20230304-1 Presidents’ Meeting - Day One
Originally Broadcasted in English on ACB Media 6, and in Spanish on ACB Media 7
Connection Show #1
o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI
o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI
Opening Remarks
o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL
o Eric Bridges, ACB Executive Director, Alexandria, VA
Introducing the New ACB Board Members Elected In 2021 And 2022
o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL
o Meet Chris Bell ACB Board of Director and Retired Attorney, Pittsboro, NC
Multicultural Affairs Committee Presentation: Disability Rights and Civil Rights Are Human Rights – Understanding the Synergies in the Battle for Human Rights
o Kim Forde-Mazrui, Mortimer M. Caplin Professor of Law Director, Center for the Study of Race and Law, University of Virginia
o Cheryl Cumings, MCAC Chair, Seattle, WA
Introducing the New ACB Board Members Elected In 2021 And 2022
o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL
o Meet Kenneth Semien Sr - ACB Board of Director Elected In 2021, Retired AT&T Manager, Beaumont, TX
Connection Show #2
o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI
o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI
The Fine Art of Delegation: Presented by the Berl Colley Leadership Training Committee
o Facilitator:
Matt Selm, President, Kentucky Council of the Blind, Louisville KY
Doug Powell, President, American Council of the Blind of Virginia, Falls Church, VA
o Panelists:
Julie Brannon, President, Washington Council of the Blind, Puyallup, WA
Earlene Hughes, President, Blind Information Technology Specialists, West Lafayette, IN.
Introducing the New ACB Board Members Elected In 2021 And 2022
o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL
o Meet Koni Sims - ACB Board of Director Elected In 2021, Medical Massage Practitioner, Sioux Falls, SD
Connection Show #3
o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI
o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI
Sponsor Presentations
o Eric Bridges, ACB Executive Director, Arlington, VA
Keynote Speaker
o Sharon Giovinazzo, CEO, San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Francisco, CA
ACB 2022 “A Year to Remember” Highlight Video
DKM First-Timers Program and Leadership Fellows Awards for 2023
o Kenneth Semien Sr., DKM Fund Committee Chair, Beaumont, TX
o Zelda Gebhard, DKM Fund Committee Vice Chair, Edgeley, ND; And Amanda Selm, DKM Fund Committee, Louisville, KY
Updates from the ACB Board of Publications (BOP)
o Katie Frederick, ACB Board of Publications Chair, Columbus, OH
o Penny Reeder, ACB Board of Publications member, Montgomery Village, MD
o Cachet Wells, ACB Board of Publications member, Jacksonville, FL
What’s New with the ACB Community
o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI
o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI
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