Job Accommodation Network
Conference 2005
Conference 2005
September 26-27
San Francisco
San Francisco
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Empowering Employers to Build
an Inclusive Workforce
Keynote Speakers 2005Speakers subject to change. Visit the JAN Conference Web site in the future for information on additional keynote speakers! W. Roy Grizzard
Prior to joining the Department of Labor, Dr. Grizzard served for six years as Commissioner for the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired. This state agency provides comprehensive services to Virginia's citizens who are blind, visually impaired, and deaf blind. In this post, Dr. Grizzard was responsible for administering the federal Randolph-Sheppard food service vending program and the state highway vending program, providing cooperative educational services to state public school divisions, administering programs for low vision services and for special services to senior citizens with visual impairments, and providing vocational rehabilitation services. He was also involved in the development, procurement and use of adaptive equipment, computer systems, and other technologies, as well as library and media services such as Braille materials, large print and talking books. Dr. Grizzard serves on the Board of Directors for Prevent Blindness of Virginia. He is a former board member of the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, where he was Chairman of the Research Committee. Dr. Grizzard earned his Doctor of Education degree from Nova Southeastern University. He also has a Master of Science degree in Education Administration and Supervision and a Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Grizzard and his wife Nancy have three sons and four grandchildren.
“Michael’s philosophy is to practice preventive HR. He firmly believes it’s easier and less costly to keep us out of trouble than to get us out of trouble.” - Ted Shuel "Over the course of 16 years, I have introduced more than 500 speakers to my CEO members—a tough, demanding audience. Few have brought the value, passion, and sense of purpose Michael delivers. He has helped many of my members avoid costly mistakes that would have led to the expensive distraction of litigation.” - Bud Carter Biography Michael J. Lotito has been serving the legal and human resource needs of companies across the U.S. for nearly 30 years. He is a partner at Jackson Lewis, a law firm that specializes in preventive labor, employment immigration, and benefits law, representing management since its founding in 1958. The firm has 375 lawyers working in 20 offices throughout the country. Following graduation from Villanova University and then Villanova Law School in 1974, Michael has devoted his entire professional career to representing management interests in employment law. He has worked tirelessly to counsel management on understanding and adhering to the law and in resolving employment issues quickly and fairly. Listed in Who’s Who in American Law, Michael is a member of the California and American Bar Associations and has been elected as a fellow to the American Bar Association. He is a Board member of Sterling Testing Systems, a nationwide pre-employment screening company based in New York. In the human resources field, Michael has received lifetime SPHR certification. He chaired the 170,000-member Society for Human Resource Management in 2000. Earlier he was chairman of SHRM’s National Legislative Affairs Committee and served on its Employee and Labor Relations Committee. In these and other capacities he has influenced important legislation including the Americans with Disabilities Act. He has testified before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as well as the EEOC. He was recently honored as Human Resources Alumnus of the 20th Century by the Villanova Graduate Program in Human Resources. Michael has co-authored several books on the ADA including The Americans with Disabilities Act: A Comprehensive Guide to Title I; What Managers & Supervisors Need to Know About the ADA; and Making the ADA Work for You (2nd ed.). With his partner Lynn Outwater, he has also co-authored a book on privacy titled Minding Your Business: Legal Issues and Practical Answers for Managing Workplace Privacy. A top-rated speaker and presenter, Michael has keynoted many conferences in the U.S., Canada, and other countries including South Africa, Taiwan, and Germany. He regularly appears before the management and supervisory personnel of Jackson Lewis clients to discuss various topics including sexual harassment, labor union activity, implementation of the ADA, and the intricacies of employees being excused from regular attendance. SHRM selected him as the legal presenter for its nationwide ADA program, and he is a regular presenter at SHRM’s annual conference. Most recently he was honored as a member of TEC 200, a designation that places him among the top 1% of all TEC presenters. Michael has appeared on PBS’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” and Fox TV’s “The Schneider Report,” and he can frequently be heard on National Public Radio. He has been quoted in the New York Times and the Walls Street Journal, and his remarks on a variety of employment law topics have also appeared in Forbes, BusinessWeek, Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, National Law Journal, Nation’s Business, Harvard Business Review, and other major publications. He recently co-authored an article entitled, The California Employment Law Revolution, for publication in The Journal of the Association of Corporate Counsel ACC Docket. As he travels 150,000 miles a year helping companies around the world resolve issues, Michael’s primary home is a seat on American Airlines. However, he always looks forward to returning to his wife Luanne, daughter Kelly, and their Yorkshire terrier Abby Lane in the San Francisco Bay Area. Michael J. Lotito can be reached by e-mail at lotitom@jacksonlewis.com or at (415) 394-9400, ext. 222. Gary Karp
Gary Karp is a professional trainer, delivering compelling and informative sessions on disability awareness and diversity. He is the author of "Life On Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User," widely reviewed as the definitive guide for people with disabilities. He draws from his personal experience with spinal cord injury since 1973, when he was injured in a fall from a tree at the age of eighteen. He is co-editor of a collection of essays by people with spinal cord injuries titled "From There To Here: Stories of Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury," many of which feature work as an essential piece of the adjustment process. His feature articles appear in New Mobility magazine, and he is a board member of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association and editor of its paper, "SCI Life". As a corporate trainer on disability and employment — through his company, Onsight Awareness Training — Gary makes the business case for working with employees with disabilities. His work is geared particularly to hiring managers and recruitment staff. A very highly-regarded speaker, Gary is sponsored in part by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center, which funds his speaking in rehabilitation settings and to university students of physical and occupational therapy Dinah F. B. Cohen
Under Ms. Cohen's leadership, CAP has received the Telework in the Federal Government Conference Leadership Award for 2004 sponsored by Potomac Forum, Ltd., the 2004 Best New Communications Ability Award, and three 2004 Horizon Interactive Awards. Ms. Cohen is the recipient of the Fred Strache Leadership Award sponsored by the California State University, Northridge Center on Disabilities, the Federal 100 Award, and the DoD Exceptional Civilian Service Award for her leadership, impact on the development, acquisition and management of information technology in the Federal government. Ms. Cohen is an international speaker on disability policy, reasonable accommodations, accessibility and information technology and its impact on employment of people with disabilities. She continues to serve on numerous interagency, accessibility committees and conference groups. Ms. Cohen is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor. She received her Master's of Science degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in rehabilitation counseling from the State University of New York. She also holds a BS in Social Science/Elementary Education from Russell Sage College in Troy, New York. Paul Steven Miller
Prior to joining the U.S. government, Professor Miller was the director of litigation for the Western Law Center for Disability Rights. He has taught disability and elderly rights, civil procedure, clinical litigation and legal writing skills at Loyola Law School and at UCLA Law School. He began his career as a litigation associate at a Los Angeles law firm. Professor Miller has been active in many national and international organizations and has served on several boards. Currently, he sits on the ELSI (Ethics, Legal and Social Implications) Research Advisory Board of the Human Genome Project at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), serves as a member of the board of Mental Disability Rights International, and is a fellow of the British American Project. He is a former trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Miller is an active member of the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Section. In 2003, Professor Miller received an honorary Doctor of Laws from CUNY Law School in New York. Professor Miller lectures regularly on issues of workplace equity, disability rights, genetics and the law. He has spoken before corporations, business groups, law firms, bar associations, academic conferences, and civil rights organizations in all fifty states, and in numerous countries. Professor Miller’s primary teaching and research interests include disability law, employment discrimination and genetics and the law. He will also be teaching first year torts. Professor Miller is also a Faculty Associate of Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington and a faculty advisor to the Law School's health law concentration. |
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