Access to Emergency Alerts for People with Disabilities
Access Alerts Working Group and National Consumer Advisory Board
NCAM's Access to Emergency Alerts project collaborates with an Accessibility Working Group within the public warning community to conduct resource assessments of emergency system protocols, technologies and services for wired, wireless and DTV-based delivery of information. The public warning community consists of local and national government agencies, Web-based weather and traffic services, local television and radio stations and cable TV services.
A second group, the Access Alerts National Consumer Advisory Board is comprised of representatives from organizations serving deaf, hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired communities. Through ongoing, informal communication with NCAM staff, and an annual meeting to share updates on alerting technologies and barriers, this board ensures that consumers are active participants in defining the need and determining how solutions are evaluated.
Accessibility Working Group
Kenneth B. Allen
American Council for Technology and the Industry Advisory Committee
Claudia Bitner
Mystateusa.com
Art Botterell
Incident.com
Ray Chadwick
R.F. Chadwick & Associates
Ed Czarnecki
SpectraRep
Elizabeth A. Davis
EAD & Associates, LLC
Tom Ditt
North Carolina Division of Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Ida B. Esh't
Arkansas Governor's Commission on People with Disabilities
Nikki Falk
St. Clair County Office of Emergency Management in Michigan
Matt Farlow
Mystateusa.com (formerly Louisiana Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness)
Jeff Friedland
St. Clair County Office of Emergency Management in Michigan
Ben Green
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
David Glazebrook
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
Sudhir Gupta
XOP Networks
George Heake
Temple University
Jim House
Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network
Bob Hynes
Arlington Virginia Disability Commission
Bill Josko
Roam Secure
Frank Lucia, Consultant
Scott Marotte
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
Dave MacCarn
WGBH Educational Foundation
Scott McCormick
CARD (Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters)
John Merrell
Prima Technology
Vicki Miller
Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
Carolyn Moussa
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Ward Noland
Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
Donna Platt
Washington State 9-1-1/TTY Education Program
Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center (HSDC)
Vishy Poosala
Alert Earth!
Ken Putkovich
Consultant (formerly NOAA/National Weather Service)
Richard Ray
Department on Disability
City of Los Angeles (California)
Bruce Robertson
Digital Alert Systems
Susan Roseberry
Contra Costa County, California
Chris Springer
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Elaine Sudanowicz
Mayor’s Office of Emergency Preparedness, Boston (Massachusetts)
Skip Tamargo
Emergency E-Mail Notification
Jeff Timperi
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
John Tommaney
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
Anna Torsney-Weir
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
Gail Toti
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Marty Vodovoz
KLVX, Las Vegas
William Waugh
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Georgia State University
Access Alerts National Consumer Advisory Board
Kenneth B. Allen
American Council for Technology and the Industry Advisory Committee
Brenda Battat
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
Nancy Bloch
National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
Melanie Brunson
American Council of the Blind (ACB)
Elizabeth A. Davis
EAD & Associates, LLC
Betty Dodds
Consultant (formerly NOAA/National Weather Service)
David Glazebrook
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)
Judith Harkins
Gallaudet University Department of Communication Studies
Cheryl Heppner
Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC) and the Consumer Action Network (CAN)
Janet LaBreck
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
Helena Mitchell
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Mobile Wireless Technologies for Persons with Disabilities
Georgia Institute of Technology
Heidi Larson Reed
Massachusetts Commission of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Paul Schroeder
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
Claude Stout
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.
Hilary Styron
Emergency Preparedness Initiative
National Organization on Disability (NOD)
Vincent (Bim) Tunstall Wood
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Severe Storms Laboratory
A second group, the Access Alerts National Consumer Advisory Board is comprised of representatives from organizations serving deaf, hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired communities. Through ongoing, informal communication with NCAM staff, and an annual meeting to share updates on alerting technologies and barriers, this board ensures that consumers are active participants in defining the need and determining how solutions are evaluated.
Accessibility Working Group
Kenneth B. Allen
American Council for Technology and the Industry Advisory Committee
Claudia Bitner
Mystateusa.com
Art Botterell
Incident.com
Ray Chadwick
R.F. Chadwick & Associates
Ed Czarnecki
SpectraRep
Elizabeth A. Davis
EAD & Associates, LLC
Tom Ditt
North Carolina Division of Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Ida B. Esh't
Arkansas Governor's Commission on People with Disabilities
Nikki Falk
St. Clair County Office of Emergency Management in Michigan
Matt Farlow
Mystateusa.com (formerly Louisiana Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness)
Jeff Friedland
St. Clair County Office of Emergency Management in Michigan
Ben Green
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
David Glazebrook
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
Sudhir Gupta
XOP Networks
George Heake
Temple University
Jim House
Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network
Bob Hynes
Arlington Virginia Disability Commission
Bill Josko
Roam Secure
Frank Lucia, Consultant
Scott Marotte
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
Dave MacCarn
WGBH Educational Foundation
Scott McCormick
CARD (Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters)
John Merrell
Prima Technology
Vicki Miller
Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
Carolyn Moussa
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Ward Noland
Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
Donna Platt
Washington State 9-1-1/TTY Education Program
Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center (HSDC)
Vishy Poosala
Alert Earth!
Ken Putkovich
Consultant (formerly NOAA/National Weather Service)
Richard Ray
Department on Disability
City of Los Angeles (California)
Bruce Robertson
Digital Alert Systems
Susan Roseberry
Contra Costa County, California
Chris Springer
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Elaine Sudanowicz
Mayor’s Office of Emergency Preparedness, Boston (Massachusetts)
Skip Tamargo
Emergency E-Mail Notification
Jeff Timperi
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
John Tommaney
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
Anna Torsney-Weir
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
Gail Toti
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Marty Vodovoz
KLVX, Las Vegas
William Waugh
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Georgia State University
Access Alerts National Consumer Advisory Board
Kenneth B. Allen
American Council for Technology and the Industry Advisory Committee
Brenda Battat
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
Nancy Bloch
National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
Melanie Brunson
American Council of the Blind (ACB)
Elizabeth A. Davis
EAD & Associates, LLC
Betty Dodds
Consultant (formerly NOAA/National Weather Service)
David Glazebrook
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)
Judith Harkins
Gallaudet University Department of Communication Studies
Cheryl Heppner
Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC) and the Consumer Action Network (CAN)
Janet LaBreck
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
Helena Mitchell
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Mobile Wireless Technologies for Persons with Disabilities
Georgia Institute of Technology
Heidi Larson Reed
Massachusetts Commission of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Paul Schroeder
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
Claude Stout
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.
Hilary Styron
Emergency Preparedness Initiative
National Organization on Disability (NOD)
Vincent (Bim) Tunstall Wood
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Severe Storms Laboratory