Gary E. Horton’s career spans over forty years in the Information Technology space spanning several industry areas including Automotive, Manufacturing, Logistics, Accounting, and Insurance He is currently the President of Vanward Consulting Services, LLC and the creator of the Lean In! Program.

Areas of Expertise Include: Vocational Rehabilitation Program, Organizational Change Management, Partnership and Collaboration, Systems Change, Leadership & Professional Development, and Executive Coaching. John (he/him) serves as the Project Director for the Center for Innovative Training in Vocational Rehabilitation (CIT-VR) and provides training and technical assistance to State VR agencies and their partners via the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C) and the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Management (VRTAC-QM). He also is part of the project team for the Vocational Rehabilitation – Return on Investment Project (VR-ROI) funded by a NIDILRR grant. He has close to forty years’ experience working in human services, with a focus on promoting full integration for individuals with disabilities in their communities and the workforce; thirty of those years working for the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired in providing and administering Vocational Rehabilitation services at that agency. He also served as the Project Manager for the VR Technical Assistance Center – Targeted Communities (VRTAC-TC), which provided training and technical assistance to State VR agencies and their partners to address barriers to VR participation and competitive integrated employment of historically underserved groups of individuals with disabilities who are living in economically disadvantaged communities.