Kathy Sheppard-Jones earned her doctorate in Educational Psychology and a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Kentucky. She is a certified rehabilitation counselor. She led the development of Kentucky’s Return to Work model demonstration project, RETAIN Kentucky, which helped define many elements of TIP. Her interests include knowledge translation, leadership, universal design, technology, community education, and pre-service training. She is the Principal Investigator for this project and provides oversight across all TIP objectives.