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CONFERENCE WRAP-UP


businesses and BLN affiliates together to create workplaces, marketplaces, and supply chains where people with disabilities were fully included as professionals, customers and entrepreneurs. USBLN is the preeminent national employer-to-employer event that taps into the vast economic potential of people with disabilities.


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hicago was this year’s host of the September 19-22 USBLN Annual Conference & Expo. Themed “Aligning Disability with the Bottom Line: Talent, Market Share, and Supplier Diversity” the conference connected corporate, government, disability-owned


Winners of the 2010 USBLN® Annual Leadership Awards. Award recipients clearly embody the highest ethical standards and values in the disability community.


Conference attendees with Keynote speaker Stephen J. Szilagyi, Senior Vice President, Distribution, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.


Conference attendees visiting the ADA National Network booth at the USBLN® Exhibit Hall hosted by Microsoft.


2010 conference attendees with Aditi Dussault, USBLN® Director, Disability Supplier Diversity ProgramSM (DSDP) & Affiliate Relations.


(Left to Right): Steve Cash, U.S. Paralympian, United States Olympic Committee, 2010 ESPY Winner & Paralympic Gold Medalist Sled Hockey, John D. Kemp, USBLN® Executive Director & General Counsel and John F. Register, Associate Director Community and Military Programs, United States Olympic Committee, U.S. Paralympics Division. Steve Cash and John F. Register participated in the USBLN® annual conference as speakers and Paralympic Ambassadors.


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(Left to Right): Beth Butler, USBLN® Chair & Accommodations Management Consultant, Wells Fargo, Frances West, USBLN® Board member & Director, IBM Human Ability & Accessibility Center and John D. Kemp, USBLN® Executive Director & General Counsel. Frances West accepting the USBLN® Employee Resource Group (ERG) of the Year award on behalf of IBM Human Resources - Diversity & Workforce Programs.


Photography by Bruce Powell


Photo credit: © US Business Leadership Network® (USBLN®) www.usbln.org


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