Rosenblum Selected As Seventh Chief Executive Officer of the National
Association of the Deaf
July 10, 2010
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Board of Directors announces that
after conducting a nationwide search, it has selected Howard A. Rosenblum as
its next Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Rosenblum comes to the NAD from Equip for Equality in Chicago, Illinois,
where he was Senior Attorney, and brings nearly two decades of leadership
and advocacy experience. Mr. Rosenblum along with all other finalists gave
presentations at the 50th Biennial NAD Conference in Philadelphia that can
be found on the NAD website.
“It is my honor to work for such a historic organization such as the NAD and
to work with such a talented and passionate Board of Directors and staff,”
said Mr. Rosenblum. “I look forward to making a positive difference and to
doing all I can to serve Deaf America and to raising awareness of the deaf
community as first-class citizens and contributors.”
“The Board has full confidence that Mr. Rosenblum has the organizational and
advocacy experience we need as the NAD faces a budget crisis and ongoing
redefinitions in national accessibility policies. Equally important, Mr.
Rosenblum embraces the core values inherent to the NAD – equal access to
information and to society, communication as a human right, and American
Sign Language legitimacy,” said NAD President Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins. The
Board looks forward to Mr. Rosenblum’s strong leadership in strengthening
our organization’s capacity to advocating for our rights as first-class
citizens and consumers.
Mr. Rosenblum will become the seventh Chief Executive Officer in the
130-year history of the organization, succeeding Nancy Bloch, who took
office in 1992 as the first female CEO in NAD’s history. Ms. Bloch will end
her service in March of 2011, having overseen the NAD’s national
policymaking and advocacy efforts in the first few years of the Americans
with Disabilities Act, through the Decoder Circuitry Act of 1996 and through
the nationwide implementation of telecommunications relay services, among
other civil rights milestones impacting the deaf and hard of hearing
populations.
Transparency and integrity have served as two guiding principles throughout
the CEO search process. Comprehensive information on the CEO search process
is available at http://www.nad.org/ceosearch and includes captioned vlogs
and announcements, the search timeline, position description, finalist
profiles, frequently asked questions, and related details.
Dr. Scoggins added “Please join the NAD Board of Directors in congratulating
and welcoming Howard A. Rosenblum as the next CEO of the NAD.”
About the NAD
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was established in 1880 by deaf
leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community to use sign
language, to congregate on issues important to them, and to have its
interests represented at the national level. These beliefs remain true to
this day, with American Sign Language as a core value. As a nonprofit
federation, the mission of the NAD is to preserve, protect, and promote the
civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals
in the United States of America. The advocacy scope of the NAD is broad,
covering the breadth of a lifetime and impacting future generations in the
areas of early intervention, education, employment, health care, technology,
telecommunications, youth leadership, and more.