RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD VENDORS OF AMERICA
CELEBRATING OVER FIFTY YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ADVOCACY
RSVA SAGEBRUSH 2025 NATIONAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM TRAINING CONFERENCE
Day 1
Afternoon
Moderator: Ronald Flormata (HI), RMF Enterprises, Inc., RSVA® Board member
Current state BEP Training and options for improvements Brian Switzer, Program Manager of Accessibility Technology, Training, and Research, Carroll Center for the Blind; Heather Miller (AR), Director of Education and Training, World Services for the Blind
Get up and get moving Leslie Spoon (FL), Co-chair ACB Get up and get moving committee
Motivating State Agencies to Improve Their Business Enterprise Programs. Ryan Skinner, Business Enterprise Program Director, South Carolina Commission for the Blind; Corey Marcum, Director Kentucky Business Enterprise; Bill Findley, Business Enterprise, FL DOE Division of Blind Services; Rachel Hollen (DE), Business Enterprise Program Director, NCSAB
Randolph-Sheppard “Committee Chair; and Chris Prentice, former TX State Attorney.
The panel will discuss how state agency staff could be more entrepreneurial in their efforts to get new vending facility locations. Suggestions will include ways to help blind vendors to be more entrepreneurial.
Continuation of Motivating State Agencies to Improve Their Business Enterprise Programs
American Council of the Blind Updates and activities: Scott Thornhill (DC), Executive Director American Council of the Blind
He’ll share ACB programs and services, upcoming conferences and educational opportunities, as well as current advocacy efforts
What’s happening with food trucks and Pods? What RS initiatives are being explored to combat this competition? Jim Hemmen (WA), Business Enterprise Program Manager, WA State Department of Services for the Blind; Ben Ploch (MI), Michigan EOC Chair
We’ll hear updates on the progress with food trucks working together with local vendor managers and efforts on starting food trucks for vendors. What are states doing about food trucks and pods taking customers away from BEP?
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