Access and Inclusion in the Workplace
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Kathy Martinez, president and CEO of Disability Rights Advocates, has a long career building accessible workplaces, from Wells Fargo to the White House. In her conversation with Qudsiya, she offers advice and thoughts for employers and employees about designing a workplace that is inclusive and accessible to all.
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An international disability rights leader, Kathy Martinez joined Disability Rights Advocates as President/CEO in March 2021 after serving as a Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo, as an Assistant Secretary of Labor under the Obama Administration, and as the Executive Director of World Institute on Disability. She currently serves on the board of The American Association of People with Disabilities and has served on the boards of The National Council on Disability, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the State Department’s advisory committee on disability and foreign policy.
A graduate of San Francisco State University, Martinez speaks and publishes on a wide array of topics related to disability employment, including the emergence of disability as an essential component of workplace diversity and inclusion and the importance of expectation in ensuring youth with disabilities grow up with an assumption of work—a topic on which Martinez, who herself was born blind, offers compelling and personal perspective.
