Jeff Thom
7414 Mooncrest Way
Sacramento, CA 95831
Phone (916)-995-3967
e-mail jsthom@comcast.net

President: Mitch Pomerantz, Pasadena, CA

First Vice President: Kim Charlson, Watertown, MA

Second Vice President: Brenda Dillon, Hermitage, TN

Secretary: Marlaina Lieberg, Burien, WA

Treasurer: Carla Ruschival, Louisville, KY

Immediate Past President: Christopher Gray, St. Louis, MO

Directors:

Ray Campbell, Glen Ellyn, IL

Berl Colley, Lacey, WA

Sara Conrad, Stevensville, MI

Janet Dickelman, St. Paul, MN

Show your support for ACB in one or more of these ways:

Convention Sponsorships:

Stop by ACB/Vanda Pharmaceuticals Registration in Nationwide and become an individual or corporate ACB Convention Sponsor.  Individual sponsorships are bronze ($25), silver ($50), gold ($100), platinum ($250), and titanium ($500); sponsors receive special ribbons to wear on their convention badges, and are recognized both in general session and in the newspaper.

 
ACB: Discovering New Worlds
 
 52nd Annual National
Conference & Convention
American Council of the Blind
and
Special-Interest Affiliates
 
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Columbus, Ohio
July 4 – 12, 2013
 
Mitch Pomerantz, President
 
Hosted by ACB of Ohio
Nolan Crabb, President

Below are the links to the available formats for downloading.

The text to all the ads is in the MS Word .doc format; the color ads are in the .pdf format.

Table of contents in both formats have active links to the sections.

2013 Conference and Convention Program large print MS Word format .doc

Many, many thanks to our 2013 corporate sponsors. Their continued generous support of the American Council of the Blind and our conference and convention is sincerely appreciated.

Look for the 2013 corporate sponsors on acb.org, in the conference and convention program and newspaper, on ACB Radio, on the convention T-shirt, and throughout the week.  Be sure to thank them personally for their generous support.

Diamond Sponsors:

Dear Conference/Convention Attendees:

For the last time as your president, let me welcome everyone to the annual national conference and convention of the American Council of the Blind.  At the close of the banquet on Thursday evening I will conclude my sixth and final year in that capacity.

While we are gathering for the 52nd time in our history, this is ACB's first visit to Columbus, Ohio.  My initial visit to the state capital of Ohio was in the summer of 1968, when I attended Pilot Dogs, Inc.  My life-long fondness for White Castle burgers was born during that month.

ACB - American Council of the Blind

AAVL - Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss

AAVIA - American Association of Visually Impaired Attorneys

ACBDA - ACB Diabetics in Action

ACBF - ACB Families

ACBGE - ACB Government Employees

ACBHSP - ACB Human Service Professionals

ACBL - ACB Lions

ACBRA - ACB Radio Amateurs

ACBS - ACB Students

Entries in this program give day, time, and location for each event.  Descriptions, presenters, and ticket prices are shown when applicable.

If a group is holding all of its events in the same room on a given day, that room name appears on the line beside the day and date.  If a group is holding more than one event on a given day, and those events are in different rooms, the location for the first event is shown beside the day and date.  Subsequent rooms are shown beside the events.