Inroads To Opportunities President & CEO Featured On Public Affairs Television Show
Calzone joined Host, Mayor Christian J. Bollwage on “Our City” to discuss her vision for the agency.
- Newark, NJ (1888PressRelease) October 05, 2023 - Angela Calzone, President & CEO of Inroads to Opportunities, a Union County, NJ, based non-profit, social services agency that provides programs and services to individuals with disabilities ranging in age from 16 to retirement. As the largest skills training program for individuals with disabilities in New Jersey, Inroads offers vocational preparation, transition from school to work, job placement and coaching, certificate training programs, day habilitation, and mental health services.
As the newly appointed President and CEO of Inroads, Calzone joined Host, Mayor Christian J. Bollwage on “Our City” to discuss her vision for the agency. She stated, “We serve about 400 people a year and I would like to grow that because there are so many people in the Union County area that we have not touched yet…we’ve got great programs here; we can do more work.” Additionally, Calzone hopes for additional services to “open up these training programs and services and diversify them.”
With extensive expertise, Angela has been able to transfer her knowledge of the business world into her role at Inroads. “It’s all hands-on deck, we’re all here for the same mission…I have been able to take everything I've learned in business and parlay that into this amazing agency.” She continued, “We’re all a part of the same community and we truly take care of each other. As the President, and as a parent, this really speaks to me.”
To view this episode in its entirety, please click here: https://bit.ly/46eETQi
ABOUT ANGELA CALZONE:
Angela Calzone, an award-winning business and management strategist, has most recently served as the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Inroads to Opportunities. Prior to that she served as Chief Operating Officer for The Webster Apartments in NYC and for ten years as a co-managing member of Change & Response Strategies, LLC, a consortium of leadership, management, human resources, marketing strategists and corporate trainers.
Previously, Calzone has held senior leadership roles at a number of top consulting and professional services firms throughout the New York metro area across an array of verticals.
Throughout her career, Calzone has received numerous state-wide accolades in recognition of her exceptional leadership both as a serial entrepreneur and business professional. She has been among the finalists of NJ’s Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners by NJ Monthly Magazine, celebrated among the Best 50 Women in Business in New Jersey by NJBIZ and nominated for Garden State Woman of the Year.
Calzone holds a Master of Arts in corporate and organizational communications from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Bachelor of Arts in English and business administration from Upsala College.
ABOUT INROADS TO OPPORTUNITIES:
Since 1959, Inroads to Opportunities, formerly the Occupational Center of Union County, has provided programs and services to over 400 individuals each year with all types of disabilities and ranging in age from 16 through retirement – many of whom are economically disadvantaged. As the largest skills training program for individuals with disabilities in New Jersey, Inroads programs and services include vocational preparation, transition from school to work, job placement and coaching, certificate training programs, day habilitation, and mental health services.
Inroads to Opportunities is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an approved provider of both the NJ Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services and the Commission of the Blind and Visually Impaired. Inroads is licensed by the State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, NJ Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services to provide partial care and by the NJ Department of Developmental Disabilities to provide Day Habilitation Services. Inroads is an approved Medicaid provider, a licensed provider for the NJ Department of Agriculture for its adult day meals program, an approved Employment Network under the Ticket to Work Social Security initiative and an approved Benefits Planning and Counseling Service through the NJ Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services.
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Amy Delman
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