The FDR Memorial Legacy Committee is pleased to announce our NEW speaker's bureau!
Our speakers are globally recognized disability employment and inclusion experts, advocates, trailblazers, and inclusion innovators. Book one of our award-winning speakers for your next event - whether you are planning a conference, a disability employee resource group event, an off-site strategy session on disability inclusion - we've got you covered!
Topics Include: (Note: scroll through our speakers for a complete list)
- Disability IS Diversity
- Disability Activism
- Parenting a Child with a disability
- Disability Employment Best Practices
- Disability Engagement
*Travel and expenses are not included in pricing/fees.
Our Speakers
Judy Heumann
Author, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction Featured in Oscar-Nominated Film Crip Camp
Topics: Disability movement history; Changing federal policy and business practices with disability advocacy; Disability around the world
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John D. Kemp, JD
President and CEO, Viscardi Center Recipient of the Henry B. Betts Award and the Dole Leadership Prize Co-Founder American Association of People with Disabilities
Topics: The Business Case for Hiring People with Disabilities; Disability Culture; AI Recruitment and Disability; Disability Employment Law; Non-Profit Leadership
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Arlene King-Berry, JD
Professor, University of the District of Columbia Chair, Faculty Senate
Topics: Special Education, Disability Law, Disproportionality, Teacher Education and Preparation, Testing and Assessment, Curriculum and Instruction, Universal Design for Learning, Online Learner Engagement, Educational Technology, or Organizational Management
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Meg O’Connell, PHR
CEO & Founder, Global Disability Inclusion
Topics: Disability Employment & Inclusion, The State of Disability Employee Engagement, Innovations in Disability Inclusion, Disability Awareness Training.
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Mary E. Dolan
Co-Founder and Executive Director, FDR Memorial Legacy Committee
Topics: Managing career and parenting a child with disability; Invisible Disabilities; Life lessons in disability advocacy – the fight for the FDR wheelchair statue.
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Alma Silver
Recent graduate with a BA in Communications and Journalism from St. Catherine University in St. Paul, MN. Editor in Chief of The Wheel, former Program Associate for the Oral History Project at the FDR Memorial Legacy Committee
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