Susan Sygall, Mobility International meets Carole Astley & Sachie York from Travel Oregon Lara Sandora, Adrian Smith, Madeline Chase share their travel stories as moms of children on the autism spectrum with Marc Garcia, Visit Mesa An engrossed audience at LaunchPad Kerry Mauger, Wings for Autism Program Manager, The Arc Conference Guests enjoying themselves at the LaunchPad reception. Laszlo Horvath, LaunchPad Emcee with Jason McKee from Accessibility Shield Conference Session Theresa Stern from Guide Dogs for the Blind Brandon Hochman from My Shower Buddy, co-winner of LaunchPad 2019 Carole Astley & Sachie York from Travel Oregon Jeff Yoshioko, WHill & Lesli Wang, Free2Go Mobility Solutions- LaunchPad 2019 Winners Mike May from Access Explorer Nate Lane, Pegasus, Harris, Visit Valley Forge & Art Jimenez,Reno-Tahoe USA Jay Cardinali with Kirsten Baker, Jeenie Meegan Winters from Able Eyes presents at LaunchPad John Morris from wheelchairtravel.org The Judges at LaunchPad Chris Lona, CL Designs presenting at LaunchPad Troy Otillio, Aira and Christopher Shilder, Marriott International AirBnB Accessibility Expert Srin Madipalli Sid Marcos, Outlandish Travel Patty David from AARP shares data on the Boomer Travel Market Michael Sobell, Autism on the Seas, Ron Pettit, Royal Caribbean and Julie Jones from Australia Mary Kay Vrba tells the story of the Think Differently initiative in Dutchess County Makiko Matsuda Healy from NYC & Co We Love NY Makiko Healy,Sara Emmert, Susanne O’Neil & Mary Kay Vrba Karlene Holloman, Point Hospitality Judi Durant & Josh Lambert from the Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel share the secrets of their customer service training Advisory Board Members Dave Lorenz, Visit Michigan & Josh Loebner, Designsensory Janis Ross of Eugene & The Cascades shares the accessibility initiatives from Eugene TravelAbility Founder Jake Steinman fields a question Accessible Travel Pioneer Eric Lipp of Open Doors organization Dave Lorenz from Visit Michigan explains how they raised the bar on accessibility Lunch time Accessible Travel Experts Sue Slater, Presto Magic Travel, Myron Pincomb IBCCES & JohnSage, Accessible Travel Solutions Camilo Navarro shares the mission of Wheel the World Overcoming the Fears of Accessibility Mike May, Access Explorer, Isabell Ducharme Keroul & Srin Madipalli AirBnB
Thank you to all who attended. We can’t wait to see you in 2020.