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ACCESS Advisory Committee Charter

1. COMMITTEE’S OFFICIAL DESIGNATION: The Committee’s official designation is the Advisory Committee on Accessible Air Transportation (ACCESS Advisory Committee).

2. AUTHORITY: The Committee is being established in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory...

ACCESS Committee Members

Michelle Albert – Boeing Commercial Airplanes – Seattle, WA – Michelle Albert is a Technical Fellow from Boeing specializing in airplane cabin safety.  Ms. Albert has been a member of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) rule making activities and is also a member of the Cabin Safety...

Car Rental ACDBE Guidance

Airport recipients are required to establish an annual overall ACDBE goal for car rental concession opportunities pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 23.41(a) (2016).

The contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. This...

Plenary Meeting

The ACCESS Advisory Committee will have six two-day meetings in Washington D.C.: 

First meeting May 17 – 18Second meeting, June 14 – 15Third meeting, July 11 – 12Fourth meeting, August 16 - 17Fifth meeting, September 22 – 23Sixth and final meeting, October 13 – 14

Notices of all future...

2016 DOT Civil Rights Virtual Symposium Speaker Bios - Session 6

Speaking with One Voice: Accelerating Access to OpportunityADA Transition Planning – An Innovative Approach

Nathen M. Harp is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analyst with the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in the Demographic Analysis and Forecasting Bureau since 2005...

2016 DOT Civil Rights Virtual Symposium Speaker Bios - Session 12

Speaking with One Voice: Accelerating Access to OpportunityLooking Back to Forge a Way Forward:  What the Montgomery Bus Boycott Can Teach Us About Leading Change

Marcia Ledlow

Marci Ledlow recently joined the faculty of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, VA where she...

2016 DOT Civil Rights Virtual Symposium Speaker Bios - Session 11

Speaking with One Voice: Accelerating Access to OpportunitySchedule A: Streamlined Federal Government Hiring of People with Disabilities

Elisa Allen

As Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Pathways and Selective Placement Coordinator, Elisa Allen, oversees the recruitment and placement...

2016 DOT Civil Rights Virtual Symposium Speaker Bios - Session 9

Speaking with One Voice: Accelerating Access to OpportunityHow to Achieve a Diverse and Inclusive Team

Tonja Ancrum

Tonja Ancrum is a DeCA’s Affirmative Employment and MD715 Manager.  She develops innovative approaches to providing EEO Services to managers, supervisors and employees....

2016 DOT Civil Rights Virtual Symposium Speaker Bios - Session 8

Speaking with One Voice: Accelerating Access to OpportunityMeaningful Language Access Under Title VI

Alyssa Lareau

Alyssa Lareau has worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division since 2009.  She first served as a Trial Attorney in the Special Litigation Section,...