Schedule

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Thursday, April 3

8:30 am - 12:00 pm NGA Certification Review Course
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Registered Guardian Certification Exam
5:30 – 7:30 pm Welcome Reception
Evening Dinner on Your Own

Friday, April 4

7:00 – 8:30 am Registration (Continental Breakfast included with room for hotel guests)
8:30 – 8:45 am Welcome and introductions John Wank, JD, Colloquium Chair
8:45 – 10:00 am Voting Rights for Incapacitated Persons Samuel R. Bagenstos, JD
Associate Dean/Professor of Law
Washington University Law

Anthony E. Rothert, JD
Legal Director
ACLU of Eastern Missouri
10:00 – 10:15 am Mid-Morning Break
10:15 – 11:45 am Interstate Guardianship and the Due Process Rights of Wards Terry W. Hammond, JD
NGA Executive Director

Sally B. Hurme, JD
AARP Financial Security

Anthony E. Rothert, JD
Legal Director
ACLU of Eastern Missouri
11:45 am – 1:00 pm Group Lunch for Networking
12:40 – 1:00 pm Lunch Presentation
Guardianships and the Rich and Famous
Terry W. Hammond, JD
NGA Executive Director
1:00 – 1:45 pm Keynote Address: Rights of Wards Ira Salzman, Esq.
Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin LLP
1:45 – 2:30 pm Reproductive Rights for Incapacitated Persons Benjamin S. Wolf, JD
Associate Legal Director
ACLU of Illinois

Lorie A. Chaiten, JD
Director Reproductive Rights Project
Roger Baldwin Foundation
ACLU of Illinois, Inc.

2:30 – 2:45 pm Mid-Afternoon Break
2:45 – 3:45 pm Confidentiality Issues and Ward Rights Sandra Kopels, JD, MSW
Professor School of Social Work
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:45 – 5:00 pm Using Volunteers to Safeguard Ward Rights, A Panel Discussion Gina Rossi, RG
Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission

Barbara Matlak, RG
Volunteer Coordinator
Adult Guardianship Services Cleveland, OH

Becky Pryor, MSN, MA, RG
Creative Approaches, LTD
Indianapolis, IN

M. Jean Krahn, MG
Executive Director
Kansas Guardianship Program

Colleen Colton, MG
Guardianship Services, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX

5:00 pm Adjourn