Tom Hoatlin
Mr. Thomas Hoatlin is the Midwest Regional Coordinator for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation’s Peer and Family Support Program. He is responsible for identifying people who are thriving, and living with paralysis, their family members and caregivers, to become certified peer mentors. Hoatlin trains and certifies peer mentor candidates in the Midwest and throughout the country. Once certified he matches them with individuals who are struggling or have acquired new spinal cord injuries, to share their life experiences. Mr. Hoatlin also identifies potential partnering organizations that are interested in starting a peer mentor program or enhancing existing programs.
Mr. Hoatlin serves as the Spinal Cord Injury Support Program Manager in collaboration with the University of Michigan's Department of PM&R. As a peer, he manages a Mentoring Program that teaches an Independent Living curriculum with hospital rehabilitation staff. This program also matches people with spinal cord injuries that share real life experience, resources and emotional support with new patients and their families preparing to return to their communities. Mr. Hoatlin is also the Chair of the Spinal Cord Injury Advisory Board for the SCI Model System project and has worked in close collaboration with Co-PIs on grant research, various projects and community outreach for over a decade.
Tom was the Vice President and Director of Development at the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living in Ann Arbor, MI for twenty years. Certified in Fund Raising Management by Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy, he directed all fundraising, marketing, sales and public relations activities with an emphasis on benefactor cultivation and acquisition, campaign management, special event planning and social media - networking.
Hoatlin also serves as a consultant to business and industry on disability issues as they affect the accessibility of facilities and programs, legal compliance and an expertise on disability awareness and sensitivity training. As a longtime member of Toastmasters Int., he is a seasoned motivational, inspirational and keynote speaker.
Mr. Hoatlin serves as the Spinal Cord Injury Support Program Manager in collaboration with the University of Michigan's Department of PM&R. As a peer, he manages a Mentoring Program that teaches an Independent Living curriculum with hospital rehabilitation staff. This program also matches people with spinal cord injuries that share real life experience, resources and emotional support with new patients and their families preparing to return to their communities. Mr. Hoatlin is also the Chair of the Spinal Cord Injury Advisory Board for the SCI Model System project and has worked in close collaboration with Co-PIs on grant research, various projects and community outreach for over a decade.
Tom was the Vice President and Director of Development at the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living in Ann Arbor, MI for twenty years. Certified in Fund Raising Management by Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy, he directed all fundraising, marketing, sales and public relations activities with an emphasis on benefactor cultivation and acquisition, campaign management, special event planning and social media - networking.
Hoatlin also serves as a consultant to business and industry on disability issues as they affect the accessibility of facilities and programs, legal compliance and an expertise on disability awareness and sensitivity training. As a longtime member of Toastmasters Int., he is a seasoned motivational, inspirational and keynote speaker.