant in QSAC's forty-year history ($500,000), growing gala net revenue by over 200% in my first year and 25% or more year over year after, and partnering with Sprint's corporate social responsibility team on their Neurodiversity ID Pack for people with developmental disabilities.

Taught undergraduate courses in metropolitan politics (comparative) and state and local government.