Joan W. Stein
President and CEO
Accessibility Development Associates, Inc.

Ms. Joan Weiss Stein serves as President and CEO of Accessibility Development Associates, Inc., the company she founded in 1992. In her role, she heads the company's human resources, policy development, event and convention planning and other related consulting services. She also developed and performed Customer Service Sensitivity Programs. She is deeply versed in the regulations of the American with Disabilities Act and as such, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her clients. Ms. Stein is a regularly sought out public speaker and has presented programs to more than 200 professional, civic and service organizations about the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the Pennsylvania Housing and Finance Agency, and Manpower Services, Inc. Ms. Stein is also an expert witness and was the ADA expert on a landmark case with the New Orleans District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission which was successfully litigated in Federal court. This case and its subsequent rulings were recently published in WestLaw. Ms. Stein holds a bachelor's degree in social work.