DISABILITY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
AUGUST 2022
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2022 Inclusion Awards Recognizes
Leaders in Disability Inclusion
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The 2022 Disability:IN® Inclusion Award winners are recognized as visionary brands and individuals that are advancing disability inclusion. Disability:IN recognized these award winners during the 2022 Disability:IN Annual Conference & Expo with a video reveal. All Inclusion Award videos can be accessed via Disability:IN’s YouTube playlist.
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Affiliate of the Year
The Affiliate of the Year honors a Disability:IN Affiliate that has demonstrated exemplary efforts in promoting the vision, mission and spirit of Disability:IN. This Affiliate helps their territory understand, utilize, and benefit from the valuable resources that people with disabilities present in the workplace, supply chain and marketplace.
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Top Corporation for Disability-Owned Businesses
Accenture
The Top Corporation for Disability-Owned Business recognizes a corporation that has demonstrated outstanding inclusion of Disability:IN certified disability-owned businesses (including businesses owned by service-disabled veterans), and demonstrated commitment to disability business inclusion in their supply chain processes and corporate supplier diversity programs.
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John D. Kemp Leadership Award
Rodney O. Martin, Jr., Chairman and CEO
Voya Financial
The John D. Kemp Inclusion Award recognizes an individual who has developed or influenced the development of significant company disability employment programs and/or services that resulted in measurable, tangible and positive outcomes that dramatically improved disability employment opportunities.
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ERG/BRG of the Year
DAWN: Bristol Myers Squibb
The Employee/Business Resource Group of the Year recognizes a corporate employee resource group (ERG) or business resource group (BRG) as having exemplary programming and practices for its employee group that provides business value to the company and professional growth for its members!
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NextGen Alum of the Year
Meenakshi Das, Microsoft
The NextGen Alum of the Year recognizes an alumnus who has gone above and beyond after participating in Disability:IN’s NextGen Leader Initiatives. This alumnus has not only demonstrated corporate leadership, but has also paid it forward for future NextGen Leaders.
Meenakshi ‘Meena’ Das is a software engineer at Microsoft. Through her writing and speaking engagements, she has shared her accessibility expertise with several individuals and organizations on making software accessible to users with disabilities. She is the founder of ‘Working with Disabilities’ support group for working professionals with disabilities which has over 2500+ members on social media. For her tech inclusion work, she was inducted into the National Susan M. Daniels National Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the Accessibility Leadership Committee and NextGen council at Disability:IN, and has been quoted by Forbes, CNET, Salon and ABC News for her views on disability inclusion in tech. You can follow Meena on LinkedIn and Instagram.
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Supplier of the Year
TDG Scientific
The Supplier of the Year recognizes a certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprises- DOBE®s, Veteran-Disability Owned Business Enterprises (V-DOBEs™) or a Service-Disabled Veteran Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (SDV-DOBEs™) supplier that has provided excellent service and serves as a role model for disability business inclusion in the supply chain.
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Marketplace Innovator of the Year –
Customer Service/Experience Design
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
The Marketplace Innovator of the Year recognizes an innovative product(s) that is inclusively designed, to be used for people of all abilities. This category specifically relates to the processes, services or experiences that enhance an inclusive and satisfying customer experience for individuals with disabilities.
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Marketplace Innovator of the Year –
Product Design
Mastercard
The Marketplace Innovator of the Year, Product Category recognizes an innovative product(s) that is inclusively designed, to be used by people of all abilities. This category hinges on great product design which is marketed broadly to the general public and intentionally employs universal design principles.
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ERG/BRG Executive Sponsor of the Year
Lisa Bickel and Joshua Pascoe, Honeywell
The ERG/BRG Executive Sponsor of the Year Award recognizes an Executive Sponsor of a company’s disability ERG/BRG who has had a measurable impact on disability inclusion at the company and champions disability inclusion across the enterprise."
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Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year
Mary Brougher
The Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year recognizes a procurement champion who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to the utilization and growth of disability-owned businesses and also provided exceptional support for certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprises- DOBE®s, Veteran-Disability Owned Business Enterprises (V-DOBEs™) and Service-Disabled Veteran Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (SDV-DOBEs™).
This year, Disability:IN is renaming the Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year award to the Mary Brougher Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year Award to commemorate the late disability rights leader. Mary was a leading advocate for employment for youth and adults with disabilities and mental health advocacy.
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Disability 101 E-Learning Now Available!
Free to Paid DC Metro Members
Purchase Options Available
C5’s Disability Inclusion IQ "Disability 101" module includes:
- Appropriate language: Terminology, Person-First, Identity-First, Neurodivergent
- Disability etiquette: Appropriate Interactions
- Accessible, short, self-paced, and cloud-based.
- Annual license
- Unlimited virtual seats per organization each year.
- Tracking and reporting capabilities for the organization.
- Designed for the entire workforce.
- May be taken in any order at any time and repeated as often as desired.
Within the Module:
- Transcript and Voice Over
- Short Quiz
- Resources
- Glossary of Terms
Additional Modules will be available soon!
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Wealth of Webinars
Check out our 2022 offerings by signing up at
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Supplier Diversity is Inclusion!
Join us to learn how you can increase your supplier diversity. Connect with certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (DOBE®s)!
Procurement Professionals
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Disability-owned Businesses Invited!
September 22, 2022
Agenda
12:30 – 12:35 pm Welcome from Disability:IN DC Metro
12:35 – 12:45 pm The Benefits of Doing Business with Certified DOBE®s–Philip DeVliegher, Disability:IN, Vice President of Supplier Diversity
12:45 – 1:30 pm Meet Disability:IN Certified DOBE®s from Chicagoland, DC Metro, MN and WI
1:30 – 1:50 pm Breakout Q&A Time with Certified DOBE®s
1:50 – 2:00 pm Wrap Up
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Postponed to September
Date Pending
HYBRID Event
Returning to The Office Post COVID 19
3:30pm - 5:30pm
New Registration Opening Soon
Deloitte’s People with Disabilities and Allies (PwD&A) Community will co-host an event with Disability:IN DC Metro. The event will be focused on corporate strategy for return to office post-COVID and considerations for people with disabilities.
AGENDA
Welcome: The Hon. Katherine McCary
Keynote: Shawn Morris, Deloitte GPS COO
Focus Topics:
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Topic 1-Future of Work: Jacqui Winters
- Topic 2- Proximity Bias: Karen Weisz
Industry Panel:
- Emily Yee, Deloitte (Moderator)
- Jacqui Winters, Deloitte
- Erica Brody, Google
- Tashi Carper, Leidos
- John Annand, Marriott International
Contributor:
Q&A & Closing Remarks
It will be a hybrid event with an in-person footprint in Deloitte’s Rosslyn, Virginia office and an online footprint through Zoom.
Address: 1919 N Lynn St Suite 1500, Arlington, VA 22209
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REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON |
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OCTOBER
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Language Matters: The Importance of Disability Inclusion
Fireside Chat: Lori Golden, EY
Katherine McCary, C5
Kia Silver-Hodge, Enterprise
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NOVEMBER
Value of Veterans
The Value of Disability-Focused ERGs
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DECEMBER
Addressing the Stigma of Mental Health Conditions
Understanding Non-Apparent Disabilities
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Thank you to all our WOW HOST MEMBERS! |
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IN THE NEWS - ARTICLES OF INTEREST |
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Summer Internship Program Update
BroadFutures Summer 2022 program has been in full swing with our interns successfully completing 6 weeks of their internships. They are geared up to finish their final week! During Friday Training, interns have been returning to our office to engage in curriculum on leadership, self-advocacy, accepting and responding to feedback, and hearing from awesome guest speakers such as GettingHired, a platform that connects diverse talent pools to employers who are committed to inclusion. We are incredibly proud of our interns as we continue to receive positive employer feedback and hear about their incredible learning experiences. Check out this video that features a reflection on Anthony's favorite part of being in the BroadFutures program so far.
Hear more BroadFutures Intern Stories
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Hear more BroadFutures Employer Partners |
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General Dynamics Mission Systems Pilot Program
BroadFutures Pilot with General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) that was announced earlier this year is in full swing this summer. Our partnerships span the county with four different offices in Arizona, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. BroadFutures model has provided our young people with the incredible opportunity to be a part of GDMS's important work. BroadFutures team has been working closely with both GDMS supervisors and our interns to foster a productive and accessible work experience for all. We have provided support for the application and interview process as well as comprehensive neurodiversity training and support for GDMS staff. This focused approach has allowed us to provide strategies to better support our interns' success as well as the growing capacity of our GDMS partners! We are excited and grateful for this inspired partnership.
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Post-pandemic hiring. Some things are the same - some things have changed
By Karen Michael
Karen will be presenting at Deloitte's September event "Future of Work: Returning to the Office Post COVID-19."
- Post job openings and conduct an objective recruitment.
- Publish the salary range. AGAIN.... publish....the...salary...range!
- Review the qualifications - Do you really need that MBA? really?
- Be intentional, but don’t draw out the process. Let's move it along!
- Make the process easy and personalized.
- Conduct background checks.
- Make and communicate selection decisions. A/k/a stop ghosting
- Pay fairly. a/k/a -this isn't your chance to get a good deal!
Finally- managers - you own your own recruitment. Don't blame HR for your failure to get good candidates.
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Why elevating leaders with disabilities is so crucial to ...
Only 4% of businesses are focused on expanding their offerings to include disabled people. That has to change, this activist says as Disability Pride month gets underway.
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www.fastcompany.com
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Extended Reality & Mental Health Support
Did you know that your employees may already use extended reality (XR) tools for mental health support? Virtual, augmented and mixed reality (collectively known as XR) tools have many applications. Popular examples range from gaming to helping...
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www.peatworks.org
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Long COVID Reports have just been released
We hope that these reports serve as a catalyst to advance our nation’s understanding of Long COVID and its associated conditions, promote high-quality care for patients, and help individuals access supportive services.
Read more
www.covid.gov
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Podcast: Neurodiversity & Intersectionality: A...
Wesley Faulkner, Head of Community at SingleStore, shares how being a person of color and having ADHD & dyslexia impacted disclosing his disability at work. He also reveals his vision for the inclusive workplace of the future. Transcript Intro:...
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www.peatworks.org
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Case Study - Lessons Learned: Accommodating and...
Dianna Ivey is a teacher at Manchester, VT's Elementary Middle School, which has 385 students in pre-kindergarten through 8 th grade. She has been teaching for 20 years and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) 14 years ago. Since then, the...
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askearn.org
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Who Can Provide Medical Documentation for ADA Purposes?
From the desks of Tracie DeFreitas, M.S., Principal Consultant - ADA Specialist and Lisa Mathess, M.A., SHRM-CP, Lead Consultant - Motor Team When an employee with a disability requests an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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askjan.org
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Here We Go Again: Considerations for Employers in...
As the world continues to struggle with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, another infectious disease is raising alarm bells on the global stage. On 23 July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a "public health emergency of...
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www.klgates.com
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SVA are proud to partner with The Mission Continues, a national organization dedicated to connecting veterans through community service. Applications are now open for their fifth cohort of the Women Veterans Leadership Program (WVLP). This five-month program – the only one of its kind – changes the narrative on what it means to be a woman veteran by leveraging their leadership skills and authentic selves to become change-makers, all while enhancing their personal and professional networks.
Women engage in meaningful coursework designed to build the necessary skills to combat challenges all women face in their rise to leadership, as well as those challenges research shows us are unique to women veterans. Additionally, WVLP program members will have opportunities to engage a nationwide network of women leaders and The Mission Continues staff throughout the program and beyond.
Thanks to generous funders, like Raytheon Technologies, all costs associated with travel, lodging and most meals are covered by The Mission Continues. Are you a woman veteran or know one who could benefit from this program? Visit their website to learn more, apply now and join us in building a movement so we can pursue equal opportunities for all women in leadership attainment.
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It's Now Time to Register for the
2023 Disability Equality Index
The Disability Equality Index (DEI) is the most comprehensive benchmarking tool helping companies build a roadmap of measurable, tangible actions towards disability inclusion and equality.
Understanding the DEI
Minimum # of employees: 500
Scores: Based on weighted questions
Breadth: Measures across 6 categories and takes approximately 40+ hours to complete
Company Reach: Only U.S. employees
Cost: No cost for Disability:IN Corporate Partners; $600 administrative fee for non-partners
Registration Deadline: January 27, 2023
Submission Deadline: April 7, 2023
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DoJ & DHHS Issue Guidance on Nondiscrimination in Telehealth
U.S. DoJ and DHHS released a guidance document on how various federal nondiscrimination laws can help to ensure that services provided via telehealth are accessible to people with disabilities...
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www.ada.gov
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Events In The DC Metro Area and Beyond |
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nTIDE COVID-19 Updates
AUGUST 5, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (ET) | Online | Free
Join us Friday for the monthly webinar detailing findings of the latest Jobs Report release and announcements from the disability employment field with a special presentation from guest presenters Meg O'Connell from Global Disability Inclusion and Wendi Safstrom from the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation.
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Professor of Economics / Research Director
Institute on Disability & Paul College of Business and Economics
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Director of Policy Innovation
Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD)
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Director of Employment and Disability Research
Kessler Foundation
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Guest Speaker:
Meg O'Connell
Global Disability Inclusion
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Guest Speaker:
Wendi Safstrom
SHRM
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EEOC Legal Update Webinar:
Third and Fourth Circuits, and the ADA
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 at 3:00 PM to 4:20 PM Eastern
This workshop provides the latest legal updates in the Third and Fourth Circuits and discusses developments under the ADA.
Credits
- HRCI – This program has been submitted to the HR Certification Institute for review.
- SHRM – submitted for approval
- CLE – seeking approval for MD, OH, and PA
- Federal Counselor or Investigator Refresher credits – pending
Price: $95.00 per person
Contact information
Name: Tonya Lennox
Phone: (443) 884-5426
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Workplace Mental Health:
Employer Perspective
Thursday, August 11 | 12:30-1:30 PM ET
Learn from the companies leading the way in addressing mental health in the workplace.
This panel discussion will focus on mental health disabilities from the employer's perspective, offering insight to other leaders on how to support mental illness in the workplace and work together to eliminate stigma.
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EEOC Priorities, LGBTQI+ Inclusion, Pandemic Accommodations
Tuesday, August 16 at 12 p.m. EDT
Don't miss EEOC Vice Chair Jocelyn Samuels speaking on the Commission's top priorities, including LGBTQI+ issues and the civil rights impacts of the pandemic. San Francisco District Director Nancy Sienko will open the program and Chicago District Director Julianne Bowman provides closing remarks, and EEOC experts lead workshops on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity case law, LGBTQI+ inclusion and cultural competency, and workplace accommodations for disability and religion during COVID-19.
Agenda
- Opening Remarks | Nancy Sienko, San Francisco District Director
- EEOC Priorities | Jocelyn Samuels, EEOC Vice Chair
- SOGI Legal Updates | Jocelyn Samuels, EEOC Vice Chair; Justin Mulaire, Chicago Supervisory Trial Attorney
- This session will examine case law on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), highlighting significant decisions and implications for employees and employers.
- LGBTQI+ Inclusion | Zachary Florent, Outreach & Education Coordinator, Molly Powell, Seattle Administrative Judge
- How can you promote respectful, culturally competent interactions with LGBTQI+ colleagues and customers? Our experts review evolving language, pronoun use, and practices to make a workplace safe and welcoming for all.
- Pandemic Accommodations | Joyce Walker-Jones, Sr. Attorney Advisor Office of Legal Counsel
- What lessons have we learned from responding and adapting to COVID-19? Join us for an update on the agency’s guidance on religious and reasonable accommodations.
- Closing Remarks | Julianne Bowman, Chicago District Director
REGISTRATION FEE: $150.00 per person
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Hiring and Supporting Neurodivergent Workers: Strategies for Success
Aug 17, 2022
2:00 - 3:30 PM ET
Learn about strategies employers can use to attract and retain neurodivergent employees.
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National Organization on Disability at 40
Honoring the Past; Innovating the Future
2022 Leadership Council Annual Forum
September 29, 2022
101 Constitution Avenue, Washington D.C.
2:30 - 3:30 PM ET | Sponsor Reception
3:30 - 6:00 PM ET | Annual Forum
6:00 - 8:00 PM ET | Rooftop Reception and Awards
On September 29, when we'll celebrate 40 years of NOD and the accomplishments of the disability rights movement; explore the future being built by ADA Generation innovators; and celebrate our longtime chairman Governor Tom Ridge.
Emcee: Michael A. Smerconish, CNN and SiriusXM host.
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Save the date for the
2022 NTID Career Fair
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
The NTID Co-op and Career Center will be bringing back the annual fall NTID Career Fair in-person this year!
Information on the event and steps to register will be shared in the coming months. Please visit our Career Fair webpage for further updates.
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Global Business Services Conference
October 27 - 28, 2022
New York City
We are excited to announce updates to our agenda for the Global Business Services Conference being held October 27 - 28, 2022 in New York City. Join us to hear from GBS leaders on the what’s, why’s, and how’s for delivering true business value. Walk away with actionable ideas and insights for transforming delivery capabilities to support rapidly changing business and competitive requirements.
Moving Mountains: Navigating HR Shared Services
For many GBS organizations, incorporating HR is the next frontier. Learn how three major organizations navigated the rough waters of harmonizing and standardizing HR shared services.
- Nadia Hutchinson, Global Director, HR Services and Operation, Cabot Corporation
- Tom Nesteruk, SVP/Associate Chief People Officer, AdventHealth
- Michele Cefola, Global Vice President, Talent Acquisition, Mars Incorporated
- Moderator: Janet Ramey, Senior Fellow, The Conference Board
Around the World and Back Again: When to Move Work Back in House
Business process outsourcing has been enthusiastically embraced, but over time enterprises have found that some work is uniquely suited to outsourcing while other work is not. In some cases, organizations are looking at repatriating work in-house for reasons such as control, talent acquisition, branding, and supply chain. This panel will explore the processes behind three leaders’ decisions to change their delivery model.
- Brenda Morris, Vice President, Global Business Services, Boston Scientific
- Michael Smith, General Manager - GBS Cork, Kuala Lumpur & Mexico City, Eli Lilly
- Moderator: Deborah Kops, Program Director, Global Business Services Council, The Conference Board
The Metrics Journey: From Tracking Transactions to Improving Business Outcomes
Learn how Chubb’s metrics around finance shared services have evolved, expanding from tracking transactions and efficiency to producing data that go to core business outcomes. Understand how this metrics evolution has allowed for continuous improvement with impacts on customer experience and the bottom line; and has allowed shared services to serve as accounting advisers to the enterprise.
- Sameer Shah, SVP, Global Head of Finance Shared Services, Chubb
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2022 National Conferences |
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Early Cerebral Palsy Health Summit - Hybrid Event
Atlanta, GA and Virtual
August 12 - 17, 2022
This year, we are excited to be offering a hybrid program that will include a basic pre-conference e-course, completely virtual program, optional in-person implementation workshops, and limited selections of in-person HINE, HNNE, and GMA training at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
July 1- Pre-conference Basic Core E-Course-Early Detection
August 12 - In-person HINE and HNNE Training Courses (FREE with registration to the Health Summit)
August 13-14 -Early Cerebral Palsy Health Summit. In-person workshops and virtual e-courses
August 15-17 - In-person BASIC and ADVANCED GMA Training Course
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Save the Dates!
Mid-Atlantic ADA Conference 2022
TransCen and the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, in collaboration with the Great Plains ADA Center, will host ADAcon, the 29th Annual Mid-Atlantic Conference on the Americans with Disabilities Act!
Tuesday, October 11, Wednesday, October 12, and Thursday, October 13, 2022
- Call for presentation proposals will be issued in early 2022.
- Registration will open late spring, 2022.
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Our focus is on Culture Change!
Our organization, formerly the DC Metro Business Leadership Network, is the largest regional member network of a variety of industry employers advocating for inclusion of individuals with disabilities in today's workforce, marketplace and supply chain. A non-profit business-led network established in 2006, our purpose is to bring the business community together in a dialog through education, training and resources with a focus on removing attitudinal and organizational barriers by exchanging best practices to ensure that the inclusion of individuals with disabilities as smart business.
Our Members and Guests have access to resources, programs and partners to strengthen the disability inclusion efforts and outcomes.
- Thought leadership
- Business to business networking
- Introductions to community partners
- Access to talent
- Hot topic programming led by Subject Matter Experts
- Webinars
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Our Board
Board Members:
- John Annand, Marriott International
- Jennifer Bassett, Chair, JBG SMITH Companies
- Tashi Carper, Leidos
- Michelle Crabtree, Town of Vienna
- Ellen de Bremond, Treasurer
- Anjali Desai-Margolin, Gallaudet University
- Tom Downs, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Andrea Hall, Past Chair, General Dynamics Mission Systems
- Sylvia Henri-Wonasue, Secretary, Lockheed Martin
- Sophie Howard, Immediate Past Chair, General Dynamics IT
- Eduardo Meza-Etienne, eSSENTIAL Accessibility
- Mary Sauder, Northrop Grumman
- Ryan Walters, Vice-Chair, Deloitte
- Myra Wilder, BAE Systems
Advisory Board Members:
- Jessica Lee Aiello, iYellow Group
- Meghan Cadigan, KPMG
- Crosby Cromwell, The Valuable 500
- Lori Daly, Diversifi Consulting Group and Chair, Community Outreach
- Ron Drach, Drach Consulting, LLC
- Rikki Epstein, The Arc of Northern VA
- Melody Goodspeed, The American Foundation for the Blind
- Karen Herson, Concepts, Inc.
- Carolyn Jeppsen, BroadFutures
- Craig Leen, K&L Gates, Former OFCCP Director
- Carrie Martin, MAXAR Technologies
- Rick Rodgers, The Resource Network and Chair, Disability Supplier Diversity
Our Staff
The Hon. Katherine McCary, President, C5 Consulting, LLC serves as CEO and Executive Director. Katherine served as founding chair of the USBLN (now Disability:IN) for nine years, the founding chair of the VA BLN (Now Virginia Ability) for 13 years and has launched more than 11 chapters. She received the USBLN Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
C5 is a global disability inclusion strategy consultancy comprised exclusively of private sector disability leaders, experienced disability from a variety of areas; as individuals, as caregivers, and as parents of individuals with disabilities. With more than 50 years combined expertise and a deep knowledge of culture change developed through customized business strategies. C5 is the pioneer of disability inclusion "for business by business" with just in time training Disability Inclusion IQ designed for enterprise wide learning, now a DC Metro chapter member benefit!
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Our Mission
“Building the Business Network for Disability Inclusion.”
Our Vision
“Cultivate workforces and workplaces where talent with disabilities are recruited, included, promoted, retained and valued as both internal talent and innovative vendors.”
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