Grab your lunch and attend one of the seven sessions with the experts and an Els for Autism Foundation Advisory Board Member.

Your questions will be answered in real-time.

1

Starting and running a business for individuals with autism

Tom D’Eri, COO/Co-Founder, Rising Tide Car Wash

Dr. Kerry Magro, Els for Autism Foundation Advisory Board Member

2

Job carving, employer support

Lileana de Moya, Founder and CEO/President, The de Moya Foundation and Jill Brookner, Director, DMF Employment, Inc.

Adam Jones, Els for Autism Foundation Advisory Board Member

3

Hospitality – Starting a training program that leads to staffing

Erin Brooker Lozott, Director of Clinical Services and Global Support, Els for Autism Foundation and Sheila Hills, Senior Human Resource Manager, PGA National Resort & Spa

Mike DiMauro, Els for Autism Foundation Advisory Board Member

4

Preparing individuals with autism for employment and training employers

Paul Wehman, Ph.D., Professor of Special Education and Counseling, Director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, Virginia Commonwealth University

Dr. Stephen Shore, Els for Autism Foundation Advisory Board Member

5

Questions about the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

Craig E. Leen, Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School, and former Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), U.S. Department of Labor

Jim Hogan, Els for Autism Foundation Advisory Board Member

6

Entrepreneurship

Valerie Herskowitz, Owner and Founder, The Chocolate Spectrum Café and Academy

Paul Morris, Els for Autism Foundation Advisory Board Member

7

Questions to Florida Vocational Rehabilitation

Jacqueline Ortiz-Baerga, Assistant District Director, USDOL/OFCCP

Andrew Blitman, Els for Autism Foundation Advisory Board Member

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