Scott Rains

Current

• Conference Coordinator at Inter-American Institute on Disability and Inclusive Development
• Owner at The Rolling Rains Report
• Vacation & Disability Specialist at Ticket to Travel

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Past

• Director of Programs & Services at SeniorNet
• Manager Computer-Assisted Education at Eden Housing, Inc.

Education

• Graduate Theological Foundation
• Seattle University
• University of Washington

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Portfolio

Scott Rains’s Summary

My passion is "social change with an IT toolkit." My professional experience spans two domains:

- Management in non-profits and higher education
- Consulting in travel and disability

Non-Profit & Education Management

Following years of direct service in the non-profit field I directed a co-curricular program on social justice education at Santa Clara University, directed University Ministry at Benedictine University, managed Computer-Assisted Education for Eden Housing, and directed Programs & Services for SeniorNet. I am a Fellow of the Zero Divide Foundation, the Graduate Theological Foundation, and have been nominated as candidate for the Ashoka Fellowship.

My work as an educator has involved elementary students to seniors - usually with innovative pilot programs designed to test a concept, model, or scalablity.


Travel & Disability

I publish daily news notes and commentary in the Rolling Rains Report on Universal Design, Travel & Disability at http://www.RollingRains.com

Presentations I have given since 2005 include at the Rhode Island School of Design and as conference keynoter in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan.

Academic work includes guest editing the Travel & Disability issue of the journal Review of Disability Studies and contributions to the journals such as Disability Studies, Design for All India. Study of Current Rehabilitation (Japan).

Scott Rains’s Specialties:

non-profit management, fundraising, and program design, technology education for underserved populations

research, speaking, and writing on the adoption of Universal Design by the worldwide travel & hospitality industry.

Scott Rains’s Experience

• Conference Coordinator

  Inter-American Institute on Disability and Inclusive Development

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  The Inter-American Institute on Disability and Inclusive Development is engaged in a sustainable development project in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. The May 4-6, 2008 event in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil is a launch for the project involving travel industry professionals, government representatives, scholars, and vendors.

• Owner

  The Rolling Rains Report

  (Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  2003 — Present (5 years)

  The Rolling Rains Report is a daily publication on travel, disability, and Universal Design for travelers and the travel & hospitality industry at http://www.RollingRains.com

• Vacation & Disability Specialist

  Ticket to Travel

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  November 2003 — Present (5 years)

  Travel agent and resource developer providing services to clients and other travel agents regarding the unique needs of travelers with disabilities.

• Director of Programs & Services

  SeniorNet

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

  2004 — 2007 (3 years)

  SeniorNet is a network of 200 community-based technology centers (CTCs) and an online community at http://www.seniornet.org. Through a volunteer network of 5,000 seniors it delivers proprietary curriculum, optimized for the learning styles of older adults, on the use of technology.

• Manager Computer-Assisted Education

  Eden Housing, Inc.

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  November 1998 — November 2005 (7 years 1 month)

  Responsible for developing and managing technology education programs and services for residents of northern California's largest non-profit developer of affordable housing.

Scott Rains’s Education

• Graduate Theological Foundation

  D. Min., Pastoral Ministry, 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  Published doctoral work:
  
  Rains, S.P. (1998), The Rule of St. Benedict: Primary and Secondary Sources. The Liturgical Press. (ISBN 0-8146-2462-6) (http://www.catalog.litpress.org/excerpt.cfm?ID=1541)

• Seattle University

  M.A., Pastoral Ministry, 1991

• University of Washington

  B.A., Linguistics, 1977

  Activities and Societies:

  Co-founder of the first Disabled Students Association, Director of the Archtectural Barriers Removal Project

Additional Information

Scott Rains’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Portfolio

Scott Rains’s Groups:

Community Technology Foundation of California, Zero Divide Fellowship
eTur - Brasil, Vibe Agent

•    TechSoup NetSquared

Scott Rains’s Honors:

High Achievement Award, National Science and Technology Education Partnership, for mentoring young IT students in TechXplore 2004

Nominated for American Association of People With Disabilites Paul A. Hearne Emerging Leaders Award, 2004

Nominated for the Henry B. Betts Award, 2004

Visting Journalist Programme Tasmania, guest of Tourism Tasmania, 2004

E-bility.com Article of the Month, January 2004, Travelling With a Disability
http://e-bility.com/articles/accessible_travels.shtml

Listed by invitation in Interfaith Directory of Religious Leaders with Disabilities,
National Organization on Disability

Employee of the Month Award, Eden Housing

President’s Award for Excellence, Benedictine University

Commendation for Commitment to Principles of Cultural Diversity, Santa Clara University

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