NATIONAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY REUTILIZATION
February 23-24, 2010
Participant Contact Information
M. Nell Bailey
Executive Director, RESNA
1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1540
Arlington, VA 22209-1903
(703) 524-6686 Ext. 305
(703) 524-6630 Fax
nbailey@resna.org
Brian Bard
Management and Program Analyst
Rehabilitation Services Administration
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave., SW, PCP Room 5019
Washington, DC 20024
(202) 245-7345
(202) 245-7590 Fax
Brian.bard@ed.gov
Rhonda Basha
Dept. of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Office of Disability Policy and Outreach
701 South 12th Street
W-3-306M
Arlington, VA 20598
(571) 227-5038
Rhonda.basha@dhs.gov
Ylla Nikola-Lisa Bishop
Finance and Contract Manager
Association of University Centers on
Disabilities
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 920
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 588-8252
(301) 588-2842 Fax
ynikola-lisa@aucd.org
Chris Brand
President and CEO
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children
Too (FODAC)
4900 Lewis Road
Stone Mountain, GA 30083
(770) 491-9014
chrisbrand@fodac.org
Deborah Buck
Executive Director
Association of Assistive Technology Act
Programs P.O. Box 32
Delmar, NY 12054
(518) 439-1263
dvbuck@verizon.net
Jeremy Buzzell
Management and Program Analyst
Office of Policy and Planning
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-2800
(202) 245-7319
jeremy.buzzell@ed.gov
Kay Chiodo
Founder and CEO
Deaf Link, Inc.
4242 Medical Dr., Bldg. 2, Suite 2100
San Antonio, Texas 78229
(210) 590-7446 V/TTY
(210) 590-7203 Fax
KayChiodo@deaflink.com
Participant Contact Information
Patrick Cokley
Policy Advisor
Office of Disability Employment Policy
U.S. Dept. of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20210
(202) 693-7848
Cokley.Patrick@dol.gov
Kevin G. Curtin
Director, TARGET Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Room 1006, South Building
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 690-0443
Kevin.curtin@usda.gov
Rob Curtin
Acquisitions Analyst
Department of Defense
Computer/Electronic Accommodations
Program
5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810
Falls Church, VA 22041
(703) 998-0800 x37
Robert.Curtin.ctr@tma.osd.mil
Elizabeth Davis
EAD & Associates LLC
44 Court Street, Suite 812
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 330-0034 V/TTY
(718) 330-0039 Fax
edavis@eadassociates.com
Deb Fulmer
Emergency Management Advisor
Department of Homeland Security
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Washington, DC 20528
(202) 357-8329
Debbie.fulmer@dhs.gov
Amy Goldman
Director, Pennsylvania’s Initiative on AT
and Consultant to Pass It On Center
Temple University
1755 N. 13th Street, Suite 411
Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-3862
Amy.goldman@temple.edu
Amy Green
American Red Cross National
Headquarters
2025 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 303-7056
greenamy@usa.redcross.org
Rob Groenendaal
Management and Program Analyst
Rehabilitation Services Administration
U.S. Dept. of Education
550 12th Street, SW PCP, Room 5025
Washington, DC 20024
(202) 245-7393
Robert.groenendaal@ed.gov
George Heake
Emergency Management and Response
Coordinator, and Consultant to Pass It
On Center
Temple University, Institute on
Disabilities
1755 N. 13th Street, Suite 411
Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-7177
gheake@temple.edu
Rob Horvath
Program Analyst, DCHA/DG
U.S. Agency for International
Development
Ronald Reagan Building
Washington, DC 20523-6100
(202) 712-5239
rhorvath@usaid.gov
Mike Houston
National Deaf Liaison
Deaf Link, Inc.
500 N. 1604 East, Suite 100
San Antonio, TX 78232
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Participant Contact Information
(210) 590-7446
mikeh@deaflink.com
(225) 925-9500 V/TTY
(225) 925-9560 Fax
jkaram@latan.org
Marylyn Howe
Second Vice Chairperson
National Council on Disability
1331 F Street, NW, Suite 850
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 272-2004
(202) 272-2074 TTY
(202) 272-2022 Fax
Tracy Keninger
Program Director
Rural Solutions/AT Center
Easter Seals Iowa
401 NE 66th Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50313
(515) 309-2371
(515) 289-4069 TTY
(515) 289-1281 Fax
tkeninger@eastersealsia.org
Alicia Johns
Program Manager
AT Program for the District of Columbia
2201 I Street, NE, Suite 130
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 547-0198 Ext. 134
ajohns@uls-dc.org
June Isaacson Kailes
Disability Policy Consultant
Associate Director, Center for Disability
and Health Policy
Western University of Health Sciences
6201 Ocean Front Walk, Suite 2
Playa del Rey, CA 90293-7556
(310) 821-7080
(909) 469-5520 TTY
(310) 827-0269 Fax
jik@pacbell.net
Lindsey Bean Kampwerth
Consultant to Pass It On Center and
Occupational Therapist, Paraquad, Inc.
5240 Oakland Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 633-4744
lbean@paraquad.org
Jamie L. Karam
Program Director, Louisiana Assistive
Technology Access Network (LATAN)
3042 Old Forge Drive, Suite D
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Joy Kniskern
Director, Assistive Technology Services,
and Principal Investigator, Pass It On
Center
Georgia Dept. of Labor, Tools for Life
1700 Century Circle, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30345
(404) 638-0387
(404) 486-0217 Fax
(404) 382-3207 Pager
Joy.kniskern@dol.state.ga.us
Jeffrey Kopp, M.D.
Kidney Disease Section
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 10, Room 3N116
10 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20982-1268
(301) 594-3403
(301) 402-0014 Fax
jeffreyk@mail.nih.gov
David J. Lett
Regional Administrator
Administration for Children and Families
U. S. Department of Health and Human
Services
Region III – Philadelphia
150 S. Independence Mall West,
Suite 864
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3499
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Participant Contact Information
(215) 861-4000
David.lett@acf.hhs.gov
William Lynch
Trial Attorney
Disability Rights Section
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
1425 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
William.Lynch@usdoj.gov.
Faith T. McCormick
Acting Commissioner
Administration on Developmental
Disabilities
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human
Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 405-D
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 690-6590
(202) 205-8037 Fax
Faith.mccormick@acf.hhs.gov
Neil McDevitt
Program Director
Community Emergency Preparedness
Information Network (CEPIN), TDI
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 604
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3822
(267) 612-4365 Direct
(301) 589-3786 Office
(301) 589-3797 Fax
nmcdevitt@cepintdi.org
Bruce A. McFarlane, Sr.
Deputy Director
Emergency Preparedness Initiative
National Organization on Disability
888 16th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 293-5960
mcfarlaneb@nod.org
Nancy Meidenbauer
Project Director
National Assistive Technology Technical
Assistance Partnership
1700 N. Moore Street, Suite 1540
Rosslyn, VA 22209
(703) 524-6686 Ext. 304
nmeidenbauer@resna.org
Donna Meltzer
Chairperson
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
8301 Professional Place East
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 918-3764
dmeltzer@efa.org
Helena Mitchell, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Center for Advanced Communications
Policy Principal Investigator
Wireless RERC
Georgia Institute of Technology
500 10th Street, 3rd Floor. NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0620
404.385.4640
Helena@cacp.gatech.edu
Julie Nesbit
Executive Director, Louisiana Assistive
Technology Access Network (LATAN)
3042 Old Forge Road, Suite D
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
(225) 925-9500 V/TTY
(225) 925-9560 Fax
jnesbit@latan.org
Rik Opstelten
Project Associate
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Participant Contact Information
National Assistive Technology Technical
Assistance Partnership
1700 N. Moore Street, Suite 1540
Rosslyn, VA 22209
(703) 524-6686 Ext. 309
ropstelten@resna.org
Department of Homeland Security/FEMA
245 Murray Lane, SW
Building 410, Mail Stop #0800
Washington, DC 20528
(202) 212-1537
Marcie.roth@dhs.gov
Richard Petty
Program Director
Independent Living Research Utilization
TIRR – The Institute for Rehabilitation
and Research
2323 South Shepherd, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77019
(713) 520-0232 Ext. 122
Richard.petty@bcm.tmc.edu
Lynnae Ruttledge
Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services
Administration
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services
400 Maryland Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20202-7100
(202) 245-7391 (Secretary)
Caren.Johnson@ed.gov (Secretary)
Carolyn Phillips
Program Director
Pass It On Center
Georgia Dept. of Labor, Tools for Life
1700 Century Circle, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30345
(404) 638-0388
carolyn.phillips@mindspring.com
Patricia Redmon
Consultant to the Pass It On Center
Professional Resource Group LLC
P.O. Box 100
Griffin, Georgia 30224
(770) 228-4235
trish@passitoncenter.org
Anne Riordan
Project Specialist
Association of University Centers on
Disabilities
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 920
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 588-8252
(301) 588-2842 Fax
ariordan@aucd.org
Marcie Roth
Director, Office of Disability Integration
and Coordination
Sara Sack
Director
Assistive Technology for Kansans
Senior Research Professor
University of Kansas
2601 Gabriel Avenue
Parsons, KS 67357
(620) 421-8367
ssack@ku.edu
Delores Scott
Senior Staff Attorney
National Disability Rights Network
900 Second Street, NE, Suite 211
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 408-9514 Ext. 130
(202) 408-9521 TTY
(202) 408-9520 Fax
delores.scott@ndrn.org
Edward Tanzman
Co-Director, Center for Integrated
Emergency Preparedness
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Avenue, DIS-900
Argonne, IL 60439-4832
(630) 252-3263
(630) 252-5327 Fax
tanzman@anl.gov
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Participant Contact Information
Bryan F. Vaughan
Executive Director
Governor's Commission on Disabilities
4030 Esplanade Way, Suite 260M
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
(850) 487-3423
(850) 414-8908 fax
bryan.vaughan@dms.myflorida.com
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