About us
People with disabilities face physical and societal barriers that prevent them from realizing their potential in the workforce. AEAW believes the American workforce should represent all Americans, including people with disabilities. Our members’ expertise spans accessible and inclusive approaches to recruitment, training, career mobility and retention for people with disabilities – and through our collective experience, we are advocating for federal strategies that will make the workforce work for people with disabilities.
Our Mission
AEAW is dedicated to expanding employment opportunities for people with disabilities by modernizing the federal government’s procurement process, direct hiring practices, and policies. We seek to protect, promote and evolve hallmark disability legislation – including sections 501 and 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, the AbilityOne Program, the Small Business Administration, and other federal strategies – so that people with disabilities can thrive in the federal workforce.
Who We Are

OUR MEMBERS

A golden lotus-flower shape sits above the type “ACHIEVE HUMAN SERVICES” in a sans serif purple font.
Bobby Dodd Institute - Green and gray starburst shape with bright blue points sits to the left of large gray letters BDI, followed by lowercase gray sans serif letters reading ‘illuminating the possibilities in disabilities.’ The ‘dis’ of disabilities has been struck through with a bright blue line.
CW Resources - Wine-colored and gray circles surround the letters ‘C’ and ‘W’.
Chimes - Orange sunburst-flower shape surrounds the ‘C’ to the left of Chimes.
Didlake is spelled out in dark serif font with a bright blue outstretched star underneath.
EPSI Solutions - Lower-case E with yellow interior and black circle around it sits above the letters EPSI.
Eastern Carolina Vocational School - Letters ECVC appear in white on a navy oval, surrounded by a golden circle above a hand-written font saying “Jobs with Purpose”.
Eggleston - Bold lower-case E in blue sits above thin, sans-serif font spelling out ‘Eggleston’.
Light blue font where Fedcap is spelled out at the top of the logo, sitting above the phrase “inspiring confidence inspiring people” with “confidence” underlined in green.
GCE - Letters GCE with shooting star circling them sit to the right of condensed bold copy reading “Global Connections to Employment” in blue.
logo for Human Technologies Corporation
Inspiritec - Dark blue font is used to spell out “Inspiritec” above the phrase “Inspiring work through technology.” A star is featured in the upper left of the logo.
Melwood - Bright green lowercase ‘M’ sits above thin, sans-serif copy spelling out “Melwood” in lowercase. Uppercase lighter gray letters below read “Your path awaits”.
Larve blue ‘O’ and ‘V’ are positioned to the left at an angle so that human silhouettes, one helping the other climb up, can be seen above. In gray capitalized serif font “Opportunity Village” sits above two lines of text reading “Empowering Employing, and Serving People with Disabilities”.
Three kelly-green lines arch above the wide serif black font of letters PCSI.
Blocky letters spell out PRIDE in black where the ‘I’ is shaped like a person. “Industries” sits below in all-capital letters in blue font.
A green letter P is shown in a circle, the P resembles a door opening with a curved archway on top. The word “Portco” is spelled out to the right in a chunky bold sans-serif font with the shape from the logo repeated in the P and R openings. Underneath the line reads “Providing Quality Jobs for People with Disabilities”.
Navy letters spell out “SOAR 365” on the right side of the logo. On the left features a multi-colored origami bird.
The logo features “Light House” in orange and black font sitting above the phrase “for the blind and visually impaired.” Braille is featured on both sides of the logo.
A small red box that features a white stick figure sits on top of the words “Service Source” in black and red font.
Rounded square shape with four dots resembling four people holding hands appear in various shades of dark blue to the left of the letters TRDI in all capitals, dark navy sans serif font.
Transylvania Vocational Services - The letters TVS appear in light and dark blue with an arched shape overlapping in dark blue.
In a dark purple sans serif font the letters ‘vers’ appear in light weight followed by a golden s-curve and then bold dark purple ‘ability’. The word ‘resources’ appears below in gray.
A rainbow gradient line creates a ‘V’ shape to the left of gray sans-serif font reading “Vibrant” in bold and “Works” in regular weight. Below copy reads “Empowering people with vision loss”.
STAFF
Bartholomew N. Devon - a man with short, dark, wavy hair and glasses wearing a suit with a striped tie and smiling at the camera
Bartholomew N. Devon
Excecutive Director
AEAW
Governing Members
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A. Dwight Davis
President & CEO, GCE
President, AEAW
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Bruce Patterson
CEO, ServiceSource
Secretary, AEAW
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Larysa Kautz
President & CEO, Melwood
Treasurer, AEAW
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Lora Allemeier
CEO
TVS / Transylvania Vocational Services
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Paul Gravley
CEO
Didlake
Advisory Board
Andrew Houton - a white man with short brown hair, wearing glasses and a pink button-down shirt standing in front of an outdoor blue background.
Andrew Houghton
‍Founder and CEO
Disability Inclusion Solutions
Art Spring - a white man with short brown/gray hair, wearing glasses and a blue button-down shirt in front of a gray background.
Art Spring
Account Executive, Defense Health
Cherokee Federal
Ashley Harris Whaley - portrait of a woman with long, wavy dark hair wearing a white knit top and sitting outside with soft, natural light.
Ashley Harris Whaley
Founder
Disability Reframed
Karen DaPonte Thornton - portrait of a woman with chin-length hair, wearing a colorful scarf and navy blue blazer with a gray backdrop
Karen DaPonte Thornton
Director
Procurement Round Table
Kim Knackstedt - portrait of a white woman with blond hair, wearing a cream blazer in front of a white backdrop.
Kim Knackstedt
Principal Consultant
Unlock Access, LLC
Michael Eric Wooten - portrait of a black male with shaved head wearing suit and purple tie, speaking in front of a stage.
Michael Eric Wooten
Board of Directors
Strayer University
Robb Wong - portrait of Asian man with short hair, wearing a suit with tie in front of the U.S. flag.
Robb Wong
CEO
Fedsolve, LLC