Member Webinar: National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2024

Victoria De Bruin is the Sr Manager of Proposal and Presentations, and Competitive Intelligence at VSP Vision Care (VC). She is also the Chair of the Abilities Beyond Limited Expectations (ABLE) BRG. Vicki started in VC B2B marketing in 2020, shifting to Sales Enablement a couple years later where her teams support sales with tools, content and intelligence to help win and retain business. Vicki has over 15 years of experience working in public health helping diverse communities reduce health disparities and prevent chronic disease. Her passion for supporting health and wellness continue to be an inspiration since joining ABLE in 2023, and have served her well in being an ally to help people with disabilities through education, awareness and by making an impact on the business.  Vicki is also an advocate for the mental health community through New Horizons Family and Child Institute’s, Intensive Family-Focused Therapy. Her work has been recognized by Health and Human Services, Innovation in Prevention and by the International Association of Business Communicators.

Agatha Ibe is a Quality Deviation Engineer who has been with Micron since 2012.

Agatha is deeply involved in community engagement and currently serves as the co-chair of Micron Capable employee resource group (ERG) for people with seen and unseen disabilities.  She also serves on the steering team for Micron’s Black Employee Network and regularly participates in group volunteer activities related to the numerous other ERGs at Micron.  A passionate leader and mentor, Agatha loves to spend time investing in future generations through formal and informal mentorship programs. 

Agatha is a 2023 graduate of the Leadership Prince William Emerging Leaders Program and recently graduated from the inaugural 2024 Early Career Talent Accelerator Cohort. 

Agatha has a BSc. degree in Chemistry from the University of Benin in Nigeria. 

Jess Kramer is Associate Director, Event Programming at Seramount, developing impactful live experiences that shift mindsets and accelerate inclusion. At Seramount, she leads the content curation and manages programming for Seramount’s annual member and non-member marquee events advocating for diversity, equity & inclusion in the workplace. She determines program themes, designs and develops agendas, and identifies, secures, and preps 100+ speakers annually for Seramount’s virtual and in-person conferences that reach audiences of up to 2,000 people each across a wide variety of industries.

Jess is also a writer and public speaker on the topics of neurodiversity and disability inclusion in the workplace. Prior to working in events and management consulting, she worked as a writer, researcher, and editor.

Based in Brooklyn, NY, Jess enjoys live music, theater, and dancing; walking dogs at her local animal shelter; escaping the city to hike, kayak, and swim; and traveling around the world.

Brandon Kazen-Maddox (they/them) is an American Sign Language Artist and Grandchild of Deaf Adults (GODA), growing up from birth in a culturally Deaf household. As a third-generation heritage signer, it is Brandon’s passion and responsibility to carry on their generational birthright and lineage of ASL Artistry.

As an ASL Artist, choreographer, filmmaker, dancer, actor, acrobat, and activist, Brandon has spent the last 10 years as a professional ASL interpreter in the mediums of activism, performance, politics, film, television and theater, providing access to, and facilitating communication between the Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing and hearing communities. Brandon creates work with and for the Deaf and Disability communities, and highlights and empowers BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ artists, building bridges among people of all backgrounds and abilities. Recent keynote appearances have included NASPA Conference, Fidelity Investments Conference, MAS Event+Design, California Faculty of the Arts and A Day of Unreasonable Conversation at the Getty Museum for the social impact organization Propper Daley.

Brandon was a featured storyteller on the 100th episode of Stories From the Stage on PBS and they were named as one of Gucci’s Chime for Change 22 for ’22. Brandon is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award, New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Production Grant, the Mertz-Gilmore Foundation Grant and the New York State Council on the Arts grant. Brandon is also a member of the Circle of Advocates for RISE Theater Directory, curated and supported by the Miranda Family Foundation. Brandon’s television credits include guest appearances on High Maintenance and The Good Fight. Their work has been profiled by The New York Times, ABC World News, ABC/Disney, CNN and The PBS NewsHour’s “Brief But
Spectacular” series.

Brandon holds an MFA in Dance and New Technology from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is a co-founder of Up Until Now Collective, an arts and media company that focuses on developing and producing radically inclusive interdisciplinary work.

Nate Rosner, Employee Resource Group Manager at Micron, is responsible for their 10 ERG’s and 100 chapters globally! With 17+ years of experience at Micron, Nate started as an entry level Manufacturing Operator in 2007, working firsthand as a frontline worker and has held various roles in manufacturing and process engineering leadership. Nate’s transition to DEI work was ignited in 2020 where he was able to connect his passion for inclusion as the program manager for his site’s DEI Committee. In 2022, he took the leap into full time DEI work, and was given the opportunity to oversee the growing ERG program and take it to new and exciting heights. Using his background in process improvements and project management, Nate has guided the ERG program to greater efficiencies and impact, and maintains focus on bringing light to the diverse voices and important perspectives of all.