2025 Speakers

The 2026 program is in development.  

The list below of 2025 speakers, an outstanding slate, is an excellent indication of the level of expertise you can expect in 2026:  

Carla D. Aikens

Carla D. Aikens, P.L.C.

Detroit, Michigan

Lisa Banks

Katz Banks Kumin

Washington D.C.

Russell Beck

Beck Reed Riden LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

Claudia Center

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

Berkeley, California

Barbara J. D'Aquila

Fisher & Phillips

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ryan D. Derry

Paul Hastings 

San Francisco, California

Eric S. Dreiband

Jones Day

Washington D.C.

Carrie H. Grundmann

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Mark Gaston Pearce

Georgetown University Law Center

Washington D.C.

Jenny Lay-Flurrie

Microsoft Corporation

Redmond, Washington

Shannon Liss-Riordan

Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C.

Boston, Massachusetts

Louis Lopez

AARP Foundation

Washington D.C.

Megan K. Mechak

McGillivary Steele Elkin LLP

Washington D.C.

Philip A. Miscimarra

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Washington D.C. and Chicago, Illinois

Caren Sencer

Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld

Emeryville, California

Anne B. Shaver

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein

San Francisco, California

Dara Smith

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Washington D.C.

Genaira L. Tyce

Akerman LLP

New York, New York