Guest Speakers
The guest speakers of ADA Live! (WADA) share their knowledge, experience and successful strategies that increase the participation of persons with disabilities in communities and businesses.
4 Wheel City - Ricardo Velasquez & Namel Norris
4 Wheel City
Geoffrey Ames
Meeting the Challenge, Inc.
Jean Andersen
Alison Barkoff
Center for Public Representation
Stephanie Berger and Savannah Weston
Disability Rights Section (DRS) of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice
Peter Blanck
Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University
Walter Boot
Florida State University
William Botten
U.S. Access Board
Lori Breece
United Disabilities Services (UDS) Service Dogs Training Program
Lydia X.Z. Brown
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
Melanie Jane Bull
Tennessee Disability Coalition
Lisa Byrd
Joe Caldwell
National Council on Aging
Neil Charness
Florida State University
Tony Coelho
American politician
Sara Czaja
Weill Cornell Medicine
Curt Decker
National Disability Rights Network
Jim de Jong
Great Plains ADA Center
Donna DeStefano
Tennessee Disability Coalition
Jim Dickson
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) Voting Rights Committee
Christy Gilliland Dunaway
Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE)
Jonathan Ellis
Sutton Advocate Consulting Services
Diana Foote
Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University
Carol Francisco
Tennessee Disability Coalition
Leslie Fried
Center for Benefits Access at the National Council on Aging (NCOA)
Lex Frieden
The University of Texas Health Science Center & Baylor College of Medicine
Georgia Fruechtenicht
Parent to Parent of Georgia
Ambassador Luis Gallegos
United Nations in New York
Corinne Gilliam
Vanderbilt University
Kathy Gips
New England ADA Center
Meg Grigal
Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston
Yessica Guardiola-Marrero.
Centro de la ADA del Noreste
Karen Hamilton
Community Enterprises
Tom Harkin
Harkin Institute at Drake University
Paul Harpur
the University of Queensland & the Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University.
Judy Heumann
One of the greatest champions of disability rights
Eve Hill
Brown Goldstein & Levy
Cheri Hofmann
Southeast ADA Center
Bobbie Holsclaw
Jefferson County Kentucky Board of Elections
Nancy Horton
Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, a member of the ADA National Network & TransCen Inc.
Jack Humburg
Boley Centers, Inc.
Elizabeth Jennings
LEAD Center
Darren Jernigan
Tennessee Disability Coalition
Mark Johnson
Shepherd Center and The ADA Legacy Project
Blake Jones
University of Kentucky College of Social Work
Paul Jones
National AgrAbility Project, Purdue University
Diana Katovitch
Taishoff Center on Inclusive Higher Education at Syracuse University
Krista Kennedy
Syracuse University
Daniel Kessler
Disability Rights & Resources, AL
Robbie Kopp
Able South Carolina
Stephen Kuusisto
Syracuse University
Anna Lawson
University of Leeds
Jennifer Levin
Disability Law Colorado
Eric Lipp
Open Doors Organization
Larry Logue
Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University
Doreen Marshall
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
Jonathan Martinis
Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University
Steve Mayers
Hartsfield Jackson International Airport
Steven Mendelsohn
Attorney, Advocate, and Author
Elizabeth (Beth) Milito
National Federation of Independent Business
Mary Morder
Southeast ADA Center
Michael Morris
National Disability Institute
Daniel Newman
Lesley University
Nick Nyberg
Alabama Department of Senior Services
Celestia Ohrazda
Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University
Debbie Plotnick
Mental Health America
Amy Rauworth
National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD)
Mark Riccobono
National Federation of the Blind
Michael Richardson
Northwest ADA Center
John Robinson
Our Ability, Inc.
Howard Rosenblum
National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
Michael Rotella
Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC)
Kathryn Rucker
Center for Public Representation
Julia Sain
Disability Rights & Resources
Rebecca Salon
LEAD Center
Kelly Scaggs
Fellowship Hall
Mark Schultz
Rehabilitation Services Administration
Marsha Schwanke
Southeast ADA Center
Marilyn Self
American Red Cross - Georgia Region
Bruce Sexton
Syracuse University
Ridhi Shetty
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
Paul Simmons
Rocky Mountain ADA Center
Graham Sisson
Governor's Office On Disability (GOOD), AL
Cynthia Smith
Southeast ADA Center
Kristina Smith
United Disabilities Services (UDS) Service Dogs Training Program
Jenny Stonemeier
Association of People Supporting Employment First: APSE
Wendy Strobel Gower
Northeast ADA Center – Cornell University
Judy Toth
Dollywood Company
Carolyn Walker
Morehouse College
Hilary Weaver
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Professor, University at Buffalo School of Social Work
Liz Weintraub
Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
Sally Z. Weiss
Southeast ADA Center
Katie Wolf Whaley
University of Kentucky – Human Development Institute
Barry Whaley
Southeast ADA Center
Diane R. Wiener
Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University
Rebecca Williams
Southeast ADA Center
Pamela Williamson
Southeast ADA Center
Allison Wohl
Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)
Phyllis Wolfram
Council for Administrators of Special Education
Christine Woodell
Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE) of Mississippi