Board Members

Dr. Allen Chase is a graduate of the Governor Morehead School for the Blind.  He pursued degrees in Education in college, and his doctoral dissertation focused on educational policy as it relates to schools for the blind.  Dr. Chase began working with students with visual impairments and other disabilities in 2005 on college transition and access through temporary state service and the nonprofit sector.  He has served as a teacher, school administrator, and adjunct faculty member in both North Carolina and Tennessee.  Dr. Chase has published papers in the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness.  He has served on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, and was the Chairperson of the North Carolina Conference on Visual Impairment and Blindness.  In 2008, Dr. Chase established a nonprofit organization for youth with visual impairments.  Currently, he is a Consultant for Visual Impairment and Co-Director of the NC DeafBlind Project at the NC Department of Public Instruction.  He is also a member of the Governor Morehead School Alumni Association, and runs the Envisioning Youth Empowerment Retreat, which is held at the Governor Morehead School each summer.