John C. De Witt, President of De Witt  and Associates

Denise Figueroa, Director of Troy Resource Center for Independent Living

Harriet Findlay, Director of Rehabilitation Services for the Johnson Rehabilitation Institute

Karen S. Franklin, Manager of the Technical Assistance Project of the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America

Gertrude Galloway, Superintendent of the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf

Paul G. Hearne, Chair of the Panel and CEO of the Dole Foundation

T. Alan Hurwitz, Associate Vice President Outreach and External Affairs and Associate Dean of Educational Support Services at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Scott Marshall, Director of Government Relations, American Foundation for the Blind

C. Kermit Phelps, Former Chairman of the Board of the American Association of Retired Persons

Howard E. "Rocky" Stone, Founder and Director Emeritus of Self Help for the Hard of Hearing People, Inc.