20230304-2 Presidents’ Meeting - Day One

Originally Broadcasted in English on ACB Media 6, and in Spanish on ACB Media 7 

• The Fine Art of Delegation: Presented by the Berl Colley Leadership Training Committee

  o Facilitator:
• Matt Selm, President, Kentucky Council of the Blind, Louisville KY
• Doug Powell, President, American Council of the Blind of Virginia, Falls Church, VA

  o Panelists:
• Julie Brannon, President, Washington Council of the Blind, Puyallup, WA
• Ardis Bazyn, Chair, ACB Membership Committee, Burbank, CA
• Earlene Hughes, President, Blind Information Technology Specialists, West Lafayette, IN.

   
• Introducing the New ACB Board Members Elected In 2021 And 2022

  o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL 
  o Meet Koni Sims - ACB Board of Director Elected In 2021, Medical Massage Practitioner, Sioux Falls, SD 
   
• Connection Show #3

  o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI
  o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI 

* Sponsor Presentations

o Eric Bridges, ACB Executive Director, Arlington, VA 

• Keynote Speaker

  o Sharon Giovinazzo, CEO, San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Francisco, CA
   
• ACB 2022 “A Year to Remember” Highlight Video

   
• DKM First-Timers Program and Leadership Fellows Awards for 2023

  o Kenneth Semien Sr., DKM Fund Committee Chair, Beaumont, TX
  o Zelda Gebhard, DKM Fund Committee Vice Chair, Edgeley, ND; And Amanda Selm, DKM Fund Committee, Louisville, KY
   
• Updates from the ACB Board of Publications (BOP)

  o Katie Frederick, ACB Board of Publications Chair, Columbus, OH
  o Penny Reeder, ACB Board of Publications member, Montgomery Village, MD
  o Cachet Wells, ACB Board of Publications member, Jacksonville, FL
   
• What’s New with the ACB Community

  o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI
  o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI 
   

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