Rich Tulikangas, M.Ed.

Rich currently serves as Director of the Vermont Career Advancement Project, a statewide initiative through HireAbility designed to support youth and adults with disabilities to pursue career pathways and higher wage employment. He has been passionate about helping prepare young people for life beyond high school and been a leader of numerous programs and organizations in Vermont and nationally for over 30 years. He served as HireAbility’s Director of Linking Learning to Careers, founding Executive Director of Linking Learning to Life/Navicate, Work-Based Learning Director for the National Academy Foundation (now NAF), Consultant and Program Director in several capacities for the VT Agency of Education, and was loaned to the Governor’s Office to develop the state’s School-To-Work plan.