20200705 150 ACB Walk, Convention Connect and Opening Session


Sunday, July 5
6:45p.m.: ACB Welcome Show
7:00p.m.: Call to Order: Dan Spoone, President, American Council of the Blind, Orlando, FL
Invocation: Rev. Michael Garrett, Missouri City, TX
Presentation of Colors: Buffalo Soldiers, (initially featured at the 2019 ACB Conference and Convention, Rochester, NY)
“The Star Spangled-Banner”: Sung by Jason Castonguay, Manchester, CT
Welcome: Janet Dickelman, Convention Coordinator, Saint Paul, MN
7:20p.m.: President’s Report: Dan Spoone, Orlando, FL;
Executive Director’s Report: Eric Bridges, ACB Executive Director, Alexandria, VA
7:50p.m.: Diamond Sponsor Presentation: Microsoft: Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Seattle, WA
8:10p.m.: Life Member Presentations: Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL; and Nancy Becker, ACB Chief Financial Officer, Brooklyn Center, MN
8:25p.m.: ACB Angels Presentations: Tony Stephens, ACB Director of Development, Alexandria, VA; and Dan Dillon, ACB Board Member, Hermitage, TN
ACB Angel Presentations:
Durward K. McDaniel (1915 – 1994), Oklahoma
Cathie Skivers (1925 – 2019), California
8:40p.m.: ACB First Timers: Kenneth Semien Sr., Chair, Durward K. McDaniel First Timers Committee, Beaumont, TX
8:55p.m.: ACB JPMorgan Chase Leadership Fellows: Eric Bridges, ACB Executive Director, Alexandria, VA
9:15p.m.: Roll Call of Affiliates: Denise Colley, ACB Secretary, Lacey, WA