Member Webinar: Neurodiversity Seminar

Rajesh Anandan is an impact entrepreneur and growth architect. He is the co-founder and CEO of Ultranauts, an award winning data & software quality engineering firm with employees in 30 states, 75% of whom are on the autism spectrum. Named a FastCompany World Changing Idea, MIT SOLVE Challenge Winner and Interbrand Breakthrough Brand, Ultranauts is reimagining how a company hires talent, manages teams and develops careers. Rajesh is also the founder of Unicef Kid Power which launched the world’s first Wearable-for-Good product and was named one of TIME’s 25 Best Inventions. He began his career at Microsoft, worked at Bain & Company, launched Unicef Ventures, and currently lectures at MIT. Rajesh has a BSc and MEng in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT with concentrations in AI, Systems Dynamics and Economics.

Lydia X. Z. Brown is an advocate, organizer, attorney, strategist, and writer whose work focuses on interpersonal and state violence against disabled people at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, faith, language, and nation. Lydia is an adjunct lecturer in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the Disability Studies Program at Georgetown University, as well as Self-Advocacy Discipline Coordinator for the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Fellowship program. They are also an adjunct professorial lecturer in American Studies in the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies at American University. Lydia is currently founding executive director of the Autistic People of Color Fund, a project of collective care, redistributive justice, and mutual aid. They are co-president of the Disability Rights Bar Association and Disability Justice Committee representative on the National Lawyers Guild board. Lydia is currently creating Disability Justice Wisdom Tarot.

Lydia was formerly Policy Counsel for Privacy & Data at the Center for Democracy & Technology, focused on algorithmic discrimination and disability; and Director of Policy, Advocacy, & External Affairs at the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network. They are a former member of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Disability Rights, visiting faculty at Tufts University, and chairperson of the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council. Often, their most important work has no title, job description, or funding, and probably never will.

Jess Kramer is 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.

Jamell G. Mitchell serves as the Neuro-Diverse Centers of Excellence Global Ecosystem Leader at EY. His experience relative to market trend analysis and business strategies spans close to two decades.

Jamell is responsible for sourcing securing and scaling talent, while curating the broader ecosystem which supports the broader Neurodiversity Movement. He manages teams across the Americas and has worked to drive global adoption of inclusive hiring efforts. He has developed training procedures, analyzed budget reports and implemented best practices within and outside of the space of Neurodiversity.

Jamell sits on the Board of Trustees for Hill-Top Preparatory School in Rosemont PA and Landmark College in Putney VT. He has an MBA with specific focus on Leadership and Finance from Walden University, Minneapolis and holds a BS in Criminal Justice Administration and Planning from John Jay College in New York. He is also a CNP (Certified Neurodiversity Professional) via IBCCESS University.

Christian Santillo is the Director, Digital Marketing and Marketing Operations  at Seramount. He is a data-infused, digital-marketing professional with more than 15 years of experience in bringing brands to life using digital platforms. His responsibilities at Seramount include oversight of the Seramount website, social media, marketing operations, search engine optimization, and other digital-marketing initiatives.

Prior to joining the Seramount/EAB team, Christian served as Associate Director of Marketing and Communications for Web Communications at his alma mater, College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. In this role, he led the College’s web communications team and provided strategic oversight of the College’s public-facing website and digital ecosystem as well as other digital-marketing strategies and operations, including paid social media and email marketing.

Christian lives in Central Massachusetts and enjoys traveling, hiking, and digital photography, and is an advocate for advancing awareness and acceptance of neurodiversity.