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Meet Our Speakers
Sheryl Arno
started her career 26 years ago. She has
worked in various agencies throughout Atlanta. Her
claim to fame is she helped start inclusive postǦsecondary
education in the state of Georgia. She was the founder of
the program at Kennesaw State University along with
their faculty. She currently is the program coordinator for
the Georgia inclusive PostǦSecondary Education
Consortium. There now 6 colleges in the state of Georgia
serving approximately 100 students throughout the state.
She previously served on the DeKalb Community Service
Board. Sheryl is also the executive director of the Down
Syndrome Association of Atlanta and serves as a Georgia
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Disabilities Advisory Council Member.
Sheryl Arno
Executive Director
Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta
Consultant
Ability Matters
Contact: 770.310.1236
Email:
Sheryl@abilitymatters.orgRobert Bell
has worked with individuals with
Intellectual/developmental disabilities since 2001 as a
Support Coordinator, in a management position with a
Support Coordinator Agency, and for the last 10 years for
the state of Georgia in a variety of roles for DHR and
DBHDD.
These roles include among others Family
Support Manager and his current role, Director of
Community Supports for the Division of Developmental
Disabilities, DBHDD. He is a graduate of Davidson
College with a BS in Economics.
Mr. Bell is an active member of the Atlanta Track Club.
Additionally in his leisure time he volunteers at The Link
Counseling Center providing aftercare when suicide
occurs and Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences. Married to Carrie, they live in NE
Atlanta, Georgia.
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