CONFERENCE TEAM

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The Conference Team: Tenured Faculty, Board of Advisors and You

The core of the conference team is our Tenured Faculty, eight individuals who are recognized nationally as the best of the best in various disciplines within the special needs transportation community.

Equally key is our National Board of Advisors which changes each year and represents a cross section of the county and the special needs community — local, regional and state school transportation officials; school bus contractors; and operations personnel. The participation of these individuals in program planning, presentations and one-to-one conversations with you during the conference offers you unparalleled access to people who can answer your questions and offer practical, workable solutions to your concerns.

You are a vital part of the conference team as well, meeting and exchanging information with more than 500 people who are solving problems just like yours. Combine this with more than 30 presenters — experts who are pioneering best practices for serving populations with special needs — and you have the best opportunity for help to succeed in your day-to-day challenges and to achieve professional growth.

The Conference Chair

In consultation with the Tenured Faculty and the National Board of Advisors, Roseann Schwaderer organizes and chairs the conference. The president of Edupro Group, Roseann is the founding editor of Transporting Students with Disabilities Newsletter, which she wrote and edited from 1991 until April 1998.  Roseann conceived and chaired the first Transporting Students with Disabilities Conference in 1992 and enjoys that privilege and responsibility each year.  Roseann was recognized by School Transportation News (April, May 2002) in a two-part series on "women who have made influential contributions to the pupil transportation industry." She is also Publisher of Legal Routes, a bi-monthly report on law and compliance issues for school transportationprofessionals, which is researched and written by Peggy Burns, Esq.