Russell Shaffer

Russell Shaffer is Executive Vice President, Strategy & Programs, at Disability:IN, where he oversees the organization’s strategic plan, performance measurement, and signature programs such as the Disability Equality Index and NextGen Leadership. Before joining Disability:IN in 2022, he held senior roles at Walmart Inc., including Senior Director of Global Culture, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Senior Manager of Constituent Relations for disability and aging strategies. He has also worked in advertising, communications, and journalism, and has served on boards including the American Foundation for the Blind, where he was Chair and received the Stephen Garff Marriott Award. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at age 10, Russell draws on his lived experience with blindness to inform his commitment to advancing disability inclusion.