New board chief at TBICO - Westfair Communications

Kristine Foss, managing director of Disability Solutions@Ability Beyond, has been named board chief of TBICO in Danbury, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help people help themselves through education, job training and financial literacy.

Foss leads the Disability Solutions team at Ability Beyond focusing on new business development and connecting corporate clients”™ business goals with a strategic approach. The team works nationally and globally with Fortune 500 clients, including PepsiCo, Synchrony Financial, American Express and Aramark.

Foss serves on several voluntary boards, including past vice president for the National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals and the Elsevier College of Direct Support Advisory Board.

Founded in 1993, TBICO is celebrating its 25th year and continues to offer a free curriculum of business, financial and interpersonal workshops. In addition, it arranges one-on-one consultations with volunteer HR executives, conducts mock interviews and has a job-search team. Its slogan is “better skills, better jobs, better lives.”