2022 DDPA Fall Conference Schedule

April 18, 2023 8:30 am - 9:00 am Main Room

Registration, Breakfast & Vendors

April 18, 2023 9:00 am - 10:30 am Main Room

Workforce Crisis

Shannon McCracken
Shannon McCracken V.P. of Government Relations / ANCOR
April 18, 2023 10:45 am - 12:00 pm Main Room

Putting the P in DSP – Empowering Staff to be Their Best Professional Selves

Sara Sherman
Sara Sherman Owner / Director / Provider Power Moves
April 18, 2023 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Main Room

Philanthropy

Susannah Fuquay
Susannah Fuquay Director of Development / Sunshine School & Development Center
April 18, 2023 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Main Room

Improving the Organizational Health of Your Company

Lance Ledbetter
Lance Ledbetter Regional Sales Consultant / Wanido
Troy Bagne
Troy Bagne President / Wanido
April 18, 2023 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Main Room

PASSE Panel

Amy Schwab IDD Care Coordination / CareSource
Debbie McGilton Provider Relations Advocate / Empower
Dr. Amy Cobb
Dr. Amy Cobb Vice President of Care Coordination / Empower
Jamila Phillips
Jamila Phillips Provider Relations Manager / Empower
Jason Miller
Jason Miller Plan President, CEO / Summit Community Care
Jennifer Daniel-Breeze
Jennifer Daniel-Breeze Director of Network Development / CareSource
Lauren Grounds
Lauren Grounds Director of Medical Management Operations / AR Total Care
Micah Pryor Provider Relations Advocate / Empower
April 19, 2023 8:30 am - 9:15 am Main Room

Breakfast, Vendors & Welcome

Janie Sexton
Janie Sexton Board President / DDPA
April 19, 2023 9:15 am - 10:00 am Main Room

Estate Planning- Preserving Medicaid Eligibility

Harry Ehrenberg
Harry Ehrenberg Co-Founder / The Special Needs Estate Planning Task Force
April 19, 2023 9:15 am - 10:00 am Main Room

Guardianship Versus Power of Attorney

Margaret R. Ward, J.D.
Margaret R. Ward, J.D. Attorney / Margaret Ward Law Offices
April 19, 2023 10:00 am - 10:45 am Main Room

Hiring Parent Guardians

Brian Vandiver
Brian Vandiver Attorney / Cox, Sterling, Vandiver & Botteicher
April 19, 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Main Room

Transforming Quality Through CQL Accreditation

Rebecca Kasey
Rebecca Kasey Director of Specials Projects / CQL
April 19, 2023 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Main Room

14c Certificates

Robin Kennedy Vice President / Mission Advancement for Opportunities, Inc.
April 19, 2023 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Children's Track

EIDT and ABA Partnership Model

Jarrod Reeves
Jarrod Reeves CEO / Sunshine School & Development Center
Mary Medina AR/Billing Coordinator & Certified Interpreter / Sunshine School & Development Center
April 19, 2023 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Main Room

Standards Review for ADDT and EIDT

Taniesha Richardson-Wiley
Taniesha Richardson-Wiley Assistant Director / DPSQA
April 19, 2023 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Children's Track

Better Beginnings Updates

Kelli Hilburn
Kelli Hilburn Program Administrator / Better Beginnings
April 19, 2023 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Main Room

Innovative Housing Solutions

Brad Hagan
Brad Hagan VP of Adult Programs / Easter Seals
April 19, 2023 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Children's Track

Using the Pyramid Model to Support Social-Emotional Development

Teri Patrick, M. Ed
Teri Patrick, M. Ed Research Program Manager / REACH for UAMS
April 20, 2023 8:30 am - 9:15 am Main Room

DHS Priorities! And How You Can Be a Part of Them

Kristi Putnam
Kristi Putnam Secretary / Arkansas Department of Human Services
April 20, 2023 9:15 am - 10:30 am Main Room

DDS/DPSQA/Medicaid Directors & DPSQA Incident Reports Panel

Janet Mann
Janet Mann Deputy Director of Health and State Medicaid Director / DHS
Martina Smith
Martina Smith Director / DPSQA
Melissa Weatherton
Melissa Weatherton DDS Director / Arkansas Dept. of Human Services
April 20, 2023 10:45 am - 11:30 am Main Room

DDPA Updates & Legislative Review

Bill Stoval
Bill Stoval Partner, Registered Lobbyist, Strategist / WSG Consulting
Charlie Green ICF Chair
Dana Wills
Dana Wills CPA / WSG Consulting
Larry Stang
Larry Stang Executive Director / Developmental Disabilities Providers Association
WSG Consultants
WSG Consultants Robbie Wills, Bill Stovall, Rick Green, Dana Wills