Mission

The DHHIG's National Training Conference’s mission is to increase awareness of, and provide training resources on, issues that face government employees who are either Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their hearing co-workers.

In February 1994, spurred by the Deaf and Hard of Hearing employees who work at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the agency hosted a first-of-a-kind, government-wide, National Training Conference for the deaf and hard of hearing government employees at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing In Government (DHHIG), Inc., established in 1998, eventually became, and is now the permanent organization charged with organizing and hosting this OPM-sanctioned government employee training.

Committee

Conference Chairperson
ntcchair at dhhig dot orgWard Pettis

Exhibits Coordinators
ntcexhibit at dhhig dot orgNick Vera and Matthew Lockhart

Hospitality Coordinator
ntchospitality at dhhig dot orgStephanie Phillips and Yvonne Tuttle

Program Book/Brochure Designer
ntcprogrambook at dhhig dot orgAngela Shannon

Public Relations Coordinator
ntcpr at dhhig dot orgAshton Dunbar

Reasonable Accomodation Coordinator
ntcra at dhhig dot orgJeff Padon

Registration Coordinator
ntcregistrar at dhhig dot orgAdrian Kantor

Sponsorship Coordinator
ntcsponsor at dhhig dot orgAnthony Napoli

Technology Coordinator
ntclogistics at dhhig dot orgMichael Pearlman

Volunteer Coordinator
ntcvolunteer at dhhig dot orgBrian Lucas

Web Developer
ntcwebdeveloper at dhhig dot orgYaël D. Agriss

Workshop Coordinator
ntcworkshop at dhhig dot orgJennifer Croft