LUNCHEON
The 2011 Hire Ability Day Luncheon
was a great success!
The Hire Ability Day Luncheon is an opportunity for employers, who value diversity, to come together with other employers who have hired people with developmental disabilities and their employees. The luncheon features local and national speakers addressing the issue of reaching out to an under utilized, qualified workforce.
Keynote speaker for the 2011 was Cary Griffin, senior partner at Griffin-Hammis LLC.
Previous years speakers are The Honorable Neil Romano, Former Secretary to the
U.S. Department of Labor, Brian Kingsbury from Safeway, Bret Stewart from Centertwist Inc., Auntie Anne's Pretzels, Seattle, and representatives from a large manufacturing firm from Georgia, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
Special guests at the luncheon were:
- Chairperson Brian Kingsbury, District Manager for Safeway stores
- Chairperson Marty Gonzales, Director of Mobius Kids Children's Museum
- County Commissioners, Al French, and Mark Richard,
- Spokane City Council Member, Jon Snyder
- City of Spokane Valley Mayor, Tom Towey
- State House of Representatives, Kevin Parker and John Ahern
Previous special guests include:
- The Honorable Neil Romano, Former Secretary to the
U.S. Department of Labor
- Congresswoman, Cathy McMorris-Rodgers
- Senator Lisa Brown
- Representatives Tim Ormsby and John Ahern
- Spokane Mayor Dennis Hession
- Spokane County Commissioner Mark Richard
- Mayor, Mary Verner
Over 250 business leaders and Morning on the Job participants enjoyed a delicious meal together. Some of these business include:
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14th and Grand Salon
Account Temps
American West Bank
Arnold Financial Group
Ascend to the Heights Child Devel. Center
Ascentuim
Avista
Banner Bank
Berg Company
Bianchi Group Training
Community Colleges of Spokane IEL
Community-Minded Enterprises
Curt's City Center Oil & Lube
Doubletree by Hilton
Digital Scanning & Imaging
East Valley School District
Eastern Washington University
Embassy Management
Emerald Outdoor Advertising
Empire Foods
Etter, McMahon, Lamberson, Clary
& Oreskovich, P.C.
Evergreen Employment Services
Fairwood Animal Hospital
Fasteners Inc.
Fred Meyer
Fred Meyer
Gonzaga University
Hampton Inn
Hilton Garden Inn
IRS Environmental
Jump-N-Party
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Lowe's Home Improvement
Mobius Kids Children's Museum
Moe O'Shaughnessy & Associates
Moss-Adams
Northwest School of Protocol
Numerica Credit Union
Office Team
Kalispel Tribal and Economic Authority
KHQ-TV
Lambie Engineering
O'Neill & Associates
Pepsi Bottling Co.
Perry Street Cafe
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
Pyroteck Inc.
Quick E. Mart
R & B Systems
Refresh Computing
Rusty Roof's Burger & Shake Shack
Safe Haven
Safeway
Scott Graphics
Sodexo
Spokane County Public Defender
Spokane Teachers Credit Union
Spokane Transit
Stewart & Associates
Strategic Niche
US Bank
Washington Trust Bank
Wells Fargo Advisors
Witherspoon Kelley
State University (Spokane)
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