Mentors
Day Al-Mohamed
Author, Filmmaker, Disability Policy Strategist
Dr. Kojo Amissah
Educator, mentor, activist, and transformational leader
Dr. Josie Badger
Advocate, Visionary, Mentor, Motivational Organizer
Christopher Barbie
Emory University
Max Barrows
Outreach Director, Green Mountain Self-Advocates
Fanisee Bias
Disability Justice Advocate and Organizer | University of San Diego
Horace Brown
Program Administrator
Kenna Chic
Advocate, Writer, and Thought Leader
Dr. Alex Cohen
Accessible Pharmacy Services for the Blind
Meenakshi Das
Accessibility Advocate
Sharon daVanport
Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
Nefertali Deeb
Comcast NBCUniversal
Luticha Andre Doucette
Owner, Catalyst Consulting
Command Sergeant Major (RET) Gretchen G. Evans
No Barriers
Darya Farivar
Disability Rights Washington
Allilsa Fernandez
Disability & Mental Health Activist
Raul A. Gallegos
National Federation of the Blind of Texas
Finn Gardiner
Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Brandeis University
Danielle Garth
Iowa State Student Accessibility Services Soft Skills Coach
Dustin Gibson
PeoplesHub
Timotheus “T.J.” Gordon, Jr.
Researcher-activist, writer, speaker, multimedia artist, and autistic self-advocate
Ray Grand
Entrepreneurial Leadership in disability
Keri Gray
National Alliance of Multicultural Disabled Advocates (NAMD Advocates)
Keisha Greaves
CEO/Founder of Girls Chronically Rock
A. Randall Haas
Attorney, Counselor, Advocate and Warrior
Conchita Hernandez Legorreta
METAS Chair
Sandy Ho
Disability policy researcher and community organizer
Christopher D. Johnson
Educator, advocate, and servant Leader
Najma Johnson
Anti-Violence Activist, disability/language justice advocate, organizer, educator, & author
Keith P. Jones
Soul Touchin Experiences LLC
Shayda Kafai
Educator-Scholar-Writer
Mimi Khuc
Writer, scholar, and teacher; mental health advocate
Andraéa N LaVant
President & Founder, LaVant Consulting, Inc.
AJ Link
National Disabled Law Students Association
Lisa A. Matrundola, Ed.D.
Rehabilitation Counselor, Grant Writer, and Disability Advocate
Duane G. Mayes
State of Alaska Director, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Nicolas Meyering
Disabled advocate and AmeriCorps alumnus
Aisha Brandford Murdaugh
Accessibility Specialist, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Akemi Nishida
Learner and advocate of disability justice activism
Noor Pervez
Community Organizer and Activist
Dr. LaMondre Pough
Ruh Global IMPACT
Liz Pritchard
Disability Rights Advocate, Artist, Teacher, Author and Presenter
Scott Michael Robertson
Policy strategist, technology expert, social scientist, and advocate
Victoria M. Rodríguez-Roldán
AIDS United
Marcie Roth
Executive Director and CEO, World Institute on Disability
Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i
ViacomCBS
Bonnielin Swenor, PhD
The Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center
Vilissa Thompson, LMSW
Founder & CEO of Ramp Your Voice!; Social Worker, Writer, Speaker, Activist
Jim E. Warne, M.S.
Native Advocate, Filmmaker & Educator, University of South Dakota Oyate` Circle & Warrior Society Development, LLC
Karen Willis
Advocate and Activist for Disability Rights and LGBTQ Rights
Alice Wong
Founder and Director, Disability Visibility Project
Danny Woodburn
Actor and Disability Advocate
Organizations
Women Embracing Abilities Now (W.E.A.N.)
Janice Y. Jackson, MS