(Editor’s Note:  This article is reprinted from a Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development newsletter.  David Andrews is a member of our Metro Chapter.)

David Andrews, chief technology officer for State Services for the Blind, received the 2010 C. Stanley Potter Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS). He was recognized during the group's conference in Dallas on June 3-6.

The award recognized Andrew's work in furthering the mission of IAAIS.  The group supports services that make printed information available in audio formats to those who cannot read conventional print because of disabilities or health conditions.

Andrews has worked at SSB for the past 14 years, first as director of the communication center and more recently as chief technology officer and director of the adaptive and assistive technology unit.  In addition, he is a mailing list and site administrator at the National Federation of the Blind.

Prior to joining SSB, he held a variety of positions that supported information access for disabled people.  He has worked at the National Federation of the Blind's International Braille and Technology Center, the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped, and the Audio-Reader Network at the University of Kansas.

The award was named for Stan Potter, a Minnesotan who was the longtime director of State Services for the Blind.  Potter is best known for establishing Radio Talking Book, the first radio reading service in the country when it was created in Minnesota in 1969.