Dottie Chambless is one of two Administrative Assistants for NPI. She has been with the company for over a year, however, she has been associated with the company for over five years. She enjoyed going to all the events with her husband, Larry, who is a manager for one of NPI’s programs. She now enjoys all the events as part of the NPI team.

She stays busy each day in the office with various job duties. Dottie tries to help each department with any task that might need extra attention. Along with her every day duties, Dottie keeps up with NPI’s program’s needs as much as possible. She loves helping each program by keeping their request of supplies filled and helping them with the "little" problems they may have. Her favorite part of her job is working with new hires. Dottie works with them getting all the new hire paperwork explained and completed before they start their video training. The "teacher" in Dottie comes out as she tries to help each new hire with testing. It is very important that the new hires get the basic training right in order to prepare them for the training in the program.

Dottie also is the editor of the NPI Newsletter. She loves fitting stories in about clients that accomplish amazing things. She also loves putting the newsletter together with little quotes of inspiration and writing little tidbits of news about the people in the pictures.

Working for NPI is a part of Dottie’s heart that smiles. She rises to any challenge and gives everything she has in her to complete any task. Her heart smiles when clients come in the office and she gets to sit and visit with them. It’s at that time she reaps the rewards of her job. Other rewarding times of her job are when she helps at Endless Adventures and Fishing Has No Boundaries. She says that the fun part is working with a group of people that know how to be professional yet can let their hair down and laugh.

Dottie moved to Wisconsin from Texas where she and her husband of 38 years raised her three wonderful daughters. Teaching Sunday School was a blessing and building Children’s Church in their community church was also a reward that gave over and over as she watched the children grow into adults. Special Olympics became a very special part of Dottie’s life. Her family and she helped coach various sports for the Special Olympics. She also volunteered through REACH in Texas by helping plan different events for special needs persons of all ages. A group home housed by young and older men became an extended family to Dottie and will also be a positive memory for her.

If you ever walk into the NPI office, you will be greeted with a Southern smile and a "ya’ll have a nice day" when you leave! NPI has become the extended family that fits like a glove on this southern lady’s hand. Dottie knows her family, Harley, and Otis are her blessings and her work is her passion.