2026 Annual Awards Lunch
CCS Awards Lunch '26 registrations are now open! Reserve now and join us on Thurs., April 30 at Elley-Long.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
MAX BARROWS is Outreach Director for Green Mountain Self-Advocates, mentoring youth and adults with developmental disabilities to speak up for themselves and become leaders. Max connects with people on all levels advocating for true inclusion of people with developmental disabilities. His work advances the message that when you meet an individual with a disability, presume competence. He received a White House Champions of Change award in 2015 and Champion of Equal Opportunity award from the National Assoc. of Councils on Developmental Disabilities in 2019.
BRYAN DAGUE, Ed.D., CRC, has 40 years of experience in the disability field, with the last 34 as faculty at the UVM Center on Disability and Community Inclusion (CDCI). His work is focused primarily on inclusive employment for people with disabilities. He is also program director of the Think College program at the University of Vermont. Bryan provides training and technical assistance to supported employment programs and high school transition programs throughout the state of Vermont, as well as nationally and internationally.
EVENT INCLUDES
• Presentation of CCS Community Impact Awards
• Catered buffet lunch