You can now watch recordings of all five of our #ADA30 events. This series was made possible through the generosity of Comcast NBCUniversal, the Murray/Reese Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company.
#ADA30 Summit 2020
#ADA30 Summit 2020
Abigail Shaw
Member of RespectAbility’s National Disability Speakers Bureau: Women’s Division
Amna Nawaz
Senior National Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Anastasia Somoza
Community Liaison, NYC Council’s liaison to disability community
Andrea Jennings
Commissioner, City of Pasadena Accessibility and Disability Commission and Founder, Shifting Creative Paradigms Productions
April Caputi
Creative Associate under Walt Disney Television’s Executive Incubator Program and 2019 RespectAbility Lab alumna
Ariella Barker, JD, MPA
Former volunteer leader on RespectAbility SNAP campaign
Rep. Brad Sherman
CA-30 (D)
Carolyn Lertzman
Manager, Standards & Practices, Disney Channels and member of the leadership team for the newly formed Disabilities Employee Resource Group
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
D-MD
Craig Leen
Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, USDOL
Danny Gomez
Actor, New Amsterdam
David Caparelliotis
Casting Director, New Amsterdam
David Renaud
Writer and Producer, The Good Doctor
David Schulner
Executive Producer and Showrunner, New Amsterdam
Debbie Fink
Director of Community Outreach and Impact, RespectAbility
Dino-Ray Ramos
Associate Editor, Deadline Hollywood
Eileen Grubba
Actress, New Amsterdam
Elisabeth J. Finch
Writer/Co-Executive Producer, “Grey’s Anatomy”
Gerard Robinson
Vice President for Education, The Advanced Studies in Culture Foundation
Gloria Medina
Trans Activist and former RespectAbility Fellow
Grace Moss
Director of Talent Development & Inclusion, NBC Entertainment
Ila Eckhoff
Managing Director, BlackRock and Board of Directors, RespectAbility
Jaime H. Pacheco-Orozco
Senior Manager, City of Los Angeles Department on Disability
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
President, RespectAbility
Jennifer Turner
SVP U.S. Scripted Programming for Sony Pictures Television and Current Executive for The Good Doctor
Jim Sinocchi
Head of Disability Inclusion, JP Morgan Chase
Jonathan Murray
Reality TV Pioneer and Board of Directors, RespectAbility
Jose Luiz Plaza
Manager, The California Endowment
Kayla Cromer
Actress, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
Ketrina Hazell
Member, RespectAbility’s National Disability Speakers Bureau: Women’s Division
Kiah Amara
2020 RespectAbility Lab Alum, Filmmaker and Founder, IndieVISIBLE Entertainment
Kristen Lopez
TV Editor, IndieWire
Kym Eisner
Executive Director, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
Lachi
Recording Artist and Member, RespectAbility’s National Disability Speakers Bureau: Women’s Division
Lauren Appelbaum
Vice President, Communications and Entertainment & News Media, RespectAbility
Lauren Arena
Ms. Wheelchair NY 2020
Lauren “Lolo” Spencer
Actress, Give Me Liberty
Gov. Lawrence Hogan
Governor (R-MD) and Chair, National Governors Association
Leah Romond
2019 Lab alumna, 2020 Lab Senior Production Advisor, and Producer, Best Summer Ever
Lex Frieden
Co-Founder / Leader of Independent Living Movement
Lisa Trygg
Senior Program Officer – Adults and Transitioning Youth with Disabilities, May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Mark Feinour
Support Services Executive, Bank of America
Mark Allan Schultz
Commissioner of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education
Matan Koch
Director of RespectAbility California and Jewish Leadership
Nasreen Alkhateeb
Senior Production Advisor, RespectAbility Lab
Natalie Gross
2019 RespectAbility Lab Alum, Actress and Writer
Natasha Ofili
Actress, The Politician and Undone
Dr. Nelle Richardson
Member, RespectAbility’s National Disability Speakers Bureau: Women’s Division
Nicole Homerin, M.Ed.
Special Educator and co-author of RespectAbility’s upcoming Special Education During COVID-19 Toolkit
Ollie Cantos
Board of Advisors, RespectAbility
Paul Luelmo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Special Education, San Diego State University
Philip Kahn-Pauli
Policy and Practices Director, RespectAbility
Rachel Handler
Actress, New Amsterdam
Ramy Youssef
Creator, Writer and Actor, Ramy, Hulu
Randall Duchesneau
Board of Advisors, RespectAbility
RJ Mitte
Actor, Breaking Bad and Triumph
Ryan O’Connell
Creator, Writer and Star of Netflix’s Special
Sasha Ross Becker
Member, RespectAbility’s National Disability Speakers Bureau: Women’s Division
Shane Kanady
Vice President, Workforce Development, Source America
Shaylee Mansfield
Deaf YouTuber and Actress, Deaf Out Loud, Bunk’d, Feel the Beat, 13 Minutes
Shoshannah Stern
Writer and Creator, This Close and Actress, Grey’s Anatomy
Sneha Dave
Board of Directors, RespectAbility
Sophie Kim
Actress, Healings Powers of Dude
Stacy Palmer
Editor, The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Stephanie Lomibao
Program Manager, Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Stephen David Simon
Executive Director, City of Los Angeles Department on Disability
Steve Bartlett
Co-Author, ADA and Chair, RespectAbility
Steve Way
Actor, Ramy, Hulu
Tatiana Lee
Actress, Model and Hollywood Inclusion Associate, RespectAbility
Tim Gray
Senior VP, Variety
Tina Williams
Deputy Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, USDOL
Sen. Tom Harkin
Co-Author of Americans with Disabilities Act
Gov. Tom Ridge
Former Governor (R-PA)
Hon. Tony Coelho
Co-author of the Americans with Disabilities Act; founder of The Coelho Center, Loyola Law School
Victoria Arlen
Host, ESPN
Vincenzo Piscopo
Community and Stakeholder Relations Director, The Coca-Cola Company
Vivian G. Bass
Executive Committee, RespectAbility and CEO Emeritus, JFGH
Zack Gottsagen
Actor, The Peanut Butter Falcon
Zazel-Chavah O’Garra, MSW
Member, RespectAbility’s National Disability Speakers Bureau: Women’s Division
