ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE TAD 2007 CONFERENCE:
The upcoming TAD 2007 Conference, June 21 – 23, at the Hilton Arlington, is fortunate to have Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins, not only as a presenter on Friday, June 22, but as the keynote speaker during the TAD banquet, Saturday evening, June 23rd. Her Friday presentation is titled: “THE WORLD OF POLITICS: DEAF PEOPLE AS POLICY MAKERS” and her keynote presentation title is: TOGETHER, WE MOVE FORWARD!”
Here is some information about Bobbie Beth. She was born to culturally Deaf parents, has a culturally Deaf brother, and was raised in the Dallas metro area.
In high school Bobbie Beth Scoggins was the valedictorian at the Texas School for the Deaf and upon graduation she attended Gallaudet University. She later transferred to CSUN, in CA, to obtain both her BA and MA degrees. Bobbie Beth received her PhD degree at Pepperdine University in California.
Dr. Scoggins then became the chief administrator of a drug and alcohol recovery center for the Deaf community, which she had created,plus she utilized Deaf individuals to be on the staff , whom, themselves were recovering drug addicts or alcoholics. This was an unusual first in America.
She later become the Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and has experienced unusual successes with new and innovative programs and services. These include: remote interpreting services (VRI) via videoconferencing, licensing of interpreters, educational reform for Deaf and hard of hearing children, and a statewide program to provide telecommunication devices in the Commonwealth.
In addition to her work in public administration, she has had diverse and extensive professional experience in the fields of government, education, business and entertainment.
Because of her love of sports, Dr. Scoggins was elected in 1998 to the office of President of the USA Deaf Sports Federation and has led several U.S. Team Delegations since 1998 to Deaflympic and Pan Am Games. She was named to the Athletic Sports Hall of Fame in Irving, Texas. Currently, she serves on the America’s Athletes with Disabilities as a Vice President since 2000. She also served on the US Olympic Committee Board of Directors from 2000-2004.
Bobbie Beth also has served on the Los Angeles Cultural Arts Commission Advisory Board, was co-organizer of the Los Angeles Deaf Festival, a Board Member of the Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness. She was co-founder of the Deaf Festival in California in 1990-1991, along with Phyllis Frelich and Mel Carter and brought the concept of DeaFestival to Kentucky in 1993. 3,500 individuals attended the first DeaFestival-Kentucky in 1996 and 10,000 individuals attended the sixth production of DeaFestival-Kentucky which is rapidly becoming known as the East Coast premier event for the Deaf and hard of hearing community.
Dr. Scoggins was admired nationwide for her career as an actress. She performed the lead role as Sarah in “Children of a Lesser God” in thirteen regional theatre productions across the United States and on Broadway. She has performed with National Theatre of the Deaf, Cleveland Playhouse and Access Theatre as well. She appeared with Oprah Winfrey on television and has had other television engagements including commercials and, oddly enough, her voice was recorded as a scream in a cameo appearance on the television program, “Law and Order”. She appeared on the program “Silent Network” as the narrator for the performance of “Partnership with Man” and has received awards for her role as producer of “Tobey’s Tales”. She was presented with an award as winner of the 1991 National Education Film Festival Silver Apple award and the 1991 Governor’s Media Access Award in Children’s Programming.
Along with her business success, Dr. Scoggins has been recognized by many professional and philanthropic organizations for her expert contributions. She was a board member for the Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness (GLAD) for five years. She has served as chair of the National Association of the Deaf, Media Advocacy Committee; as a delegate for the United Nations Human Rights Commission; and as a member of the Los Angeles Cultural Arts Commission Advisory Board, where she helped design long-range goals for accessibility for individuals with disabilities. In 1999 she was presented with the Graduate School of Education and Psychology 1999 Distinguished Alumni Award by Pepperdine University. In July of 2002 the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) presented her with the Frederick C. Schreiber, Distinguished Service award during the NAD National Convention in Washington, D.C. As a 2004 Athens Torch Bearer, her most recent accomplishment was to carry the Olympic flame
representing the Deaf and hard of hearing community in St. Louis, for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Dr. Scoggins served as the NAD Region II Board representative and just has been elected as president of the National Association of the Deaf at the NAD conference for a two year term starting July 2006 to 2008.
For more information about the upcoming TAD 2007 Conference, please contact the TAD 2007 Conference co-chair, Kathy Walters, [email protected] or check out www.deaftexas.org. RID and BEI cues are pending.
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