2021 FAER Conference Overview
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
1:00-2:00 pm EST: Opening Session: "Finding My Way through the Trees," presented by Joe Strechay
2:15-3:15 pm EST:
- Concurrent Session 2: "The 4to24 App for Parents and Students - Building Skills Toward Employment," presented by Karla Antonelli
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FAER Board Members and Committee Chairs:
- President: Peta-Gaye Yee-Kee
- President-Elect: Liz Anderson
- Past President: Jessica Alessio
- Treasurer: Sandy Lewis
- Secretary: Sue Glaser
- Member-at-Large Education: Tiffany Conrad
- Member-at-Large Education: Susan Garner
- Member-at-Large Rehabilitation: Amy Johnson
- Member-at-Large Rehabilitation: Rachael Sessler-Trinkowsky
- Awards Committee Chair: Amy Johnson
- Communications Committee Co-Chairs: Andrea Wallace and Rachael Sessler-Trinkowsky
- Legislative Committee Chair: Suzanne Dalton
- Membership Committee Chair: Leanne Grillot
- Nominations Committee Chair: Jessica Alessio
- Scholarship Committee Chair: Venetia Hayden
9:00-10:30 am EST: Spotlight Session: "A Focus on the Future Begins with Individual Assessment," presented by Karen Wolffe
10:45-11:45 am EST:
- Concurrent Session 1: "Creating Connectedness: Strategies to Reduce Social Isolation for People with Visual Impairment," presented by Sylvia Stinson-Perez
- Concurrent Session 2: "Building Skills for Success," presented by Leanne Grillot and Erika Fundelius
1:15-2:00 pm EST: FAER Awards and Scholarships