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Guild Education + Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)

In this one-hour webinar, we shared research aimed to help academic institutions and equity-minded employers better understand the challenges that working adult students with learning disabilities and attention issues face when pursuing a degree, as well as high-level services and resources that academic institutions and innovative employers can deploy to better meet student needs and prepare them for success and upward career mobility.

This webinar provided valuable insights for:

  • Leaders of academic institutions striving to better support the 1 in 5 Americans with a learning or attention differences, including specific learning disabilities, Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and autism spectrum disorders.
  • Innovative employers looking to recruit and support the upward mobility of employees with learning disabilities.
  • Anyone interested in strategies and real world examples from The University of Arizona's SALT Center, The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), and Centene Corporation.

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Join Us Live on January 20, 2021 at 2PM ET

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Panelists
Sheldon H. Horowitz, Ed.D

Senior Advisor, Strategic Innovation, Research & Insights, National Center for Learning Disabilities

Sheldon Horowitz is the Senior Advisor of Strategic Innovation, Research & Insights at the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). He provides leadership and oversight of key programs, and serves as an in-house expert on learning and attention issues to the NCLD and Understood teams. During his more than twenty years at NCLD, Sheldon has provided leadership on many of NCLD’s projects and programs as well as oversight of NCLD’s Professional Advisory Board. He enjoys being the ‘go to’ person for questions about learning and attention issues across program areas, and is co-author of NCLD’s signature publication, The State of Learning Disabilities Report. Sheldon completed his master’s degree at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University and holds a doctorate in learning disabilities from Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York, with a specialization in learning disabilities and neurosciences in education.

Gabrielle Miller, Ed.D

Executive Director at The SALT Center, The University of Arizona

As the Executive Director of the SALT Center, Gabrielle Miller leads a large multi-disciplinary team of professionals providing a comprehensive range of services to students with learning and attention challenges. She engages with internal and external stakeholders to ensure both program integrity and innovation, securing additional funding, and extending the reach of the SALT Center model to a wide range of constituents. Gabrielle currently serves as a founding board member of the National Association of Family, School and Community Engagement (NAFSCE), member of the National Association of Developmental Educators, and as a national board member of the Learning Disabilities Association of America. She holds a B.S. in Elementary & Special Education from The University of Delaware, and an M.S. and Ed. D in Special Education & Administration from The Johns Hopkins University.

Alishea Johnson

Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Centene Corporation

Alishea Johnson is Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Centene Corporation. Alishea is responsible for leading training for the D&I Office to promote diversity and inclusion to create an equity based workplace that supports and empowers all employees to be heard, respected, and appreciated. She is also charged with managing Centene’s external relationships to enhance presence in the community to build a diverse pipeline and develop leaders. In this capacity Alishea supports the organization’s commitment to attract, hire, develop and retain diverse talent at all levels to reflect the communities Centene serves. Alishea received her bachelors in Management Information Systems from Missouri University of Science & Technology, obtained her MBA at Fontbonne University, is a Certified Diversity Professional (CDP), and serves on the Executive Committee of the Diversity Awareness Partnership Board of Directors. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, working in her field and mentoring.

Moderator
Alex Cannon

Manager, Content & Marketing, Guild Education

Alex Cannon is the Manager of Content & Marketing for Guild Education’s Learning Marketplace, focused on driving insights and thought leadership for the betterment of working adult learner outcomes by leveraging Guild’s original research and perspectives from the intersection of the future of learning and the future of work. She has worked in education for the last decade, including roles in nonprofit leadership, academic consulting, higher education, and academic publishing. She is a Practice-Based Research Creative Writing PhD candidate at Royal Holloway, University of London, researching trauma representation in contemporary writing.
Anna Jiang Edwards

Business Development Executive

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Lisa McIntyre-Hite, PhD

Business Development Executive

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