National Repository Exploratory Meeting Informational pages

Last revised: 25 September 2004

Sponsored by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Open eBook Forum (OeBF)

October 4, 2004 hosted by Recording For the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)

 

List of people invited

Name Title Affiliation Status
Allan Adler Vice President, Legal and Governmental Affairs Association of American Publishers Will not attend, perhaps dial in
Judith Altreuter Production Director Modern Language Association Confirmed
Peter Beran VP IT RFB&D Confirmed
Ron Blosser Director, Disability Support Services Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges Confirmed
Nick Bogaty Executive Director Open eBook Forum Confirmed
Rick Bowes Consultant Thomson Learning Confirmed
Sharon Brown - Levey New York State Education Department Office of Professions & Office of Higher Education Confirmed
Mary Cheng Director, Student Disability Resource Center California State University Hayward Confirmed
John Churchill VP Production RFB&D Confirmed
Curtis Chong National Federation of the Blind Invited
Julie Copty Director, School Division Association of American Publishers confirmed
Eileen Curran Vice President, Education Services National Braille Press Confirmed
Kurt Cylke Director National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) Cannot attend
Elizabeth Delfs Director, Contracts and Counsel Pearson Education Confirmed
Linda Dierstein President National Association of Textbook Administrators Will not attend
Gaeir Dietrich Alternate Media Training Specialist/Instructor High Tech Center Training Unit Confirmed
Stephen Driesler Executive Director, School Division Association of American Publishers Confirmed
Richard Ferrie Director of Content and Asset Management Scott Foresman Confirmed
Jesse Fahnestock Collection Development Coordinator Benetech/Bookshare.org Cannot attend
Geoff Freed Project Manager NCAM/WGBH Confirmed
Jim Fruchterman President and CEO Benetech/Bookshare.org Confirmed
Peter J. Givler Executive Director Association of American University Presses Invited
Chris Gray President American Council of the Blind Confirmed
Loretta Guarino Reid Adobe Invited
Bruce Hildebrand Executive Director for Higher Education Association of American Publishers (AAP) Confirmed
Rick Johnson Enterprise Director Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Invited
John Karras Associate Director, Transfer and Student Programs, California State University, Office of the Chancellor Cannot attend
John Kelly President Recording For the Blind & Dyslexic Confirmed
George Kerscher Senior Officer Accessible Information;Secretary General RFB&D; DAISY Consortium Confirmed
Stephanie Lee Director Office of Special Education Programs US DOE Invited
Heather Malloy Archive Manager John Wiley & Sons Confirmed
Robert Martinengo Supervisor Alternate Text Production Center Invited
Gary Wunder Corporate Secretary National Federation of the Blind Confirmed
Chuck Mayo Assistant Division Director, Textbooks Texas Education Agency Confirmed
Edward McCoyd Director of Digital Policy Association of American Publishers Confirmed
Madelyn Bryant McIntire Director, Accessible Technology Group Microsoft Invited
Pearce McNulty Director, Advanced Publishing Technologies Houghton Mifflin Cannot attend
Michael Moodie Deputy Director National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Cannot attend
Gary Moulton Product Manager; Accessible Technology Group (ATG) Microsoft Confirmed
Steve Noble Policy Analyst; Board of Directors Kentucky Assistive Technology Service Network; Learning Disabilities Association of America Confirmed
Stacey Pusey Communications Manager Association of Educational Publishers Invited
Mark Richert Executive Director Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Confirmed
Paul Schroeder Vice President, Programs and Policy Group American Foundation for the Blind Confirmed
Diane Schuch Executive Director Talking Tapes/Textbooks on Tape Confirmed
Dick Scribner President and CEO RFB&D Confirmed
Mary Ann Siller Director, National Education Program American Foundation for the Blind Confirmed
Diane Spence Director, Braille Services Region IV Education Service Center Confirmed
Skip Stahl Director, Universal Learning Center CAST Inc. Confirmed
Thomas Starbranch Senior Project Manager, Publishing Processes (also, chair of the Pearson Education K-12 Group subcommittee on accessibility issues) Prentice Hall Confirmed
Bill Stark Project Director Captioned Media Program Invited
Ron Stewart, The Association on Higher Education And Disability, Technical Advisor. Confirmed
Jennifer Sutton Consultant Independent Invited
Peggy Tate Specialist, Student Services and Special Programs California Community Colleges Cannot attend
Bill Thomas Director, Educational Technology Southern Regional Education Board Confirmed
Tuck Tinsley President American Printing House for the Blind Confirmed
Jim Veltman VP AccessWorld Solutions and Talking Book Productions American Foundation For the Blind (AFB): Education Task Force Confirmed
Jane West Co-Chair CCD Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities: Education Task Force Invited
Rick Weingarten Director American Library Association Confirmed
Khaki Wunderlich Executive Committee, Past President SUNY Disability Services Council Confirmed
RFB&D Observing Morgan Roth, Julie Moeller, Vernon Bramble, Peter Smith, James Pritchett,Karen LeMorvan, Dave Kozemchak, Pam Johnson, Kathie Korpolinski