About the RPVE
Registry of Professional Vocational Evaluators, Inc.
The Registry of Professional Vocational Evaluators (RPVE) was created to provide a credential for vocational evaluators who have demonstrated attainment of acceptable standards of education, experience, and knowledge. The intent is to aid in the promotion and quality of the vocational evaluation profession.
Professional Vocational Evaluators (PVE) contribute to the promotion of informed choice in the career development process, vocational rehabilitation planning, employment outcomes and/or workplace productivity by providing vocational evaluation services to guide individuals with employment or career barriers. The credential for PVE is evaluated on the basis of degree attainment and work experience in relevant domains.
A Little History…
From 1983 to 2008, the Commission on Certification on Work Adjustment and Vocational Evaluation (CCWAVES) was the credentialing body that provided vocational evaluators to obtain the credential of Certified Vocational Evaluator (CVE). When CCWAVES suspended in September 2008, the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) took over the maintenance and renewal of current CVEs. However, the suspension of CCWAVES resulted in a gap that prevents new vocational evaluators from obtaining a professional credential that validates their knowledge and training.
To address this gap, in May 2009, the leadership of Vocational Evaluation and Career Assessment Professionals (VECAP) and Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association (VEWAA) commissioned a nine (9)-member task force to explore options for an additional credential. This new credential would provide a means for new evaluators to obtain professional credentialing in that becoming a CVE is no longer an option. The result of this task force’s efforts is this new credential named Professional Vocational Evaluator (PVE).
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Our Board of Directors
RPVE is a non-profit organization managed by a Board of Directors:
Officers
President
John W. Lui, Ph.D., MBA, CRC, PVE
Executive Director
Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute (SVRI)
Menomonie, WI
President-Elect
Chad Betters, Ph.D., CRC, CDMS, CVE, PVE
Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Studies
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, NC
Treasurer
Paige Tidwell, CRC, CVE, LPC, PVE
Rehabilitation Unit Manager
GDOL/ Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Monroe, GA
Secretary
Debra Homa, Ph.D., CRC, CVE, PVE
Online Vocational Rehabilitation Graduate Program Director
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI
Board Members-At-Large
Michelle Hamilton, Ph.D., CVE, CCRC, PVE
Vocational Rehabilitation Graduate Program Director
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI
Jean Johnson, Ed.D., CRC
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Counseling and Disability Studies
Langston University
Oklahoma City, OK
Priscilla Matthews, MS, CRC, PVE
Vocational Rehabilitation Information Specialist
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI
Karen Pell, Ph.D., CVE
President
VIA Consulting LLC
Columbia, MD
Erika Peterson, MS, CRC, CVE, ATP, PVE
Vocational Evaluator and Assistive Technologist
Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute (SVRI)
Menomonie, WI
Shawn Zimmerman, MS, CRC, CVE
Certified Vocational Evaluator
Department of Rehabilitation Services, Commonwealth of Virginia
Manassas, VA
