Staff

David V. Whalen
- Position Project Director
- Email dwhalen(at)niagara.edu
David Whalen founded Disability Awareness Training (DAT) in September 2004. He specializes in training law enforcement, emergency responders, human service providers, public, private, and school transportation, corporations and businesses, places of worship, and educators. The training is designed... Read more →
Dr. Timothy O. Ireland
- Position FRDAT Principal Investigator, Provost Niagara University
Dr. Ireland has been teaching at Niagara University in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice since 1996 and was the Chair of the Department from 2002-2012. During the 2012-2013 academic year he served as the Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences. He is currently the Dean... Read more →
Cary Newman, M.A.
- Position Program Manager
- Email carynewman(at)niagara.edu
- Phone 716-286-8139
- Office Location Timon Hall, Room 121
Cary has been employed as the Program Manager of the Niagara University’s FirstResponder Disability Awareness Training program since February of 2017. She isa graduate from both the Undergraduate and Masters in Developmental Disabilitiesprograms from Niagara University. Her other past... Read more →
Jack Bailey
- Position Outreach Program Coordinator
- Email bailey(at)niagara.edu