RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD
VENDORS OF AMERICA
20260223 RSVA SAGEBRUSH 2026 WEDNESDAY BUSINERR ENTERRPRISE PROGRAM TRAINING CONFERENCE
SAGEBRUSH 2026: “Celebrating 90 years of Randolph Sheppard Blind Entrepreneurship!”
Wednesday February 25, 2026
- “Technologies benefiting BEP operators and VI staff”:
Haley Lan (FL), Patriot Vision Industries, LLC; Shawn Welker (MI), Founder & Consultant, VisualEyes Access; Damashe Thomas (MI), Technical manager, A. T. Guys
Many technologies assist vendors while they are managing a facility. These speakers will highlight how their products/service will improve the business owner’s abilities to manage the business.
- "What’s new in Kiosks/Micro Markets Systems and Vending Management”:
Matt Kotsch (FL), Territory Sales Representative, Trinity Access, Inc.
- “Current Military Facility Operators Outline Their Various Food Service Options”:
Conrad Bennett (WV), Lots of Smiles Inc.; Ryan Skinner, Business Enterprise Program Director, South Carolina Commission for the Blind; Karen Jones (SC), South Carolina Chair State Vendor Committee; Scott R. Lassiter (NC), Ed.D. Business Enterprises Program Chief, Division of Services for the Blind, Department of Health and Human Services
- "Report from the National Council of State Agencies for the Blind and Randolph-Sheppard":
Catriona Macdonald (DC), President Linchpin Strategies, LLC. and NCSAB Policy Advisor for Randolph-Sheppard;
- RSVA® Sagebrush “90th Randolph-Sheppard Act Anniversary” Luncheon:
Sponsored by U-Select-It
Moderator: Scott Eggen (MN), RSVA® President
- Luncheon Speaker: Tricia Waechter (TX), CEO Blind Girl Designs-