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Driving Innovation through Disability Inclusion in 2026

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disability inclusion

The Disability:IN DC Metro is the local best-practice business resource for you!

Leadership Team Set to Advance Disability Inclusion Initiatives

Washington, DC, May 5, 2026 — Disability:IN DC Metro is pleased to announce the election of its officers for the 2026-2027 term. During the annual meeting held on May 5th, the following individuals were elected to lead the organization:

  •     Meghan Cadigan, KPMG – Chair
  •     Jennifer Gauvreau, CGI Federal – Vice-Chair
  •     Tashi Carper, Leidos – Secretary
  •     Sue Morgan, General Dynamics IT – Treasurer

The organization also recognizes its leadership team, including Eduardo Meza Etienne, Chief Accessibility Officer; Andrea Hall (GDMS), Chief Strategy Officer; and The Hon. Katherine McCary, CEO.

Disability:IN DC Metro is committed to advancing disability inclusion and accessibility across the region. The newly elected officers and leadership team will continue to drive impactful initiatives, foster collaborative partnerships, and support the professional growth of individuals with disabilities.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day logo

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Help us celebrate the 15th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion and the more than One Billion people with disabilities.

Announcing Our New URL

Disability:IN DC Metro has a new website address. Please visit https://disabilityindcmetro.org/ to learn more about our work, upcoming events, membership opportunities, and resources supporting disability inclusion across the DC Metro business community. Please update your bookmarks and share the new link with your networks.

NOD Partnership Announcement

Disability:IN DC Metro is proud to strengthen our long-standing partnership with the National Organization on Disability. As we celebrate 20 years of impact in disability inclusion, we are honored to serve as a distribution partner for NOD’s new learning platform, Enable Learning. This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to expanding practical education, advancing workplace disability inclusion, and supporting employers across the DC Metro region with resources to build more inclusive organizations.

Strategic Partnerships

The Voice of the Disability Community

Join our First Annual Disability Inclusion Roundtable in September.

Accessibility

Digital and AI implications for our community.

  • Seminar Presentation by Chief Accessibility Officer Eduardo Meza Etienne, with featured subject matter expert speakers.

Physical Access for employees, visitors and customers.

  • Featuring C5 and United Spinal Association Accessibility Services work with MedStar.

Disability Owned Businesses

  • D2D Quarterly Informal Virtual Networking Event.
  • Partnering with AbilityJobs making connections for business outcomes.

Federal Outreach

  • 2026 Federal Updates Event
  • New Administration Appointees:
    • Deputy Secretary of Labor Keith E. Sonderling
    • ODEP Assistant Secretary, Julie Hocker
    • VETS Assistant Secretary Jeremiah Workman
    • EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas
  • Providing input for NDEAM 2026

Vision

Cultivate workforces and workplaces where talent with disabilities are recruited, included, promoted, retained and valued as both internal talent and innovative vendors.

Mission

Building the business network for disability inclusion.

Our focus is on Culture Change!

Disability:IN®

We are the local affiliate of Disability:IN®, formerly the USBLN®.

Affiliates Matter

If your company operates in any of the 25 states that our 30 sister affiliates* are located, you should consider engagement in these local chapters. It’s at the local level that meaningful engagement occurs and enables your local leaders, your ERG Members and your employees to understand and model disability inclusion.

*There are also former affiliates, including VirginiaAbility, that serves the Metro Richmond, VA area and is an organization to join if your company has representation in that geography.

National Representation:

If your company operates nationally, then you should consider joining Disability:IN and attending the Annual National Conference for a national peer to peer dialog.

Branding your company:

As members local and national (if appropriate) is critical and will serve to draw talent with disabilities to your company, engage and retain your current workforce with disabilities and include disability-owned businesses in your supply chain.

Members