2025 Summer Conference

Click here for the final conference program and agenda (as of July 19, 2025)

It all begins on Sunday, July 20 with our semi-annual State Issues Forum led by Mohsen Badran, President & CEO of ACCSES New Jersey.  This always lively three-hour discussion will illuminate the concerns and opportunities that providers are experiencing in their states.  A welcome reception will follow the State Issues Forum.

Monday morning will begin with a full breakfast followed by morning sessions, a hot lunch, afternoon sessions, and an evening reception and awards presentation.  Breakfast and lunch will be offered on Tuesday before our morning and afternoon sessions.  A mid-afternoon dessert break on Monday and Tuesday will keep energy up and provide additional opportunities for networking.

One of the things we like to do at ACCSES Conferences is introduce new ideas and speakers and welcome back old friends.  Let’s take a look at a few of the topic areas we will be covering this July:

• Zach Anner – Author, Speaker, Comedian, Internet Sensation
• Nancy Boutot – Manager, Financial Empowerment, National Disability Institute
• Jeff Carpenter – Program Manager, Econsys
• Sharon Cichy – Chief Strategy Officer, Main Street Connect
• Armando Contreras – President & Chief Executive Officer, United Cerebral Palsy
• Richard Davis – Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
• Scott de Fasselle – Partner, Blitz Media Design/DSP Magnet
• Kenneth Doka – Senior Vice President for Grief Programs, The Hospice Foundation of America
• Isaac Domenech – Chief Operating Officer, FCE Benefit Administrators, Inc.
• Alvin Emory, Jr. – Chief Executive Officer, Ability Focused
• Brandt Emory – Chief Operating Officer, Ability Focused
• Thomas Foley – Executive Director, National Disability Institute
• J.W. Gibbs – NEON Lead Subject Matter Expert
• Ann Gillmore – Corporate Vice President, Peckham; Chair, ACCSES Board of Directors
• Doug Golub – President & Chief Executive Officer, Data Potato
• Margot Greenlee – Executive Director, Our Stomping Ground (invited)
• Robert D. Hogue – Chairperson, AbilityOne Commission
• Elizabeth Jennings – Deputy Director, National Disability Institute
• Amy Jensen – Deputy Executive Director, Ability One Commission
• Patrick Lane – Education Manager, TechFirst SHIFT
• James Lytle – Partner and Senior Counsel, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (retired)
• Kate McSweeny – President & Chief Executive Officer, ACCSES
• Chris Porter – President & Chief Marketing Officer, FCE Benefit Administrators, Inc.
• The Honorable Jon Porter – Founder/Chief Executive Officer, The Porter Group
• Brad Saathoff – Chief Executive Officer, Black Hills Works; Vice Chair, ACCSES Board of Directors
• Rebecca Salon – Principal Investigator, National Disability Institute
• Rick Sebastian – President & Chief Executive Officer, The Kennedy Collective
• Michael Seereiter – President & Chief Executive Officer, NY Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation
• Jennifer Sheehy – Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor ODEP
• Peter Thomas – Managing Partner, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville P.C.
• Kim Zeich – Executive Director, AbilityOne Commission

Although not part of the official conference agenda, attendees are invited to take part in a special opportunity—a guided tour of the Library of Congress, generously arranged by our colleagues at CW Resources in New Britain, Connecticut.

The tour will take place on Wednesday morning, July 23, at 10:00 a.m. and will last approximately two hours.

Please note: If you are flying out that day, be sure to allow time to return to the Fairmont to retrieve your luggage, as the Library of Congress does not offer baggage storage.