Presenters

Betty Abbott
Deputy Bureau Chief, Corrections Department Education Bureau, Albuquerque, NM

The Prison Literacy Initiative in New Mexico: A Look at Why It Works! - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Joyce Aguilar
Family Literacy Coordinator, LVA Socorro, Socorro, NM

Reading in the Family is Fun! - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Mary Cook Allen
Coordinator, Lincoln County Literacy Council, Ruidosa, NM

Collaboration and Teamwork Among Service Providers - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Wally Amos
LVA Spokesperson, Kailua, HI

Everything is Possible - Students' Featured Speaker, Friday afternoon session, 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Sally Anderson
Executive Director, Vermont Center for the Book, Chester, VT

Preschool Learning Begins with Books - Part I - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Preschool Learning Begins with Books - Part II - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Paul Arcand
LVA, Inc. National Student Advisory Board Member, Woonsocket, RI

Open Mike Forum for Students - Students' Featured Speaker session, Thursday afternoon session, 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Joan Auchter
Executive Director, GED Testing Service of the American Council on Education, Washington, DC

Get Ready for the 2002 Series GED Tests - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Deborah Averitte
President of the Student Leadership Council, Indy Reads Board of Directors, Indianapolis, IN

Students Can Raise Money! - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Mary Avila
Adult Learner, BLAST member, Albuquerque, NM

PC112: Student Leadership and Communication: Telling Our Stories to Change the World - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The New Pathways Literacy and Adult Education Theater - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Kirk Baker
Director, LV of Wayne County, Inc., Lyons, NY

Program Management Issues: An Open Discussion - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Karlene Ball
Program Director, LV Greater New Haven, LVA Liaison, New Haven, CT

Program Management Issues: An Open Discussion - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Improving Literacy for the Family: Strategies that Work- Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Paul Barras
Development Officer, Laubach Literacy Action, Syracuse, NY

Funding Your Organization's Future. . . NOW - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Mary Bartlett
LVA National Training Corps Trainer, Erieville, NY

PC 103: Advanced Training of Trainers - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

EFF: What Does It Offer ESOL Practitioners? Part I - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

EFF: What Does It Offer ESOL Practitioners? Part II - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Jaleh Behroozi
LINCS Director, National Institute for Literacy, Washington, DC

Finding the Right LINCS: An Introduction to the Literacy Information and Communication System and Online Literacy Resources - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Marilyn Bentson
Tacoma Community House Training Project Coordinator, Tacoma, WA

Recruiting and Screening Great Volunteer Tutors - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Mary Lou Belisle
Bridges to Practice Learning Disabilities and LVA National Training Corps Trainer, Racine, WI

PC106: Learning Disabilities: Building Effective Partnerships Between Learners and Tutors, Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The Connections: Learning Disabilities and Family Literacy Programs - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Caroline Beverstock
National EFF Trainer, Literacy Program Coordinator, Project READ, San Mateo Public Library, San Mateo, CA

PC109: A New Lease on Literacy: Putting EFF to Work in Your Literacy Program - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

M. Garrett Bodel
Director for Prevention, International Brain Injury Association, Ada County Sheriff�s Office, Ada, ID

Building Literacy and Preventing Violence and Injury - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Stephanie Boschee
Director, King County Multi-Service Center Literacy Program, Federal Way, WA

Education for Self-Sufficiency: Family Management Education Project - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Henry Braun
Managing Director of ETS Literacy Services, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ

Making Assessment Work for You - Wednesday, 5 - 6 p.m.

Judith Bronson
Director, Jackson County Literacy Coalition, Inc., Black River Falls, WI

Mergers Can Work! - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Patty Burnside
Director, Bell County Council on Literacy, Middlesboro, KY

Guiding Small- to Medium-Sized Agency-Based Programs Through Accreditation - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Anne Catren
Training Coordinator, Board Member, and former Program Committee Chair, LV of Tucson, Tucson, AZ

Mergers Can Work! - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Judy Cheatham
LVA, Inc. Board of Directors, Professor of English and Director of Adult Education, Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: You Know More Than You Think! - Part I - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: You Know More Than You Think! - Part II - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Lisa Sorenson Chism
Media/PR Manager, Sprint Yellow Pages, Overland Park, KS

Sprint Yellow Pages Literacy Guides: Discover an Uncommon Use for a Common Book - Wednesday, 5 - 6 p.m.

Colleen Clark
LD Consultant, South Carolina Literacy Resource Center, Columbia, SC

PowerPath to Adult Basic Learning: A Practical Intake, Diagnostic Screening, and Intervention System That Gives You a Pathway for Success with LD Adults - Thursday, Noon - 1 p.m.

Mary Ann Corley
Director, National Center for Literacy and Social Justice, River Ridge, LA

Literacy and Racism: Continuing the Dialogue - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Poverty, Racism, and Literacy: Making Connections, Making Change - Part I - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Poverty, Racism, and Literacy: Making Connections, Making Change - Part II - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Keda Cowling
Author, West Yorkshire, England

Get a Toehold on Reading - Wednesday, 6 - 7 p.m.

June J. Crawford
Learning Disabilities Program Director, National Institute for Literacy, Washington, DC

No More Mr. Nice Guy: Learning Disabilities and the Law - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Jos� Cruz
Associate Director, San Diego Council on Literacy, San Diego, CA

Beyond Book Drives! Making Business Partnerships Work for Literacy - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Janice Cuddahee
Associate State Director, LVA-New York State, Inc., Cheektowaga, NY

PC 102: 50/50 Management System: Maintaining the Balance - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Mergers Can Work! - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Joe Curry
Corrections Education Department, Southern New Mexico Corrections Facility, Las Cruces, NM

The Prison Literacy Initiative in New Mexico: A Look at Why It Works! - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Sandy Duncan
Consultant, Nonprofit Center, Austin, TX

PC115: Risky Business! An Introduction to Risk Management for Volunteers in Nonprofit Organizations - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Other People's Money - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Todd Evans
Training Coordinator, Laubach Literacy Action, Syracuse, NY

PC114: Make Your First Impression A Lasting One - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

How to Design Tutor Workshops to Meet Local Needs - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Jeff Fantine
Bridges to Practice Learning Disabilities and LVA National Training Corps Trainer, Central/Southeast ABLE Resource Center, Athens, OH

PC106: Learning Disabilities: Building Effective Partnerships Between Learners and Tutors, Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

PowerPath to Adult Basic Learning: A Practical Intake, Diagnostic Screening, and Intervention System That Gives You a Pathway for Success with LD Adults - Thursday, Noon - 1 p.m.

Learning Disabilities Resources Online - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Chloe Fessler
LVA State Liaison, Missoula, MT

PC101: LVA's Training of Trainers - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Carol Gabler
Executive Director, LVA Chippewa Valley, Eau Claire, WI

PC113: Telling our Literacy Story with Data: Creating a Data System that Works - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Gene Gardner
Director, ADVOCAP Literacy Services, Green Lake, WI

Mergers Can Work! - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Yvonne Gillispie
Marketing and Projects Director, National SCRABBLE� Association, Greenport, NY

How to Make Fundraising Fun - and Profitable - with a SCRABBLE� Event - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

How to Make Fundraising Fun - and Profitable - with a SCRABBLE� Event - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Ellen Goldsmith
Director, Center for Intergenerational Reading, New York Technical College, New York, NY

PC105: How to Grow a Family Literacy Program in a Few Essential and Practical Steps - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Edith Gower
Executive Director, National Association of Urban Literacy Coalitions, Houston, TX

Build Literacy @ Your Library with Buildliteracy.org - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Will Grant
Founder and Coordinator of BLAST, Director of Voz, Inc., Albuquerque, NM

PC112: Student Leadership and Communication: Telling Our Stories to Change the World - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Students Can Raise Money! - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Brenda Gray
LVA Liaison, Literacy Consultant, Seattle, WA

PC105: How to Grow a Family Literacy Program in a Few Essential and Practical Steps - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Defining Board-Staff Roles and Other Knotty Dilemmas - Part I - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Defining Board-Staff Roles and Other Knotty Dilemmas - Part II - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Dynishal P. Gross
Adult Literacy Media Alliance, New York, NY

Using Video in 1-to-1 & Small Group Literacy Instruction - Thursday, Noon - 1 p.m.

Cyndi Guy
Director of Membership, Laubach Literacy Action, Syracuse, NY

PC114: Make Your First Impression A Lasting One - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Jacquelin Hanselman
Professor of Reading (retired), Hillsborough Community College, Townsend Press Representative

Life in the Trenches - Friday, Noon - 1 p.m.

Kathryn Hardman
Director, Laurel County Literacy Council, LVA Liaison, London, KY

Guiding Small to Medium-Sized Agency-Based Programs Through Accreditation - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

William Hawk
LINCS Associate Director, National Institute for Literacy, Washington, DC

Finding the Right LINCS: An Introduction to the Literacy Information and Communication System and Online Literacy Resources - Thursday 10:30 - Noon

Browsing the Web for Literacy Resources: LINCS Special Collections - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

LINCS Special Collection: Technology Training Materials - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Build Literacy @ Your Library with Buildliteracy.org - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Linda Hinman
Coordinator, ABLE/NET, Lock Haven, PA

PC113: Telling our Literacy Story with Data: Creating a Data System that Works - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Liang Ho
Diversity and Cross-Cultural Consultant and Trainer, Chicago, IL

Communicating Across Cultures: American Culture and Values - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Communicating Across Cultures: Working with Cultural Diversity - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Jane Hugo
Interim Director of Field Services, Laubach Literacy Action, Syracuse, NY

Learners Can Read for Pleasure! - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Voyager: Reading and Writing for Today's Adults: Strategic Learning in Action - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Doris Ivey
Librarian, Outreach and Technical Assistance Network, Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento, CA

OTAN for Teachers - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Beth Jones
Instructor and Coach, Raising More Money�, San Francisco, CA

PC110: Raising More Money� - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Building a Self-Sustained Individual Giving Program, Thursday 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Sandy Kashmar
Director, Southcentral Mountain Adult Basic Education Program

Collaboration and Teamwork Among Service Providers - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Michael Scott Karpovich
Certified Speaking Professional, Dynamic Interactions, Inc., Caro, MI

The Art of Taking Care of Yourself - Featured Speaker, Thursday morning general session, 8:30 - 10 a.m.

Leaving a Legacy� - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Designing Your Destiny� - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Andrea Key
Coordinator, Technology Projects, Technology Services Division, Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento, CA

Cyberstep: Multimedia Materials for Adult Learners - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Chris Koehler
Program Director, St. James ESL Program, Seattle, WA

Program Management Issues: An Open Discussion - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Integrating EFF and ESOL - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Ruth A. Kohan
Literacy Program Coordinator, Partners in Reading, San Jos� Public Library, San Jos�, CA

Technology Checkout: Using WebTV, Laptops, and Other Electronic Tools to Increase Learning Time at Home - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Pam Krenzke
Family Literacy Coordinator, Columbus Public Schools ABLE, Columbus, OH

Family Literacy Materials About Life�s Challenges - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Jane Kuemmerle
LLA prison trainer, Roswell, NM

The Prison Literacy Initiative in New Mexico: A Look at Why It Works! - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Lakehurst Players
Literacy Volunteers of Lake County, Waukegan, IL

Forming a Student Improvisational Theater Group - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Berit Lakey
Senior Governance Consultant, National Center for Nonprofit Boards, Washington, DC

PC107: Building an Effective Literacy Volunteer Board for the Future - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Lester Laminack
LVA Reading Consultant, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC

It Isn't TRUTH Just Because It's in Print: Creating Critical Readers - Part I - Part I - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

It Isn't TRUTH Just Because It's in Print: Creating Critical Readers - Part II - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Sister Jackie LaVei
LVA prison tutor, Las Cruces, NM

The Prison Literacy Initiative in New Mexico: A Look at Why It Works! - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Evan Leach
Principal, Phillips Consulting, Merion Station, PA

Build Literacy @ Your Library with Buildliteracy.org - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Jennifer Lee
Technology Specialist, Partners in Reading, San Jos� Public Library, San Jos�, CA

Technology Checkout: Using WebTV, Laptops, and Other Electronic Tools to Increase Learning Time at Home - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Dale Lipshultz
Literacy Officer, Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, American Library Association, Chicago, IL

PC105: How to Grow a Family Literacy Program in a Few Essential and Practical Steps - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Literacy and Racism: Continuing the Dialogue - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Build Literacy @ Your Library with Buildliteracy.org- Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Debbie Maldonado
BLAST, Catholic Charities of Central New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

PC112: Student Leadership and Communication: Telling Our Stories to Change the World - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Deborah Martinez
BLAST member, Albuquerque, NM

The New Pathways Literacy and Adult Education Theater - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Christine Matson
EFF Implementation Coordinator, Flint Hills Technical College, Emporia, Kansas

PC109: A New Lease on Literacy: Putting EFF to Work in Your Literacy Program - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Cindy M. McCaffery
Marketing and Projects Manager, National SCRABBLE� Association, Greenport, NY

How to Make Fundraising Fun - and Profitable - with a SCRABBLE� Event - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

How to Make Fundraising Fun - and Profitable - with a SCRABBLE� Event - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Kim McCoy
Technical Assistant, Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent, OH

Using Technology Effectively - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Tom Miller
Student Coordinator, Indy Reads, Indianapolis, IN

Student Fundraising Ideas - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Carol Morris
Director, LV of Lake County, Waukegan, IL

Listening to Learners - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Andy Nash
Training Staff, EFF National Center, Boston, MA

EFF: What Does It Offer ESOL Practitioners? Part I - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

EFF: What Does It Offer ESOL Practitioners? Part II - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

New Pathways Performance Troupe
Albuquerque, NM

The New Pathways Literacy and Adult Education Theater - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Sherries Oakman
Student Coordinator, Sonoma County Library Literacy, Santa Rosa, CA

Organizing Student Conferences - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Jolene Olson
LVA National Training Corps Trainer, Sheridan, WY

PC 103: Advanced Training of Trainers - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Nancy Pearl

People Say that Life is the Thing, but I Prefer Reading: Confessions of a Reading Addict - Featured Speaker, Thursday afternoon general session, 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Harry Pearson
LVA Dona Ana County, Las Cruces, NM

The Prison Literacy Initiative in New Mexico: A Look at Why It Works! - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Mirta Pedrazzoli
President, LVA National Student Advisory Board, Coventry, RI

How to Start Student Groups - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Students Can Raise Money! - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Linda Perry
Coordinator, LINCS Technology Training Special Collection, Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento, CA

LINCS Special Collection: Technology Training Materials - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

George Phillips
Instructional Designer, Technology Services Division, Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento, CA

Cyberstep: Multimedia Materials for Adult Learners - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Tim Ponder
Midwest LINCS Coordinator, Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent, OH

PC111: Technology Today: Its Place in Your Program - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Browsing the Web for Literacy Resources: LINCS Special Collections - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Build Literacy @ Your Library with Buildliteracy.org - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Frances Ramberg
Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Jenny Ransone
Adult Learning Center Coordinator, Johnson County Library, Franklin, IN

PC109: A New Lease on Literacy: Putting EFF to Work in Your Literacy Program - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Gail Rice
Literacy Consultant, Open Door Books, Palos Heights, IL

Language as Ministry: Church Programs for Literacy and ESOL - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Audrey Riffenburgh
Audrey Riffenburgh, President, Riffenburgh and Associates, Albuquerque, NM

Plain English - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Health Literacy: What It Is and How You Can Use It in Instruction - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Dolores Rodriguez
Executive Director, LVA Deming, Deming, NM

ESOL and SSOL: Uniting a Community Through Language - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Marty Ropog
Director, Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent, OH

PC111: Technology Today: Its Place in Your Program - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Diane J. Rosenthal
Director, What Works Literacy Partnership, Literacy Partners, New York, NY

PC113: Telling Our Literacy Story with Data: Creating a Data System that Works - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Loriene Roy
Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Sylvia Sandoval
LLA and LVA prison trainer, Albuquerque, NM

The Prison Literacy Initiative in New Mexico: A Look at Why It Works! - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Connie Schwein
LVA National Training Corps Trainer, New Jersey Department of Education, LVA Burlington County, Haddonfield, NJ

PC101: LVA's Training of Trainers - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

What's a Trainer to Do? - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Annette Sessions
LVA, Inc. Board of Directors, Hamden, CT

How to Start Student Groups - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Sheryl Sever
Western Region Senior Consultant, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, San Francisco, CA

Calculator Confidence for the MATH GED 2002 - Friday, Noon - 1 p.m.

Dale Sherman
Adult Learner, Project LEARN, Medina, OH

PowerPath to Adult Basic Learning: A Practical Intake, Diagnostic Screening, and Intervention System That Gives You a Pathway for Success with LD Adults - Thursday, Noon - 1 p.m.

Students Can Raise Money! - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Kirk Shisler
Director of Fund Development, Laubach Literacy Action, Syracuse, NY

Funding Your Organization's Future. . . NOW - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Sandra Shore
Financial Advisor, Garden State Consumer Credit Counseling, Freehold, New Jersey

Steps Toward Financial Literacy - Wednesday, 6 - 7 p.m.

Kevin Smith
Executive Director, LVA-New York State, Inc., Buffalo, NY

Building Public Support for Volunteer Literacy Programs - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Margie Snyder
Distance Learning Manager, LV of the Lowcountry, Hilton Head Island, SC

How to Incorporate Distance Learning into Your ESOL Program - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Robbin Sorensen
Chair, National Coalition for Literacy, Clarksville, MD

National Literacy Summit: Phase II Needs You! - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Carolyn Staley
Acting Director, National Institute for Literacy, Washington, DC

National Literacy Summit: Phase II Needs You! - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Dorothea Steinke
Education Researcher and Consultant, Los Alamos, NM

Numeracy: Why They Don�t Get It and What You Can Do About It - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Vikki Jo Stewart
Chair, LVA, Inc. Board of Directors, Kingman, KS

LVA Update - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Linda Swanson
PC Support Trainer, Outreach and Technical Assistance Network, Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento, CA

OTAN for Teachers - Friday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Marsha Tait
President, LVA, Inc., Syracuse, NY

LVA Update - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Carole Talan
Library Literacy Programs Coordinator, California State Library, Sacramento, CA

PC105: How to Grow a Family Literacy Program in a Few Essential and Practical Steps - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Cindy Towsner
National Coordinator for Family Literacy and Volunteerism, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC

PC104: Seminar for Family Literacy Specialists - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (by invitation only)

Ruth Vander Hart
Editor, Open Door Books, Grand Rapids, MI

Language as Ministry: Church Programs for Literacy and ESOL - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Patricia Wagner
Co-owner, Pattern Research, Inc., Denver, CO

The Necessity of Joy - Featured Speaker, Friday afternoon session, 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Marketing as if Your Organization Depended on It! - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Linda Ward
BLAST member, Albuquerque, NM

The New Pathways Literacy and Adult Education Theater - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Laura P. Weisel
Clinical Services, The TLP Group, Columbus, OH

PowerPath to Adult Basic Learning: A Practical Intake, Diagnostic Screening, and Intervention System That Gives You a Pathway for Success with LD Adults - Thursday, Noon - 1 p.m.

Molly Wilkenson
Instructor, Fathers as Readers Program, Las Cruces, NM

The Prison Literacy Initiative in New Mexico: A Look at Why It Works! - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Archie Willard
Adult Learner Specialist, President Emeritus of VALUE, and former literacy student, Eagle Grove, IA

Plain English - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Health Literacy: What It Is and How You Can Use It in Instruction - Thursday, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Nancy Williams
ESOL Program Director, LV of the Lowcountry, Hilton Head Island, SC

How to Incorporate Distance Learning into Your ESOL Program - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

More Original, But Mostly Borrowed and Stolen, Creative ESOL Ideas - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Taylor Willingham
Consultant, Austin-Pacific Consulting Company, Salado, TX

PC108: Using Accreditation as a Catalyst for Change - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Accreditation for Large Agency-Based Affiliates - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

National Issues Forums: Tools to Help Learners Become EFFective Members of Their Community - Friday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Sylvia Wood
BLAST member, Albuquerque, NM

The New Pathways Literacy and Adult Education Theater - Thursday, 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Gilbert Zamora
Adult Learner, BLAST member, Alamogordo, NM

PC112: Student Leadership and Communication: Telling Our Stories to Change the World - Preconference Seminar, Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.