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Holman Committee: Meet the Blind Judges Selecting Our Inaugural Prizewinners

Holman Committee: Meet the Blind Judges Selecting Our Inaugural Prizewinners

We are pleased to announce our inaugural panel of Holman Prize judges, who will come together in June to choose three winners from all of our ambitious and adventurous candidates.  Encompassing a wide range of expertise, including astrophysics, accessible tech, national politics, education and so much more, our international committee members — virtually all of whom are blind — embody the spirit of both James Holman, our finalists and the LightHouse for the Blind’s overarching mission. We can’t wait to welcome these individuals, some of whom are joining us from as far away as Denmark and India, to the table to select our winners in just a few weeks.

Read the biographies of all of our judges on the Holman Website, and stay tuned for a forthcoming announcement of our elite group of Holman Prize Finalists.

The 2017 Holman Prize Committee

Jennison Asuncion Headshot

JENNISON ASUNCION, Engineering Manager at LinkedIn

Bryan Bashin Headshot

BRYAN BASHIN, CEO at LightHouse for the Blind

Don Brown Headshot

DON BROWN, CEO at Access Work Systems

Wendy David Headshot

DR. WENDY DAVID, Author and Clinical Psychologist

Wanda Diaz speaks at TED2016

DR.WANDA DIAZ-MERCED, Physicist

Chris Downey Headshot

CHRISTOPHER DOWNEY, RA, Architect and President at LightHouse for the Blind

Chancey Fleet Headshot

CHANCEY FLEET, Technology Educator

John Heilbrunn Headshot

JOHN HEILBRUNN, Vice-President at the Danish Association of the Blind

Joshua Miele Headshot

DR. JOSHUA MIELE, Research Scientist

Brian Miller Headshot

BRIAN MILLER, U.S. Department of Education

 

JASON ROBERTS, Author of A Sense of the World

Jason Roberts Headshot

DR. ZACHARY SHORE, Author and Historian

Debbie Stein Headshot

DEBBIE STEIN, Author and Educator

Sabriye Tenberken Onstage

SABRIYE TENBERKEN, Author and Advocate

Sheri Wells-Jensen Headshot

DR. SHERI WELLS-JENSEN, Professor of Linguistics at Bowling Green State University

Gary Wunder Headshot

GARY WUNDER, Editor at The Braille Monitor