20220706 ACB 2022 Conference and Convention General Session

Originally Aired July 6, 2022, on ACB Media

Wednesday, July 6

o   Call to Order
o   Pledge of Allegiance: DKM First Timers
o   ACB Sponsor Recognitions, corporate sponsors
o   ACB Business
o   Emerald Sponsor Presentation: Walmart: Russell Shaffer, Senior Director – Global Culture, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
o   Diamond Sponsor Presentation: Comcast: Thomas Wlodkowski, Vice President, Accessibility
o   Sylvia Stinson-Perez: Chief Programs Officer, American Foundation for the Blind
o   Presiding Officer: David Trott, ACB Treasurer, Talladega, AL
o   ACB’s Growth report: Eric Bridges, ACB Executive Director, and Nancy Marks Becker, ACB Chief Financial Officer
o   Day Al-Mohamed, Director of Disability Policy, Domestic Policy Council
o   ACB Scholarship Presentation
o   Convention Report: Janet Dickelman, Convention Coordinator
o   Report on the ACB Walk and Auction: Donna Brown, Leslie Spoone, Dan Dillon
o   ACB mentoring, access and pier support, Kenneth Semien Sr., Chair, Durward K. McDaniel First Timers Committee
o   ACBES Report: Rev. Michael Garrett, Chair, ACB Enterprises and Services, Missouri City, TX