Board of Directors Executive Committee
Luis Gallegos
Board Chair
President of the Board of United Nations Institute of Research and Training; Former Ecuadorian Ambassador to the United States - Ecuador
Sevana Massih
Board Vice Chair
Head of Interpretation Operations, Bond - USA
Benjamin Nadolsky
Board Treasurer
Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - USA
Susan Mazrui
Immedite Past Board Chair
Director, Global Public Policy, AT&T Services, Inc. - USA
Carmen Daniels Jones
Board Secretary
Marketing and Community Engagement Executive, Solutions Marketing Group - USA
Yuliia Sachuk
Board Global Leadership Development Committee Chair
Head of Fight For Right NGO - Ukraine
Zachary Bastian
Board Global Policy Committee Chair
Manager, Public Policy, & Strategic Alliances, Verizon - USA
Racheal Inegbedion
Board International Engagement Committee Chair
Founding Executive Director of the Initiative For National Growth Africa - Nigeria
Sarah Storelli
Board Marketing and Communications Committee Chair
CEO & Founder, Expressions Consulting - USA
In their own words:
“At AT&T, we understand that accessibility is more than a word; it’s a commitment to connect people to the world around them. We also understand that we must go beyond mere accessibility to full inclusion and belonging. Which is why we are proud to work with the World Institute on Disability to elevate and support people with disabilities globally.”
Susan Mazrui, Immediate Past Board Chair
Director, Global Public Policy, AT&T
“I am so honored to serve on a board of an organization fighting for the protection of people with disabilities on a global scale. Working with an international leader like Marcie Roth is a privilege.”
Joyce Bender, Board member
CEO/Founder, Bender Consulting Services, Inc.
Board of Directors
Joyce Bender
Founder and CEO of Bender Consulting Services & Bender Leadership Academy - USA
Caroline Casey
Founder, Valueable 500 - Ireland
Dr. Rory Cooper
Founder, Director, and CEO of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL), University of Pittsburgh - USA
Bryanna Evans
Grassroots and Strategic Initiatives Director, American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) - USA
Alianca Fernandes
Lead Project Coordinator, Juventude ba Dezenvolvimentu Násional (JDN) - Timor-Leste
Meg Filer
Senior Production Manager for Accessibility, T-Mobile - USA
Gurpreet Kaur
Senior Product, Strategy, and Accessibility Executive, Google - USA
Jongbae Kim
Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Yonsei University - South Korea
Sabine Lobnig
Director of Communications, Mobile & Wireless Forum - Austria
Lauren Lobrano
Leader in Accessibility and Systemic Change - USA
Kamilah Martin-Proctor
Chair, DC Commission on People with Disabilities - USA
Charlotte Vuyiswa McClain-Nhlapo
Global Disability Advisor, World Bank Group - USA
Sylvain Obedi
Founder and Executive Director, Enable the Disable Action - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Miguel Quinones
UX Research Manager, Google - USA
Yves Veulliet
EMEA Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Leader, Human Resources, Kyndryl - Belgium
Board of Directors Emeritus Members
Judy Heumann, Z’’l
WID Co-Founder
"Z’’l" is a posthumous Hebrew honorific term that stands for "zichronah livracha" meaning “of blessed memory.”
Joan Leon
WID Co-Founder
Headshot of Joan Leon, WID Co-Founder
Zona Roberts, Z’’l
Mother of WID Co-Founder, Ed Roberts
"Z’’l" is a posthumous Hebrew honorific term that stands for "zichronah livracha" meaning “of blessed memory.”