Allen, Shea & Associates

The general partnership of Allen, Shea & Associates is a technical assistance workgroup, organized in March 1986, as a private, for-profit firm. It provides professional services in the area of planning, research, and evaluation within the field of human services with an emphasis on developmental disabilities. The firm seeks, through its work, to inform policymakers, to improve the work of practitioners, to enhance services and supports, and to improve the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

Background

Bill Allen was Executive Director (1983- 87) of the Area IV Board on Developmental Disabilities. He also served as Resource Developer and Program Evaluator (1980-83) for North Bay Regional Center. His work experi­ence includes program evaluation, advocacy, field-based research, therapy, resource development, teaching, technical assistance and consultation.

John Shea was Executive Director (1979-89) of Bayberry, Incorporated, a non-profit agency providing residential services for adults with developmental disabilities, in Napa, California. John served as a Senior Fellow (1973-79) with the Carnegie Commission (and, later, Council on Policy Studies) on Higher Education, Berkeley, California, as a Research Economist (1974-75), University of California - Berkeley, Center for Research and Development on Higher Education.

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