RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD

VENDORS OF AMERICA

20260223 RSVA SAGEBRUSH 2026 WEDNESDAY BUSINERR ENTERRPRISE PROGRAM TRAINING CONFERENCE

SAGEBRUSH 2026: “Celebrating 90 years of Randolph Sheppard Blind Entrepreneurship!”

Wednesday February 25, 2026

- “Technologies benefiting BEP operators and VI staff”:

Haley Lan (FL), Patriot Vision Industries, LLC; Shawn Welker (MI), Founder & Consultant, VisualEyes Access; Damashe Thomas (MI), Technical manager, A. T. Guys

Many technologies assist vendors while they are managing a facility. These speakers will highlight how their products/service will improve the business owner’s abilities to manage the business.

- "What’s new in Kiosks/Micro Markets Systems and Vending Management”:

Matt Kotsch (FL), Territory Sales Representative, Trinity Access, Inc.

- “Current Military Facility Operators Outline Their Various Food Service Options”:

Conrad Bennett (WV), Lots of Smiles Inc.; Ryan Skinner, Business Enterprise Program Director, South Carolina Commission for the Blind; Karen Jones (SC), South Carolina Chair State Vendor Committee; Scott R. Lassiter (NC), Ed.D. Business Enterprises Program Chief, Division of Services for the Blind, Department of Health and Human Services

- "Report from the National Council of State Agencies for the Blind and Randolph-Sheppard":

Catriona Macdonald (DC), President Linchpin Strategies, LLC. and NCSAB Policy Advisor for Randolph-Sheppard;

- RSVA® Sagebrush “90th Randolph-Sheppard Act Anniversary” Luncheon:

Sponsored by U-Select-It

Moderator: Scott Eggen (MN), RSVA® President

- Luncheon Speaker: Tricia Waechter (TX), CEO Blind Girl Designs-