National Association of the Deaf

 What do the vice-president of a large national non-profit communications service provider, a attorney specializing in fighting for accessibility, and the chief operating officer of a large non-profit advocacy organization share in common?    Besides a common desire to expand communication access for the nation's 36 million deaf and hard of hearing citizens, they're also working to become the National Association of the Deaf's next Chief Executive Officer.  

The candidates are: 

Working on another article for the NAD Conference blog in the lobby is an exercise in distraction. It seems every person walking through the lobby is a one-person high-school or college reunion for someone else in the lobby. The shrieks, the "OH - MY - GOD'S!", and the flying fingers trying to catch up on the excitement of the past years.