The University of Scranton recently hosted the 24th annual U.S. Conference on Disability at the DeNaples Center. The conference focused on the theme of “Access, Advocacy and Employment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” and featured speakers and award presentations. Keith Williams, manager of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Grant and Advocacy at My Center for Independent Living (MyCIL) in Scranton, earned the Edward R. Leahy Jr. Award for Excellence in Leadership and Advocacy. The Dr. Ralph N. Pacinelli Leadership Award was presented to Kathy West-Evans, director of business relations for the National Employment Team at the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, and John Evans, retired program administrator for employee relations for the State of Washington Department of Social Health Services Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. From left: Edward Leahy, conference co-founder; Evans; Williams; West-Evans; and Victoria H. Castellanos, Ph.D., dean, Leahy College of Health Sciences.
