Dr. Carl Van Horn Part of Panel at National Governors Association Winter Meeting

March 7, 2013
Dr. Carl Van Horn with Judy Woodruff of PBS NewsHour. Photo by Kathy Krepcio.

Dr. Carl Van Horn with Judy Woodruff of PBS NewsHour. Photo by Kathy Krepcio.

Dr. Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and professor at the Bloustein School, was recently part of a panel on state and business roles in disability employment at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association. Also appearing on the panel were Neill Christopher, Vice President of Acadia Windows and Doors; Judith Heumann, Special Advisor on Disability Rights for the U.S. State Department and also a member of the Heldrich Center’s National Advisory Board; and Joan McGovern, Vice President of JP Morgan Chase. The moderator was Judy Woodruff of PBS NewsHour. The panel was televised on C-SPAN. Video of the panel is available at:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311078-1

 

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