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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 impact an organization's ability to engage and retain qualified jobseekers with disabilities.
Keith Meadows
Director of Client Implementation
Keith leads our client delivery team and engages directly with employers on developing programs to actively attract, hire and retain talent with disabilities.
Amanda Burris
Director of Sales
Amanda is dedicated to collaborating with employers on the benefits of hiring talent with disabilities and connecting qualified jobseekers with inclusive opportunities.
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.
Deborah Burke
Account Executive
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.
Steffanie Immerfall
Account Executive
Steffanie is a native of Northwest Indiana who currently resides in South Florida. Throughout her career she has acquired a passion for employment specifically, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and belonging.
Daishawn Whittingham
Business Development
Daishawn 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.
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.
Jay Chiu
Account Executive
Jay brings to the team a background in nonprofit fundraising, local politics, sales, and customer success. Along with disability inclusion, Jay is passionate about workers' rights and criminal justice reform. Jay loves animals, photography, and noodles.
Michael Hawkins
Ops Support/Partnerships
Michael supports the partnership development side of our business and nurtures relationships with community based organizations. He also manages data and operational systems.
Aaron Linson
Accessibility Consultant
Aaron analyzes client websites to ensure accessibility, provides guidance, recommendations, and best practices. He also works with our staffing agency partners to assist them with disability hiring and recruiting needs.
Brian McGee
Client Manager
Brian 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.
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.