DKM First-Timers Committee, Chair - Allen Casey

Thursday, July 12 - Suite 446

5:00 PM  DKM First-Timers Mint Julep Bash - $15 ($18)
Honor the 2012 Durward K. McDaniel First-Timer Award recipients, Cindy LaBon (Maryland) and Cynthia Julun (Texas).  Get a collectible Derby glass.

Education Task Force, Chair: Ray Campbell

Tuesday, July 10 - Taylor

4:15 PM  Expand Your Core Curriculum - $5 ($7)
Definition and importance of the expanded core curriculum in the education of children who are blind or visually impaired, and how…

Arkansas Heroes:
Leroy and Mary Ellen Johnson

      In 1976 Leroy and Mary Ellen took Lois Eubanks, Mary Ellen’s mother, to the ACB National Convention in Hot Springs, Arkansas.   That trip was the beginning of nearly four decades of service on the local, state, and national levels of ACB.

     They helped found the Northwest Chapter of the Arkansas Council of the Blind.  Leroy and Mary Ellen are a team as well as a married couple.…

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Thursday, July 5

5:00 - 9:00 PM - Registration; Brown

Friday, July 6

6:30 AM - Tour; Backstretch Breakfast & Museum
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM Registration; Brown
8:00 AM - ACB Leadership Institute; Sampson
8:30 AM - Tour; Kentucky Bourbon Trail
4:30 PM - Tour; Stephen Foster Musical
8:00 PM - NELDS Board Meeting; Suite 446
9:15 PM - Tour; Waverly Hills

Saturday, July 7

6:15 AM - Tour; Kentucky Horse Park
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM - Registration; Brown
8:00 AM - Tour; Louisville City Tour
8:00 AM - Raising the Floor Focus…

Bill Deatherage, Chair, Louisville, KY
Susan Ament, Lexington, KY
David Cox, Louisville, KY
Patti Cox, Louisville, KY
Debbie Deatherage, Louisville, KY
Deb Lewis, Louisville, KY
David Perry, Cincinnati, OH
Adam Ruschival, Louisville, KY
Carla Ruschival, Louisville, KY
Jim Shaw, Louisville, KY
Gerry Slusher, Covington, KY
Elaine Weisbard, Louisville, KY

Mitch Pomerantz (Chair), Pasadena, CA
Melanie Brunson, Staff Liaison, Arlington, VA
Kim Charlson, Watertown, MA
Janet Dickelman, St. Paul, MN
Brenda Dillon, Officer Liaison, Hermitage, TN
Adam Ruschival, Louisville, KY
Jenine Stanley, Columbus, OH

Janet Dickelman, Chair, St. Paul, MN
Carla Ruschival, Vice Chair and Officer Liaison, Louisville, KY
Margarine Beaman, Austin, TX
Sally Benjamin, Tallahassee, FL
Bill Deatherage, Louisville, KY
Michael Fulghum, Nashville, TN
Sharon Lovering, Arlington, VA
Bruce Radtke, Bellingham, WA
Michael Smitherman, Jackson, MS
Cindi Vega, Salt Lake City, UT
Lane Waters, Staff Liaison, Minneapolis, MN

Lane Waters, Controller
Le Chi Tran, Accounting
Lori Sarff, Administrator
Sheila Eudy, Administrator
Dee Theien, Reception/Administration

Melanie Brunson, Executive Director
Eric Bridges, Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs
Barbara Jackson LeMoine, Public Policy Assistant
Sharon Lovering, Editor, Braille Forum
Steven Obremski, Director of Development

Michael Garrett, Chair, Missouri City, TX
Margarine Beaman, Austin, TX
Mike Godino, Malverne, NY
George Holliday, Philadelphia, PA
Carla Ruschival, Louisville, KY
Jeff Thom, Sacramento, CA
David Trott, Talladega, AL