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Sam mple Bios s M Mark Gilmore Mark Gilm more has Do own Syndrom me and work ks as a custo odian at the Jacksonville e Federal C Courthouse. He works fo or a nonprofit agency, Challenge En nterprises (G Green Cove S Springs, FL)) on an A AbilityOne co ontract. He has worked for Challeng ge Enterprisses for over 2 20 years and because o of his ssteady emplo oyment, Marrk is a home eowner. R Robert Grah ham M Mail Clerk, ServiceSourc S ce A Alexandria, VA V In 1989, Robert R Grah ham was hom meless and struggling s to o overcome a learning disability. Hiss life cchanged dra amatically wh hen a teache er referred him h to the Ab bilityOne Pro ogram. He has since recceived top level sec curity clearan nces and has worked in some of the e most highlyy secured bu uildings in W Washington D.C., including the Secrret Service Headquarter H rs, the State Departmentt, the NASA A h headquarters s, and the U.S. U Mint. To oday he works on an IRS S contract th hrough ServiceSource, a and has rreceived awa ards for exce ellent service e. Today he e lives indep pendently an nd supports h his daughterr, D Diamond. S Sherri Hudn nall R Rock Island, Illinois Sherri Hu udnall was diiagnosed with brain cancer when sh he was only five years old. After surrgery that caused permanent brain b damag ge, she was not expecte d to live morre than two yyears. Sherrri beat the odds. Sh he is 48 years old and works w at Roc ck Island Arssenal deliverring mail. Sh he in employyed by T The ARC of Rock Island County thro ough the AbiilityOne Prog gram. Sherrri has travele ed to Washington D D.C. and me et former Sen nator Barack k Obama to remind Con ngress to em mploy people e with disabilities.
S SPC Nathan n S. Short, US U Army (re et.) Q Quality Assu urance Mana ager, PCSI Nathan Short S joined the t National Guard in 19 999 and wen nt active dutyy in 2000. He was sent tto Iraq ffor Operation n Iraqi Freed dom and was s severely in njured in an accident witth a Palletize ed Load Sysstem, or P PLS Truck, while w he was s delivering supplies. s He e spent a mo onth in intenssive care an nd was luckyy to ssurvive. He got g medical retirement frrom the Arm my in 2005. H He worked on an AbilityO One contractt at T Tinker AFB for f two years s before bein ng promoted d to Quality A Assurance M Manager for PCSI. He livves in A Austin, Texa as with his wife and four children.
8 8401 Old Cou urthouse Road d, Vienna, VA A 22182 P PHONE: 571.22 26.4660 FAX: 703.560.651 12 EMAIL: info o@nish.org G Gregory D. Bend der C Chairperson
Willliam S. Colema an Cha air Elect
Paull Atkinson Trea asurer
Brenda a Yarnell Secreta ary
E. Robert C Chamberlin President a and CEO