2008 Conference Recap

Edmund L. Cortez, President and CEO of Abilities! and (far right) Lana Smart, Vice President of Corporate Services with the Emerging Leaders Class of 2008 at the Emerging Leaders Development Conference, at Lehman Brothers in New York, NY

Emerging Leaders Class of 2008 at the Emerging Leaders Development Conference at Lehman Brothers in New York, NY

Interns from the Emerging Leaders Class of 2008 proudly display their certificates at the Emerging Leaders Development Conference at Lehman Brothers in New York, NY

(left to right) Taylor Woodard, Emerging Leader Intern at Chase, Jerry Robinson, HR Officer, JPMorgan Chase and Joan McGovern, Vice President, Access Ability Resource Center, at the 2008 Emerging Leaders Development Conference at Lehman Brothers in New York, NY

Barbara Haight (center), Senior Manager Community Relations, Booz Allen Hamilton, is joined by Interns from the Emerging Leaders Class of 2008 at the Emerging Leaders Development Conference at Lehman Brothers in New York, NY

(left to right) Lana Smart, Vice President of Corporate Services, Marjury Viveros, Emerging Leader Intern at Liz Claiborne, Edmund L. Cortez, President and CEO, Abilities! at 2008 Emerging Leaders Development Conference at Lehman Brothers in New York, NY

Opening remarks by Josh Levine, Vice President, Convertible Securities, Lehman Brothers at the 2008 Emerging Leaders Development Conference at Lehman Brothers in New York, NY

Attendees during intern presentations at the 2008 Emerging Leaders Development Conference at Lehman Brothers, New York, NY

Edmund L. Cortez, President and CEO, Abilities! addresses participants at 2008 Emerging Leaders Development Conference at Lehman Brothers in New York, NY

(left to right) Emerging Leaders Alumni and Representatives of their Firms present ?Where are they now?, Dennis Butler, Vice President Workforce Solutions, Liz Claiborne, Kathryn Hinton, Analyst, Lehman Brothers, Josh Levine, Vice President, Convertible Securities, Lehman Brothers, Jacqueline McNamee, Vice President Financial Lines, AIG, Minda Dentler, Management Associate, AIG at 2008 Emerging Leaders Development Conference at Lehman Brothers in New York, NY

(left to right) Presentations from Henry West, Emerging Leader intern at Bloomberg, Richard Regan, Emerging Leader intern at Booz Allen Hamilton, Robert Costigan, Emerging Leader intern at Mutual of America, and Taylor Adams, Emerging Leader intern at Booz Allen Hamilton at the 2008 Emerging Leaders Development Conference, at Lehman Brothers in New York, NY