Download - Disability Policy Seminar Program
February 14-16
Cultivating New Champions on
Capitol Hill
The Grand Hyatt1000 H St.
Washington, DC
The Arc UCP AAIDD AUCD NACDD SABE
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 20117:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION
Independence Foyer
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Independence Foyer
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
CONCURRENT SESSION I - Legislative Advocacy: Tips for
Successful Hill Meetings and Grassroots
Room: Constitution CDE
Speakers: Erika Hagensen, Manager of Policy Development, The
Arc of North Carolina and National Coordinator, The Learning and
Developmental Disability Initiative, The Collaborative on Health
and the Environment
Thomas Webb, Chair, Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council
CONCURRENT SESSION II – Education - Outlook in the 112th
Congress
Room: Independence Ballroom
Moderator: Daniel B. Crimmins, Ph.D., President, Association of
University Centers on Disabilities
Speakers: Melody Musgrove, Director, Office of Special Education
Programs, U.S. Department of Education
Bethany Little, Chief Counsel for Education, Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Laura Kaloi, Public Policy Director, National Center for Learning
Disabilities
CONCURRENT SESSION III – Developmental Disabilities Act
Room: Constitution AB
Moderator: Betty Williams, President, Self Advocates Becoming
Empowered
Speakers: Marylyn Howe, Board Member, National Council on
Disability
Sharon Lewis, Commissioner, Administration on Developmental
Disabilities
Curtis L. Decker, Executive Director, National Disability Rights
Network
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10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
OPENING SESSION - Welcome and Keynote Address
Room: Independence Ballroom
Moderator: Mohan Mehra, President, The Arc of the United States
Keynote by: Gary Bass, Founder and Executive Director, OMB
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11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
STAFF UPDATES - Employment and Affordable Care Act
Review
Room: Independence Ballroom
Moderator: Wanda Willis, President, National Association of
Councils on Developmental Disabilities
Speakers: Kim Musheno, Director, Legislative Affairs,
Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Julie Ward, Director, Health and Transportation Policy,
The Arc and United Cerebral Palsy Disability Policy Collaboration
Marty Ford, Acting Staff Director, The Arc and United Cerebral
Palsy Disability Policy Collaboration
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
PLENARY - Advancing Employment Policy
Room: Independence Ballroom
Moderator: Stephen Bennett, Chief Executive Officer, United
Cerebral Palsy
Speakers: Lynnae Ruttledge, Commissioner, Rehabilitation
Services Administration (RSA), U.S. Department of Education
Andy Imparato, Senior Counsel for Disabilities, Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
William Kiernan, Director, Institute for Community Inclusion,
University Center on Excellence in Developmental Disabilities,
University of Massachusetts
3:00 – 3:15 p.m.
REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
PLENARY - The Road Ahead: Implementing the Affordable
Care Act
Room: Independence Ballroom
Moderator: Millie Ryan, Executive Director, Alaska Governor’s
Council on Disabilities and Special Education; Chair, Public Policy
Committee, National Association of Councils on Developmental
Disabilities
Speakers: Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for the
Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
Barbara Edwards, Director, Disabled and Elderly Health
Programs Group, Center for Medicaid, CHIP, and Survey
and Certification, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
Mary Andrus, Assistant Vice President for Government Relations,
Easter Seals
Suellen Galbraith, Senior Policy Advisor, American Network of
Community Options and Resources
Connie Garner, Executive Director, Advance CLASS and Policy
Director, Foley Hoag Government Strategies Group
5:15 p.m.
END-OF-DAY REVIEW
Room: Franklin Square
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
NETWORKING HOUR
Independence Foyer
6:30 p.m.DINNER ON YOUR OWN
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 20118:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION
Independence Foyer
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
COFFEE
Independence Foyer
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
STAFF UPDATES – Budget Overview, Social Security,
Medicaid, Housing, and Autism
Room: Independence Ballroom
Moderator: Chester Finn, Self Advocates Becoming Empowered
Speakers: Kim Musheno, Director, Legislative Affairs,
Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Marty Ford, Actiing Staff Director, The Arc and United Cerebral
Palsy Disability Policy Collaboration
Julie Ward, Director, Health and Transportation Policy,
The Arc and United Cerebral Palsy Disability Policy
Collaboration
Peggy Hathaway, Public Policy Manager, National Association
of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.
PLENARY - The Coming Storm: Spending Cuts to Critical
Disability Programs
Room: Independence Ballroom
Moderator: Robert Bacon, Director, Iowa Center for Excellence
and Chair, Legislative Affairs Committee, Association of
University Centers on Disabilities
Speakers: Donna Meltzer, Senior Director of Government
Affairs, Epilepsy Foundation
Mark Mioduski, Partner, Vice President, Cornerstone
Government Affairs
J. Kevin Brennan, Senior Health Policy Specialist, Foley Hoag
LLP
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
AWARDS LUNCHEON
Room: Independence Ballroom
Presenters: Betty Williams, President, Self Advocates
Becoming Empowered
SAVETHEDATE!
November 15 -17, 2011Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Maryland
2011 Annual Conference
AUCD 2011 ConferenceNovember 6-9, 2011Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Crystal City, VA
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AUCD 2011 ConferenceNovember 6-9, 2011Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Crystal City, VA
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2011 Disability and Health Partners Meeting:Building Healthy Communities for Everyone
June 14 - 16, 2011Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL
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2011 Disability and Health Partners Meeting:Building Healthy Communities for Everyone
June 14 - 16, 2011Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL
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Peter V. Berns, Chief Executive Officer, The Arc of the United
States
Awardee: The Honorable Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) United
States Senate
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
PLENARY - Threats to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social
Security
Room: Independence Ballroom
Moderator: Mark Lezotte, Member, Board of Trustees, United
Cerebral Palsy
Speakers: Nancy Altman, Co-Director, Strengthen Social
Security Campaign/Social Security Works
Judy Solomon, Co-Director of Health Policy, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities
3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
REFRESHMENT BREAK
4:00 – 4:45 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSION I – Housing Update
Room: Constitution CDE
Moderator: Joanna Pierson, Past President, American
Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Speakers: Ann O’Hara, Co-Founder and Associate Director,
Technical Assistance Collaborative
Andrew Sperling, Director of Legislative Advocacy, National
Alliance on Mental Illness
CONCURRENT SESSION II – Congressional Outlook for
Autism Legislation
Room: Constitution AB
Moderator: Elise McMillan, Board Member, The Arc of the
United States
Speakers: Michael Gamel-McCormick, Kennedy Fellow,
Office of Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Katy Neas, Vice President of Government Relations, Easter
Seals
Ari Ne’eman, Founder and President of Autistic Self-Advocacy
Network
CONCURRENT SESSION III – Social Security: Elements of
Reform Proposals
Room: Independence Ballroom
Moderator: William Kiernan, Director, Institute for Community
Inclusion, University Center on Excellence in Developmental
Disabilities, University of Massachusetts
Speaker: Lisa Ekman, Senior Policy Advisor, Health and
Disability Advocates
5:00 – 5:30 p.m.
WRAP-UP SESSION
Room: Independence Ballroom
Moderators: Steve Eidelman, Past President, American
Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Speaker: Sharon Lewis, Commissioner, Administration on
Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
5:30 - 6:00 p.m.
STATE CAUCUSES
Room: Independence Ballroom
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
RECEPTION
Celebrating Paul Marchand*
Room: Constitution Ballroom
*This is a ticketed event.
Wednesday, FEBRUARY 16, 2011
ALL DAY - HILL VISIT DAY
Staff will be available on both the House and Senate sides if you have questions during your Hill visits. The locations are:
On the House Side Longworth House Office Building Cafeteria - 9:30 a.m. – Noon – Julie Ward; - Noon – 2:30 p.m. – Annie Acosta
On the Senate Side American Grille, Hart Senate Office Building (formerly Senate Chef) - 9:30 a.m. - Noon – Ellen Jensby; - Noon – 2:30 p.m. – Maureen Fitzgerald
SABE Calls for Ending Sub-Minimum Wage in 2012
“We have been prepared enough. Get us real jobs. Close sheltered workshops.”
PLEASEjoin our cause.www.sabeusa.org
SABE calls for equal employment opportunities for equal pay for all people.
SABE calls for immediately, no new people can go into sheltered workshops.
SABE calls for immediately, no new people can go join an enclave.
SABE calls for ending subminimum wage in 2012.
SABE calls for ending enclaves in 2014.
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