Tapping into Hidden Human Capital: How Leading Global Companies Improve their Bottom Line by Employing Persons with Disabilities

Debra Ruh is a Global Disability Inclusion Strategist and serves as the EmployAbility Program Chair for G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive Icts. She is a seasoned entrepreneur having founded three firms including Ruh Global Communications, TecAccess and Strategic Performance Solutions. At TecAccess, more than two third of her employees were persons with disabilities, serving as a best practice for many employers. Her clientcentric focus and ability to promote successful disability employment programs has created relationships with many multinational firms including Accenture, At&T, Atos, Avanade, Best Buy, Bloomberg, Canon, Capital One, Csc, Cvs, Disney, Dell, Deloitte, E&Y, El Al Israel Airlines, Hp, Ibm, McDonalds, Mci, Merck, Microsoft, Td Bank, Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless, Vmware, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo and many others including United Nations agencies, international governments, federal, state and local agencies.