About the Presenters
Christopher J. Kuczynski is Assistant Legal Counsel
and Director of the Americans with Disabilities Act Policy Division
at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In
this position, he supervises the development of policy guidance
interpreting Title I of the ADA. Mr. Kuczynski also advises EEOC’s
field offices, Office of General Counsel, and Chair and Commissioners
on ADA investigations and litigation. Since assuming the position
of Assistant Legal Counsel in February 1997, Mr. Kuczynski has made
hundreds of presentations on the ADA to a variety of audiences –
from human resources professionals and EEO counselors in the public
and private sectors, to plaintiff and defense counsel. From October
2003 until April 2004, Mr. Kuczynski was Associate Director for
the White House Domestic Policy Council, coordinating activities
across the federal government related to the New Freedom Initiative,
the President’s comprehensive strategy for the full integration
of people with disabilities into all aspects of American life. Mr.
Kuczynski also served for nine months as Special Assistant to EEOC
Chair Cari Dominguez, advising her on issues related to all of the
EEO laws; worked as a trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division
of the United States Department of Justice from July 1993 through
February 1997; and worked for three years as a litigation associate
with a major Philadelphia law firm. He has a B.A. in English from
Villanova University, a J.D. from Temple Law School, and an LL.M.
from the Yale Law School, where his course of study focused on constitutional
law and civil rights issues.
Greg Trapp has been the Executive Director of
the Commission for the Blind since 1999. Prior to joining the Commission,
he was a Senior Staff Attorney for the Protection & Advocacy
System, where he had worked since 1992. Mr. Trapp taught Disability
Law as an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School
of Law in the fall of 1993. From 1991 to 1992, he worked as an Equal
Opportunity Specialist at UNM. Mr. Trapp, who is himself blind,
graduated with honors from the UNM School of Law in 1990. He is
currently President-Elect of the National Council of State Agencies
for the Blind. He also serves on the Governor's Commission on Disability,
the Statewide Independent Living Council, the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act State Advisory Panel, and the State Workforce Development
Board.
Anthony Fadale has been ADA Coordinator for the
State of Kansas since August 1997. Prior to taking this position
he worked for Senator Bob Dole on issues involving disability mental
health and Aging. He has been qualified as an expert on ADA issues
in the State and federal courts of Kansas. Mr. Fadale received a
B.A .in 1992 and a J.D. in 1995 from Washburn University.
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