Sessions
Workshop Session #2B
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM Sat
Rosie Rowe is the Executive Director of Leadership in Disabilities & Achievement of Hawai`i (LDAH), a 501(c)3 organization improving the lives of parents and their children with, or at risk of disabilities to receive an equitable education in the public-school system. Before this role, Rosie served as the Education & Training Coordinator where she managed the organizations two major programs, wrote and designed training curriculum for parents and professionals and managed 10 program staff. Rosie holds a master’s in business administration/ministry leadership and a certificate in developmental disabilities. As a sibling of a brother with down syndrome and a mom to three adult daughter’s Rosie has over 30 years of expertise in special education as a former Educational Assistant, Teacher and Administrator of a private non-profit center for children and adults with developmental disabilities. In her role as administrator, she assisted with the closure of Hawai`’i’s State’s Institution for the Mentally Retarded in 1999. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, walking and staying active.