Honoring the Contributions of Americans with Disabilities to the Workforce and National Progress through UCEDDs

Allan Bergman

High Impact Consulting

Allan Bergman is the CEO of High Impact Mission-based Consulting & Training. A nationally recognized policy analyst, change agent, and thought leader in cross-disability policy and best practices including employment first, Allan has over 50 years of experience at local, state, and federal levels as a service provider, legislative advocate, and systems' change facilitator. He has served as an SME for ODEP since 2011. Allan’s personal commitment is reflected in his high expectations and support for his daughter and stepdaughter, who have both achieved significant milestones through supported or customized employment.

Johnny Collett

University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute (HDI)

Johnny Collett is deputy director at the University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute (HDI). Before joining HDI, Collett served as Assistant United States Education Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Prior to that, Collett served as program director for special education outcomes at the Council of Chief State School Officers. He has also served in senior leadership roles at the Kentucky Department of Education, and as a high school special education teacher.

Megan Henly

University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability

Megan Henly, PhD, is Research Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability. Her research examines the social determinants of employment and health for people with disabilities. Dr. Henly's research is funded through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and National Science Foundation (NSF).

Sandra McNally

Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

Sandra McNally has been with Pennsylvania’s AT Act program, TechOWL, in various capacities, for over 20 years. In her current position as Assistant Director, she works with TechOWL’s eight subcontracted AT Resource Centers, as well as PA’s statewide AT Lending Library, providing technical assistance to ensure quality implementation of statewide AT activities. As the parent of two young adults with disabilities, Sandi has first-hand knowledge of the impact assistive and generic technologies have on people’s lives.

Rylin Rogers

Microsoft

Rylin Rodgers serves on Microsoft’s Accessibility Team as a Disability Policy Director. She strives to impact disability policy in the areas of technology, workforce and fundamental right. Rylin’s work is influenced by her lived experiences with disability. She is dyslexic and has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and the mother of two young adults with physical disabilities and medical complexity. Her family is ALL IN for disability policy!