Robert Malunda, Zimbabwe
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Maud Rowell, UK
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Aaron Cannon, USA
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Cassie Hames, Australia
2022 Prizewinner
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Cassie will develop “See Me”, an app that communicates with bus drivers to request them to stop to allow a visually impaired person to board, making independent travel on public transportation safer and more accessible for the blind
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Tafadzwa Nyamuzihwa, Germany
2022 Prizewinner
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Tafadzwa, an experienced DJ, will open recording studios in Zimbabwe and Uganda that will employ and train blind and low vision people to become radio presenters.
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Abby Griffith, USA
2022 Prizewinner
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Abby will empower blind and low vision youth in Ethiopia by providing Braille reading and writing devices for home use to students at the School for the Blind in Wolayta.
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Abby White
Oxford, England, UK
Co-founder and Volunteer CEO, World Eye Cancer Hope
Abby’s mother was raised in France and her father in Kenya, where he was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma in 1946. Her globally scattered family inspired her love for travel and study of geography at university, with emphasis on development in sub-Saharan Africa. Abby co-founded World…
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Joe Xavier
Elk Grove, California
Director, California Department of Rehabilitation
Joe Xavier has over 36 years of experience in business and public administration, as well as many years participating in advocacy and community organizations. As an immigrant, a blind consumer, a beneficiary of the DOR’s services, Joe has the experience and understands the challenges and opportunities available to…
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Will Schell, J.D.
Washington, D.C.
Deputy Chief of the Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission
Among other things, Will manages the Disability Rights Office complaints team, drafts various guidance and orders and engages in outreach with the disability community. He also serves as the Designated Federal Officer of the Commission’s Disability Advisory Committee, which provides advice and recommendations to the Commission…
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Walt Rainieri
Northern California, USA
Partner Emeritus, Fenwick & West LLP
Walt’s legal and accounting professional, academic, philanthropic, entrepreneurial, and adaptive athletic sports careers span 45 years, and counting. He has practiced in the areas of international taxation, multinational mergers and acquisitions, and large group consolidations. Walt is also a CPA, a former Associate Professor at Golden Gate…
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