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