Jamie Gibson-Barrows is the Work Readiness Manager. After retiring from her previous job in 2015, she became a client at VCB and attended our classes.

During her career and journey with vision loss Jamie was like so many others she met at VCB, living with vision loss alone. That drove her to give back and help those who are on the journey with living without sight and to provide hope in what seemed hopeless before they walk into the doors of VCB. With her career background in customer service, sales, corporate office work, and management, she was offered a role as an Independent Living Skills Instructor at VCB. A few years later, she became our Employment Specialist, helping clients build employment skills, gain employment, and maintain employment. Jamie developed and grew our new Work Readiness Department, later becoming the Work Readiness Manager.

Jamie’s passion for educating and advocating for the Blind Community is evident outside of the office as she is the Vice President of the California Council of the Blind Fresno Chapter.

Interests: Jamie enjoys the outdoors, fishing, and camping.

Fun Fact: She participated in a 26-mile marathon with the Project Athena Foundation in 2018 Cove to Harbor San Diego.