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Rights of Veterans with Disabilities in Employment, Housing and Transportation

2:00 pm EDT June 28, 2016   |   Organized by: Great Lakes ADA Center

Description

Date/Time: Tuesday June 28, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. ET

Location: Webinar

Description: This webinar will focus on federal laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), the Fair Housing Act, and the Air Carrier Access Act, as they apply to veterans with disabilities. Topics will include reasonable accommodation in the workplace and non-discrimination in housing and traveling by bus, train, or plane. This webinar is suitable for service providers and advocates who may work with veterans, and veterans with disabilities interested in learning more about their rights under federal law in employment, housing, and transportation.

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Sharon E. Debbage Alexander

Sharon Alexander works in the Washington Field Office of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), where she has served as an investigator in EEOC’s private sector enforcement program and is currently assigned as an Administrative Judge in the federal sector hearings program. Prior to joining the Field Office, Sharon was a Special Assistant and Attorney Advisor to EEOC Commissioner and Acting Chair Stuart Ishimaru, and thereafter to EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrien. During six years working with the Chair of the Commission, Sharon played key roles in the development of regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; the development of the Commission’s Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues, and the Commission’s work on Title VII’s sex discrimination provision as it pertains to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons. Sharon also helped to lead EEOC’s outreach to veterans with disabilities, and coordinated EEOC’s participation in the interagency National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force.

Before joining the EEOC, Sharon’s practice focused on LGBT civil rights for seven years, first at the Human Rights Campaign and then at Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. Sharon is a graduate magna cum laude of the University of Pittsburgh with a B.A. in anthropology and political science. She holds a J.D. and an M.A. in anthropology from the University of Colorado.

She is a veteran of the United States Army, and is married with two daughters.

Heather L. Ansley

Ms. Ansley began her tenure with the organization in January 2015. Her responsibilities include corporate legal matters, government relations, and disability advocacy. She also works to promote collaboration between disability organizations and veterans service organizations by serving as a co-chair of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Veterans and Military Families Task Force. Additionally, she serves as an officer on CCD’s Board of Directors.

Prior to her arrival at Paralyzed Veterans of America, she served as Vice President of VetsFirst, a program of United Spinal Association. She has also served as the Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Lutheran Services in America Disability Network.

Before arriving in Washington, D.C., she served as a Research Attorney for The Honorable Steve Leben with the Kansas Court of Appeals. Prior to attending law school, she worked in the office of former U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof (R-MO) where she assisted constituents with problems involving federal agencies. She also served as the congressional and intergovernmental affairs specialist at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Region VII office in Kansas City, Missouri.

Ms. Ansley is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Ms. Ansley also holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Juris Doctorate from the Washburn University School of Law in Kansas.

She is licensed to practice law in the State of Kansas and before the United States District Court of Kansas.

Susan Prokop

Susan Prokop joined the Advocacy Program at Paralyzed Veterans of America in February 1997. The Advocacy Program addresses issues that PVA members encounter outside traditional veterans' programs such as disability rights, transportation, voting accessibility and fair housing challenges. Prior to arriving at PVA, Susan was a health policy analyst with the American Society of Internal Medicine from 1989 to 1997. Before that, she served six years as a legislative staffer with Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) where she managed issues of concern to veterans and senior citizens. At PVA, Susan is responsible for issues relating to Social Security, employment and housing. She is a cochair of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Employment and Training Task Force and Task Force on Veterans and Military Families.

A native of Arlington, Virginia, she graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in Government and received a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Virginia. Susan has been involved in programs affecting persons with disabilities in her community through service on the Arlington Community Services Board and as a member of the Board of Community Residences, Inc. She was appointed by Governor Mark Warner to Virginia's Statewide Independent Living Council in 2003 and served as chair of the SILC from 2004 to 2006. Governor Tim Kaine reappointed Susan to the SILC in October 2006 for another three year term. In November 2006, Susan was honored by the Arlington, Virginia Human Rights Commission for her advocacy work in disability rights.

Susan lives in Arlington with her husband, James Turpin. Together, they own a small vineyard in Nelson County Virginia called Democracy Vineyards.

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