National Leadership Program, Spring 2024
Chanel Keenan
Chanel Keenan (she/her) is a Communications Fellow in RespectAbility’s National Leadership Program for Spring 2024. RespectAbility is a national nonprofit organization fighting stigmas and advancing opportunities so that people with disabilities can fully participate in all aspects of community.
While finishing up her degree in Communication and a minor in Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Chanel became the National Hockey League’s first (and only) Intersectionality Consultant. Using her lived experience as a disabled woman of color, she was able to help the Seattle Kraken, specifically, prioritize diversity and disability inclusion at the fan and corporate level.
One thing in particular that Chanel prides herself on is being a student of life. With every opportunity afforded to her, she loves absorbing all the knowledge that surrounds her. It may not take place in the traditional setting of a classroom, but she believes experiencing is learning.
Chanel looks forward to learning from all members of her cohort and the team at RespectAbility through this incredible opportunity.
