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Ross has spoken at national and regional conferences throughout the United
States. His audiences include Fortune 500 companies, educators, non-profit
and government leaders, service recipients, songwriters and musicians. He
is equally comfortable talking about disability awareness, employment, diversity,
motivation and his own blindness.
APPEARANCES
HCA, Nashville TN; IBM, San Francisco, CA; Folgers Coffee, San Francisco, CA; Equifax, Richmond,
CA; California State Legislature, Sacramento, CA; ALTERNATIVES, Denver, CO;
S.E. Civil Rights Conference, Orlando, FL; Obsessive Compulsion Foundation
Conferences, St. Louis, MO & Washington, D.C.; Amputee Coalition of America,
Nashville, TN; The Mayor's Committee for Persons With Disabilities, Goldsboro,
North Carolina; San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco, CA; State
Compensation Fund, San Francisco, CA; San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, San
Francisco, CA: National NAMI Conference, Washington, DC; Department of Vocational
Rehabilitation, Smyrna, TN & San Jose, Sacramento, CA; TN Disability MegaConference,
Nashville, TN; Administrators Special Education State Conference, Nashville,
TN; Bay Area Consortium on Visual Impairment at the Orientation Center for
the Blind, Albany, CA
Trapped Within, National PBS Documentary
Press Conference, Santa Clara County Voting Consortium (NBC, ABC, & CBS),
Santa Clara, CA
KRZA, Ft. Garland, CO
KNBR, San Francisco, CA
KFRC, San Francisco, CA
KMEL, San Francisco, CA
KSCU, Santa Clara, CA
Billboard Magazine, National
San Francisco Chronicle SF, CA
Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto Daily, Palo Alto, CA
Petaluma Argus Courier, Petaluma, CA
Independent Journal, Marin County, CA
WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT ROSS WINE-SKY
Thank you for speaking at our recent employee meeting for HCA IT&S. The nearly 1,000 employees were fortunate to have the opportunity to hear your perspective and guidance, and to be entertained by you as well.
I heard good feedback about your session. One specific comment I received was that you not only raised awareness but offered specific, actionable items for people to use and remember in the workplace. That is very helpful, especially for a crowd like this who are so very task-oriented. Another comment I received was positive feedback regarding thinking abut disability in general, because so mush of our focus on diversity and inclusion has thus far been focused on cultural heritage. Evidently, our staff enjoyed learning about a different aspect of "diversity". — Janet Gilmore, Assistant Vice President Information Technology & Services, HCA
"I have gotten tons of calls from those who attended [your presentation]
saying how much they enjoyed you. You were an inspiration to everyone, no matter
whether they were disabled or not. You really provided a spark for our
Mayor. He came up to me after the event and said how energized he was
and how he wanted to talk with me about some new projects! Also, the
reporter for our local paper just loved you". — Bobby Scott
Shoemake, Chair, Goldsboro, NC, Mayors Committee on Employment of People with
Disabilities
"Ross was a great hit at our conference. His easy-going stage presence
and ongoing dialogue with the audience brought his music to life. He gave our
attendees a wonderful collage of rousing foot-stomping tunes mixed with more
poignant and thought-provoking lyrics. Ross’s songs are rooted in the
experience of everyday folks and they draw on themes that touch all of our
lives. His Americana Road CD has been a welcome addition to my personal music
library". — Rob McInnes, CEO, Diversity World
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