David Stewart is the Project Director for Eastlake, Derry & Associates. In that capacity, Mr. Stewart coordinates our information & referral services, conference facilitation, and the reporting process for site visits and plan reviews. Prior to start ing with ED&A in 2001, David was a disability rights advocate with the federally funded Protection & Advocacy for Individual Rights (PAIR) Program in West Virginia. He has received training on the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and the Region III Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center.

Mr. Stewart received training on the ADA's Title I employment provisions, and accommodating employees with disabilities, from the President's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities, Washington, DC, conducted by Cornell University. He has presented training seminars for the West Virginia Chapter AIA, the National Association of Social Workers Conference, the West Virginia Human Rights Commission, and the WV Supreme Courts, among others. He has provided information and technical assistanc e on the ADA, and other disability rights laws, to the West Virginia Legislature, the State Attorney General's Office, the State Fire Marshall's Office, and the general public.

Mr. Stewart has had appointments by the Governor to the Statewide Rehabilitation Council, and the West Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council, of which he is currently the Chairperson. He is an individual member of the National Council on Independ ent Living, has served on the Boards of Directors for both the Mountain State Centers for Independent Living and Goodwill Industries, and is currently Chairperson of the Fair Shake Network, a coalition that promotes the rights of people with disabilities. He is a member of the WVADA Coalition, and the state's Olmstead Task Force. He is currently providing part-time information and technical assistance for the ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region under contract for Eastlake, Derry & Assoc iates. David runs the Charleston, WV office for ED&A, where our 800 number rings for your calling convenience.