When Matthew Mooney and his wife Ginny were 30 weeks pregnant with their first child, they received a diagnosis of Trisomy 18. Their son, Eliot, lived for 99 days and Matt chronicled his life through a blog that would be the beginnings of A Story Unfinished – a book written by Matt about Eliot’s life and the lessons God taught them through their son. Eliot’s story has since been shared with the world through a short video that has been featured on The Today Show as well as The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Matt and Ginny founded 99 Balloons, an organization working with persons experiencing disability locally and globally. The organization grew from a small respite night called rEcess that the Mooneys started in their community. Today, rEcess programs have been started in over 50 locations across 13 states in the U.S. as well as sites in Australia and Canada.

Roberta Dunn is the Joni and Friends Central California Area Director and has been active in the disability community as an advocate and parent leader since the birth of her twins 31 years ago. Sharing insights and challenging perceptions of disability, Roberta has shared nationally, regionally, locally…and across the coffee table with thousands of parents, professionals and individuals experiencing disability.
Todd Dunn is a young man experiencing Down syndrome. He loves working in the food industry and has worked at Buffalo Wild Wings and MOD Pizza. In his free time Todd enjoys listening to Christian Music (Jeremy Camp is his favorite artist) and being on his computer.