Employee Milestones: Amanda Williams 10 years

Amanda Williams, Assistant Coordinator for Midvale TCC day program, came to TURN fresh out of high school—well, almost! Just barely meeting the age requirement for employment in her senior year, Amanda was no stranger to TURN when she was hired as a residential instructor in July 2000.

The daughter of Peggy Butler, Sandy Cottages Program Coordinator and 21-year TURN veteran, Amanda “practically grew up with TURN.”  Beginning in her second year of elementary school, Amanda enjoyed many opportunities to interact with individuals receiving services at Midvale Resource Center where her mother was employed. Seven years later, Amanda quite naturally became a member of TURN’s “residential family” when her mother’s work turned to group home management.

Amanda’s early involvement and mentoring of adult people with disabilities, along with skills she developed in high school peer-tutoring classes, and from working directly with children in “special education programs,” led her to a career with TURN.

After being employed as a Program Instructor at TURN’s Evergreen Apartment program for a year, Amanda transferred to Midvale TCC to work with the clients and friends she had known for more than twelve years. In May 2004, she was promoted to Assistant Coordinator of the program, a position at which she still excels today. Congratulations, Amanda, for ten years of exemplary service!