MEET THE STAFF
Maggie Koziol - Chief Executive Officer
Maggie Koziol joined CSAVR as Chief Executive Officer in January 2026. She brings more than 20 years of experience leading workforce, education, and disability-inclusive systems across government, consulting, and the nonprofit sector. Maggie has worked at the intersection of vocational rehabilitation, workforce policy, and systems reform at Deloitte, Alvarez & Marsal, USAID, and the World Bank, and most recently served as Executive Director of a community-based mental health provider in Washington, DC.
Throughout her career, Maggie has partnered with federal and state agencies, employers, and advocates to strengthen public systems, advance inclusive employment, and improve outcomes for people facing barriers to opportunity. As CEO, she is committed to championing the national VR system, supporting state agencies, and advancing CSAVR’s role as a trusted leader in policy, partnerships, and workforce innovation.
Ginger Gould - Director of Finance
Ginger Gould joined the staff team at CSAVR in April 2026 as the new Director of Finance, Administration and Human Resources. Ginger brings over 3 decades of hands on senior level experience with a variety of nonprofit organizations such as National Parks Conservation Association, the Pew Charitable Trusts, Hunt Alternatives, African Wildlife Foundation, and the International Association of Fire Chiefs to name a few. She has expertise with both large scale complex international organizations as well as organizations with a lean staff structure and focused programmatic purpose. Ginger has successfully implemented financial systems conversions and integrations, structured and negotiated world class benefits portfolios and managed finance, administrative and contract and procurement teams.
Ginger is looking forward to working with the staff and leadership of the organization to learn about the world of vocational rehabilitation, to bolster the foundation that currently exists to support the work and with Maggie to assess current systems and practices, achieve efficiencies and enhance the resources that will make CSAVR successful in the coming years.
A native of the Washington DC area, Ginger resides in Northern Virginia with her husband and Biscuit the family cat, and she has three grown daughters of whom she is exceptionally proud. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, gardening and inserting herself into the busy lives of her daughters.
Dr. Tonia D. Ferguson, Esq. - Director of Legislative Affairs
Dr. Tonia D. Ferguson, Esq. joined the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR) as Director of Legislative Affairs in 2022. A nationally respected policy leader and advocate, Dr. Ferguson brings more than a decade of advancing outcomes for individuals with disabilities and their families across federal, state, and community systems while having lived experience herself being diagnosed with anxiety disorder and having a son with Down Syndrome and Autism.
A former Joseph P. Kennedy Fellow, Dr. Ferguson has held senior leadership roles at the intersection of health, disability, and public policy, including serving as Chief of Staff at the Maryland Department of Health and as Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy for the Autism Society of America. Her work is grounded in system transformation, coalition-building, and strategic policy advocacy that drives meaningful, sustainable change at the local, state, and federal levels.
At CSAVR, Dr. Ferguson provides staff leadership and strategic support to the LEAD (Lead, Engage, Access, and Development) Professional Network, the Policy Committee, and the Transition and Youth Committee—advancing inclusive workforce policy and strengthening the vocational rehabilitation system nationwide.
In recognition of her lifelong commitment to service, Dr. Ferguson received the 2023 Joseph R. Biden Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest distinction of the President’s Volunteer Service Award, honoring individuals whose sustained service has made a profound impact on their communities. In 2025, she was further honored with the National Rehabilitation Association’s E.B. Whitten Award, recognizing exceptional leadership in dismantling environmental and legal barriers and combating discrimination against people with disabilities.
Dr. Ferguson earned her Honorary Doctorate in Christian and Business Leadership in late 2025. Her career reflects an unwavering dedication to justice, access, and opportunity—ensuring that disability policy is not only inclusive in principle, but transformative in practice.
Kathy West-Evans - Director of Business Relations
Kathy West-Evans, the CSAVR Director of Business Relations is from the State of Washington. She joined CSAVR in this role in August 2005 where she leads the National Employment Team (NET). She had the opportunity to work with disABLEDpersons on the development of the Talent Acquisition Portal (TAP) Kathy has her MPA from Seattle University, a Bachelor of Science from the University of Washington, and is a CRC who is fluent in American Sign Language. She has been in the field of vocational rehabilitation since 1978 working at the community, state, federal and national level during her 45+ year tenure.
Kathy started her professional career working as a vocational consultant and manager of the Projects with Industry (PWI) program at the Hearing, Speech, and Deafness Center in Seattle. She moved into the Washington State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) in 1983 as a VR counselor for customers who are deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing or late deafened. Kathy held several positions within DVR during her 14-year tenure with the state agency. In addition to her time as a VR Counselor, she worked as an Assistant Regional Administrator, a Regional Business Relations Specialist, and the Statewide Manager for Business Relations and Marketing. In 1997, Kathy moved to the federal level with the Region X Office of Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) where she worked until July 2005. Kathy was employed as an RSA VR Program Specialist, serving as the State representative to Oregon and Alaska as well as the regional specialist in the areas of employment and business relations, the ADA, training, CSPD, PWI, and services to individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing.
Kathy served on the planning committee for the RSA – CSAVR National Employment Conferences in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. Kathy is the past Chair and member of the Veterans Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation and a former Commissioner on the CRCC Board. She has written and co-authored articles on business development strategies and employer relations within VR agencies and had the opportunity to write draft language that is now in WIOA and the Rehab Act that expanded the work of VR with business. Kathy is frequently requested to speak and present on topics related to business relations and the employment of individuals with disabilities.