RoseAnn Ashby

RoseAnn Ashby is currently the vice-president of ACBVA as well as the coordinator for the ACBVA 2025 state convention. She has been a long-time member of the organization, but she has become particularly active since her retirement. For 35 years, she worked for the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Education, holding a variety of management positions there. She is also an active member of her church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, in Arlington, Virginia. She has long been an advocate for the rights of all individuals with disabilities, including those who are blind or who have low vision.

RoseAnn Ashby is currently the vice-president of ACBVA as well as the coordinator for the ACBVA 2025 state convention. She has been a long-time member of the organization, but she has become particularly active since her retirement. For 35 years, she worked for the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Education, holding a variety of management positions there. She is also an active member of her church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, in Arlington, Virginia. She has long been an advocate for the rights of all individuals with disabilities, including those who are blind or who have low vision.

Jeremy Grandstaff

Jeremy Grandstaff is a senior learning and development and change management executive with 25+ years of experience in stakeholder engagement, instructional design, and organizational transformation. He is driven by a belief in accessible user experiences, inclusive leadership, collaborative processes, and culture-centered strategy. Currently, he serves as the Director of Learning Initiatives for Penny Forward and co-facilitates workshops with the Institute for Culture, Change, and Leadership, including Learning without Limits, The Culture Professionals Mastermind, and the Professional Certificate in cultural Competence. 

Jeremy’s professional background includes senior roles at CurbCutOS, IBM Global Services, Cogent Analytics, and the Alliance for Biking & Walking. He spent two decades as CEO of S&G Endeavors, helping clients across public, private, and nonprofit sectors implement collaborative learning and organizational change. He holds a master’s in organization development, a BS in Management Information Systems, and certificates in cultural competence, emotional intelligence, and small group learning methods. As a 2025 TEDxYpsilanti speaker, an author, and a blind, gay advocate, Jeremy brings authenticity, curiosity, and measurability  to every engagement. 

Robin Hoerber

Blind due to retinopathy of prematurity, Robin Hoerber grew up in the state of New Jersey and was mainstreamed from preschool through high school. She then attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA where she majored in psychology and minored in English.

A graduate of East Carolina University in 1978, Robin Hoerber obtained her Master’s Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. She has worked with DBVI as a volunteer since 1990 until obtaining a rehabilitation teacher position seventeen years ago. She retired in the beginning of 2023 and has been busier than when she was employed with the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired as an itinerant rehabilitation teacher seventeen years ago.        

She is president of her local Lions Club, volunteering with a food distribution program in Chesterfield County, and serving on the Board for Association of Educators of the Blind and Visually Impaired are among her volunteer contributions. Robin is also involved in community activities including serving on several committees at her church and teaching a course on Coping with Vision Loss at the Lifelong Learning Institute near her home.  Singing in her church choir, baking, hiking, and reading (historical novels, Christian fiction, and mysteries) are among her hobbies.  Most of all, she thrives on service to others and spending quality time with family and friends

Sam Joehl

Sam Joehl has been a member of the ACB of Virginia since 2008. He currently serves as a digital accessibility consultant and has previously served on the Board of Directors and immediate past president of ACB of Virginia. Currently Sam serves as co-chair of the Program Planning Committee and is involved in several committees and activities with ACBVA. Sam is a big believer in the power of advocacy, technology, and bringing people together.  In his spare time Sam enjoys anything to do with the water, reading, live jazz, and stand-up comedy.

Vicki Ratcliffe

I have been totally blind for all my life and was born two months early. Many children were given too much oxygen like myself in the 1950s. I am a native from northern Virginia and after college started to work for various government agencies. My main career involved working as a computer specialist and am now retired.

Interests include travel, cooking, swimming, reading, music and participating in activities in the community. I am fluent in braille and use a white cane for mobility purposes and love to get out and about.