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With over 60 years of experience employing individuals with disabilities, including veterans with disabilities, Disability Solutions' diverse team focuses on end-to-end talent acquisition, retention strategies and solutions resulting in people and business driven outcomes.
Julie Sowash
Executive Director
Julie works with clients to assess current outreach, hiring, retention systems, policies and processes that impacts an organization's ability to engage and retain qualified jobseekers with disabilities.
Kevin McCloskey
Senior Director of Partnership Development
Kevin develops talent sourcing partnerships for our clients by establishing relationships with federal, state and local partners in order to identify qualified jobseekers to fill our clients' hiring needs.
Amanda Burris
Sales and Marketing Leader
Amanda is dedicated to “Changing Minds and Changing Lives” by working with employers on the benefits of hiring people living with all types of disabilities and connecting qualified jobseekers with inclusive employers.
Keith Meadows
Hiring and Engagement Consultant
Keith manages workforce talent needs by engaging jobseekers with disabilities, including veterans with service-related disabilities, to deliver strategic outcome based solutions to his clients.
Deborah Burke
Account Executive, Sales
Debbie started her career at Ability Beyond 30+ years ago dedicating her work to the mission of empowering people, no matter their ability, to have the opportunity to live, work and thrive as an integral part of their community. She is committed to helping employers learn about solutions available for true disability inclusion.
Rebecca Langbein
Inclusive Design Consultant
Rebecca is an Inclusive and Universal Design Consultant, a trained engineer with a doctorate degree in occupational therapy seeking to break down barriers and create equitably usable spaces for diverse people.
Daishawn Whittingham
Business Development, Sales
Daishawn comes with experience at our parent nonprofit Ability Beyond, where he was a Life Skills Instructor assisting individuals with disabilities. At Disability Solutions, he is responsible for generating employer interest to hire and engage talent with disabilities. Daishawn is helping to change the narrative to give people with disabilities a chance to be seen as an equal.
Michael Hawkins
Operations Specialist
Michael manages data and operational systems, as well as assisting with client support and outreach.
Kevin Kountz
Project Manager
Kevin is an experienced Project Manager taking programs from Inception, through development, testing and to completion. He comes from an international finance background having worked in London.
Brian McGee
Social Media Manager
Brian manages our social media strategy. He brings over 20 years of experience leading multi-million dollar businesses and is intimately familiar with the many challenges employers face with finding and retaining talent.
Steffanie Immerfall
Account Executive
Steffanie is a native of Northwest Indiana who currently resides in South Florida. Throughout her sales and marketing career Steffanie has acquired a passion for employment specifically, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and belonging.
Robert Bertrand
Account Executive
Robert is a father of four and a Navy Veteran advocating for the employment of veterans with disabilities. He specializes in lead generation, market research, and marketing technologies.
Disability Solutions is a national, non-profit consulting practice working with corporate leaders to leverage the engagement of talented jobseekers with disabilities – solving a workforce employment challenge where everyone wins.