"Elise was BEYOND awesome!"

- Jan Fox, 4x Emmy Award Winner

Elise Roy is a deaf human centered designer, former lawyer, and motivational speaker who works in the vanguard of the disruptive innovation movement. She is a passionate proponent of the notion that when we design for disability, we often develop solutions that are better than when we design for the norm. A highly skilled public speaker, she has given talks for companies and organizations all over the world including Microsoft, the NASA, the United Nations, Amazon, FedEx, Google I/o and the World Bank. Her TEDx talk, “When we Design for Disability, We All Benefit,” has over 1.3 million views. As a lawyer she worked on the Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the United Nations. She is a published author and has consulted with and worked for various companies in the inclusive design space including Marriott, Google, Fannie Mae. She currently is a Principal UX Architect at Salesforce and serves on the National Board of Directors for World Institute for Disability and AIGA.

Elise is extremely dynamic and delivers a thought provoking presentation. You will not be disappointed.

- Rhonda Davis, National Science Foundation

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"Elise’s presentation was the highlight of our weekend"

-Helena Le Roux Ohm, Center for Discovery

I loved the presentation! Very motivating. Very inspirational. A heartfelt message for all of us.

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Awesome! I learned a lot on how I should teach to all abilities and students. You are an inspiration!

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“Elise Roy delivers a thought provoking presentation designed to make people think differently ... our attendees felt they learned something they could apply back at work.” 

Kathleen Budny, AIGA