The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.
Steve Hopkins is an experienced HR professional currently serving as the HRIS Manager at The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc., a role focused on empowering individuals with disabilities through sustainable employment opportunities. Prior to this position, Steve held various roles including Executive Recruiter at Employers Pro Advantage Inc., and Recruiter/Talent Broker at DTR Executive Solutions, where search processes for executive roles across diverse industries were conducted. Additional experience includes serving as an HR Business Partner/Manager at SafeWorks LLC, and HR Manager at Kaman Engineering Services, contributing to employee relations, talent acquisition, and organizational development. Steve's career also includes essential roles in establishing and managing HR functions, starting as an HR Manager at Outcome Concept Systems. Steve holds a BA in Advertising from Washington State University.
The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.
Established in 1918, The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit social enterprise. We empower people who are blind, DeafBlind, and blind with other disabilities by creating diverse, sustainable, and meaningful employment opportunities. We are a successful manufacturer of quality products for the Federal Government and assorted aerospace customers, that is committed to making jobs accessible to individuals who are blind, DeafBlind, or blind with other disabilities The Lighthouse currently employs over 470 individuals, more than 260 of whom are blind, DeafBlind, or blind with other disabilities, providing a wide range of programs and services for visually impaired employees and DeafBlind people in the larger community. These include vocational computer training programs for adults who are blind and one-on-one computer classes for people who are DeafBlind. In addition, we offer courses in braille, run our acclaimed DeafBlind Retreat, offer DeafBlind Community Classes, in addition to educating elementary school students about blindness.