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ADA Live! Episode 62: Airport Accessibility and the ADA

1:00 pm EST November 07, 2018   |   Organized by: Southeast ADA Center

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As we enter the holiday season, roughly 6.4 million people will rely on the nation’s airlines to go “home for the holidays”. These travelers include people with disabilities. Making airport services and facilities accessible is a crucial component of an airports’ infrastructure for the 26 million adults with temporary and permanent disabilities who travel each year for pleasure or business.

This episode of ADA Live! features Steve Mayers, ADA and Title VI Coordinator at the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). Mr. Mayers talks about the role of the ADA and Title VI Coordinator, challenges to airport accessibility, and steps to make air travel comfortable and convenient for people who have disabilities.

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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport




Steve Mayers

Steve Mayers is the Airport Director of Customer Experience, ADA and Title VI coordinator at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport. He oversees the guest experience, social media, ADA and Title VI administration, volunteer and nonprofit programs, and team member development. For Mr. Mayers, successful management of the world’s busiest and most efficient airport comes down to one matter: creating personable, pleasing, memorable, interactions every day. As head of the customer experience, he views the more than 100 million passengers as his guests and seeks to unite airlines, airport vendors and local businesses to create the ultimate traveler experience from curbside to gate — and back.

With more than 25 years of management and hospitality experience, Mr. Mayers has held leadership positions in some of the world’s leading companies, including Sandals Resorts, Wells Fargo, Radisson and Best Western Hotels & Resorts.

Steve has earned the prestigious International Airport Professional (IAP) designation, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) award winner, is a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA), and a graduate of Temple University’s Fox School of Business.

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