Jill Houghton
Ms. Houghton leads a team of talented and diverse individuals, including people with disabilities, who are working to build an inclusive global economy that enables people with disabilities to participate fully and meaningfully. Their work has empowered over 400 leading brands to advance disability inclusion and equality through groundbreaking programs including Inclusion Works, the Disability Equality Index, the CEO Letter on Disability Inclusion, NextGen Leaders, Supplier Diversity and Disability-Owned Business Certification and more. She and her executive team work closely with regulators, legislators and policy experts to illuminate the business, financial and ESG case for including people with disabilities in corporate reporting and requirements at the board and executive level. This work has raised awareness among 30 institutional investors who have voiced their support by signing the Joint Investor Statement. Prior to joining Disability:IN, she was Executive Director of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel and provided advice to the President, Congress and Commissioner of Social Security on issues related to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare work incentives programs for individuals with disabilities. A well-known speaker and expert on corporate disability inclusion, Ms. Houghton has testified before the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on issues related to businesses’ commitment to recruit, hire and retain employees with disabilities.
