Attendees
- Ruth Brannon, Acting Director, DoED/NIDRR
- Phil Beatty, PhD, Associate Director, DoED/NIDRR
- Dawn Carlson, PhD, DoED/NIDRR
- Rebecca Cokley, DoED/OSERS
- Jennifer Sheehy, Director, OPP, DoED/OSERS
- Patty Guard, Deputy Director, DoED/OSEP
- Judy Shanley, PhD, DoED/OSEP
- Greg Henschel, DoED/OVAE
- David Bergeron, Deputy Assistant Secretary, DoED/OPE
- Jessica Finkel, OPE
- Sharon Lewis, Senior Disability Policy Advisor to Congressman George Miller
- Stephanie Smith Lee, Senior Policy Advisor, NDSS National Policy Center, National Down Syndrome Society
- George S. Jesien, PhD, Executive Director, Association of University Centers on Disabilities
- Connie Garner, PhD, Senior Policy Advisor to the late Senator Edward Kennedy
- Michael Behrmann, EdD, Director, Helen Kellar Institute, George Mason University
- Heidi Graff, PhD, Director, LIFE Program, George Mason University
- Jane West, PhD, Senior Vice President, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Meg Grigal, PhD, Senior Research Associate, TransCen Inc.
- Donna Martinez, EdD, Director, HEATH Resource Center, George Washington University
- Joanna Pierson, PhD, President, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Doreen Croser, Executive Director, American Association for Developmental Disabilities
- Madeline Will, Director, Policy Center, National Down Syndrome Society
- Jennifer G. Johnson, Ed.D., Administration on Developmental Disabilities
- Faith McCormick, Acting Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Department of Health and Human Services
- Pat Morrissey
- Debra Hart, Center for Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion
- William Kiernan, PhD, Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion
- Brenda Goral, Sr.VP, Client & Customer Care, Opportunity Partners
- Charlie Lakin, PhD, Director, RRTC on Community Integration for Persons with ID/DD, Univ. of Minnesota Institute of Community Integration
- Michael Wehmeyer, PhD, Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, University of Kansas
- Jo Hendrickson, PhD, Director, R.E.A.C.H, University of Iowa
- Elise McMillan, JD, Co-Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Vanderbuilt University
- Olivia Raynor, PhD, Director, Tarjan Center, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
- Allen LeBlanc, PhD, Professor, San Francisco State University
- Chrystina Dolyniuk, PhD, Rider University
- Colleen Thoma, PhD, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Dedra Hafner, Innovations Now, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
- Sharon Sanders, PhD, Program Manager, Clemson Univ. Life Program
- Kristine Webb, PhD, Director, Disability Resource Center, University of North Florida
- Peter Flexer, PhD, Director, Center for Innovation in Transition and Employment, Kent State University
- Dianne Zager, PhD, Director, Center for Teaching and Research in Autism, Pace University
- Wendy S. Harbour, Ed.D., Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education, Syracuse University
- Mike Shuttic, Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD)
- Molly Boyle, M.A., Project Coordinator, Scituate, MA
- Rebecca Daley, M.S., Department Adjunct Professor, The College of New Jersey
- Lisa Derx, Vice President, Best Buddies International
- Wendy S. Harbour, Ed.D., Executive Director, Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education
- Jo Hendrickson, Ph.D., REACH Director & Professor, The University of Iowa
- Margo Vreeburg Izzo, Ph.D., Associate Director, Ohio State University Nisonger Center
- David R. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Institute on Community Integration
- Teri Linder, Learning Support Teacher, State College Area School District
- Cindi May, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, College of Charleston
- Julie McConaha, Assistant Director of Client Training and Development, Opportunity Partners, Inc.
- Elise McMillan, J.D., Co-Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy UCEDD
- David H. Miller, J.D., Co-Founder/Board Member (NVCC), Community College Consortium on Autism and Intellectual Disabilities
- Courtney Moffatt, Ph.D., Professor, Integration Coordinator, Cutting Edge, Edgewood College
- Susan Onaitis, Ph.D., Counseling Specialist/Program Coordinator, Mercer County Community College (NJ) DREAM Program
- Laverdia Roach, M.S., Acting Executive Director, The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
- Jeff Ross, M.A., Director of Student Support Services, Taft College
- Sharon Salter, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Special Education, State College Areas School District
- Michael Shuttic, M.A., Coordinator, Student Disability Services/Director, ADA Compliance, Oklahoma State University (current AHEAD President)
- Charlotte Temple, Advocacy Director and Principal, The Arc Jacksonville Academy OCT at UNF
- Bill Therrien, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education and REACH Program Evaluation Consultant, University of Iowa
- Cate Weir, M.Ed., Project Coordinator, Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts — Boston
- Leslie Caplan, Ph.D., Rehabilitation Program Specialist, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education
- Shelley Jackson, J.D., Supervisory Attorney, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
- Suad Jama, M.S.W., Program Specialist, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Laurel Nishi, Program Specialist, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education
- Marlene Simon-Burroughs, Ph.D., Associate Division Director, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
- Chris Van Orden, M.S., Budget Analyst, U.S. Department of Education
- Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker, Judy Woodruff, Co-Anchor, The News Hour, PBS