Michael M. Weston
Disaster Consultant
U.S. Administration on Aging (AOA)

Daniel W. Sutherland
Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

MICHAEL M. WESTON

As President of Servision, Inc. Mr. Weston has invented, patented and is producing the WESTCOT, the only affordable completely portable folding hospital-type bed in the world. Other products include the Special Needs Picture Board which readily facilitates communication with victims in times of disaster.

Mr. Weston is recognized as one of the nation's foremost experts on Special Needs populations. He has chaired the Disaster Services Committee for the American National Red Cross, serves on the Statewide Human Research Subject Review Board and has made numerous presentations at the national and international level. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Human Services and is constantly utilized as a consultant and educator.

ELIZABETH DAVIS

EAD & Associates, LLC founder and Managing Director Elizabeth Davis, JD, EdM, is an internationally recognized and published expert in the fields of emergency management and special needs planning. A leader in the development and implementation of special needs policies and protocols, Ms. Davis brings more than a decade of passion, dedication, experience and accomplishments to her work.

After many years as a legal advocate in the disability community, Ms. Davis began her distinguished career in public service in 1994 when she was appointed Assistant to Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor for the New York City Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) under Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.

Ms. Davis was the first Director of the National Organization on Disability's (N.O.D.) Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI), and is an advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. She co-chairs the National Hurricane Conference's Health Care/Special Needs Committee, chairs the International Association of Emergency Managers' (IAEM) Special Needs Committee, and sits on the Advisory Boards of several national disaster preparedness and response organizations and research teams. Ms. Davis also conducts special need planning workshops and presentations nationally and internationally, and has contributed to numerous academic studies.

DANIEL W. SUTHERLAND

Mr. Sutherland and his office provide advice on issues such as: the use of race or ethnicity in law enforcement and intelligence activities; detention policies relating to aliens deemed of "special interest" to national security investigations; building strategic partnerships between the homeland security effort and the Arab American and Muslim American communities; the development of biometric identifiers without creating a national identification system; and, the need to integrate people with disabilities into emergency planning and preparedness.