ann steiner, stephanie nichols, colleen stall eo, kerry goodwin. there is a number of speaker cards. people don't have to come up in that order. i have cards from ron from the department of public health and from the department alliance and denise from the mayor's disability council. anybody wishing to speak can come forward. people can just come forward when you can to speed up the testimony process. >> thank you. >> hi. good afternoon. my name is ann steiner with the department for people with disabilities. i have been working in disability and employment almost all of my adult life. i have been a service provider and i have worked in human resources. i have been a trainer and consultant and working with specialized organizations. in 1981 and 82 i was working on a grant for the county of san mateo. thanks to everybody. we are a great team, i will tell you. the grant was to start an optional alternative program for people with disabilities. in the after math of section 504 of the rehab act. local government and state government were required to ha

also ann steiner who has been part of the task force and a representative back in the 80s of the original task force that was established by a former mayor that really tried to address the issues of people with disabilities. i want to thank her for here participation in the task force. sienna hines at the independent living resource center. i think a lot of spirit that will come in september with the prides celebration and the movement. fiona with the independent living resource center and the movement is part of the vibe sea of the disability rights community today. kate is a leader for the lighthouse for the blind and impaired and with the library and stephanie is a quality assurance supervisor at the golden gate regional center and i wanted to thank especially formally with the arc kelly goodwin from the task force and from our previous task force, terry now is a deputy director at best buddy jobs as well. lastly gabriel rog an, executive director at the area board 5 at the developmental with disabilities. and there are a number of leaders and task force that may also be speaking today

ann steiner, stephanie nichols, colleen stall eo, kerry goodwin. there is a number of speaker cards. people don't have to come up in that order. i have cards from ron from the department of public health and from the department alliance and denise from the mayor's disability council. anybody wishing to speak can come forward. people can just come forward when you can to speed up the testimony process. >> thank you. >> hi. good afternoon. my name is ann steiner with the department for people with disabilities. i have been working in disability and employment almost all of my adult life. i have been a service provider and i have worked in human resources. i have been a trainer and consultant and working with specialized organizations. in 1981 and 82 i was working on a grant for the county of san mateo. thanks to everybody. we are a great team, i will tell you. the grant was to start an optional alternative program for people with disabilities. in the after math of section 504 of the rehab act. local government and state government were required to ha