Marie Parker Harvey, M.A.
Marie Parker Harvey is Training and Development Coordinator in the Center for Transition and Career Innovation in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. This position focuses on the development of webinars and curriculum to teach workers in the education and disability fields how to create individualized work experiences for youth with disabilities. It builds upon her many years of service to youth and individuals with disabilities through direct service work, advocacy, training, and program development. This next step in her career is the result of her many years as Program Director and County Liaison for the Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project (MCPIP) for Montgomery County (MD) Government. As the County Liaison for MCPIP, Ms. Harvey identified and created more than 120 part-time positions for people with disabilities in Montgomery County government offices, based on a department’s need and the candidate’s specific interests, skills, and abilities. Ms. Harvey also oversaw Youth with Disabilities programs through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), assisting hundreds of in- and out-of-school youth to find employment. She developed and led her team in a successful summer youth employment program that later expanded into a year round work-based learning program (Division of Rehabilitative Services/Summer Youth Employment/Pre-Employment Transition Services, or DORS/SYE/Pre-ETS) to place hundreds of in-school youth with disabilities in individualized work-based learning opportunities with cooperating employers. Ms. Harvey is well-known for her working relationships and collaborations with state and local government and nongovernmental agencies, local and private school systems, community service providers, nonprofits, private sector businesses, and families in need. Her experience and expertise has allowed her to serve people with a broad range of disabilities and barriers, and her work and advocacy continues to impact the field.