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

Watch

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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