About

The CEO Commission for Disability Employment was founded by Voya Financial, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) in 2018 to advance disability inclusive employment by inspiring and engaging business 
and government leaders to drive change through policy, practice, and culture.

These founding leaders recognized several key concepts that would provide the best impact on executing the mission.

Starting At The Top

Disability inclusion in the workforce needs to be a loud and ever present message coming from the highest position in the company so that all employees can believe in and work towards that objective.

Policy Has Huge Impact

Government leaders need to come together in a bipartisan approach to improve, expand, and add new laws that will increase meaningful and competitive employment as well as financial security for those with disabilities.

Practice and Culture

Companies must be meaningful and thorough in their approach to disability inclusive employment. This includes fulfilling goals and objectives aimed at increasing disclosure, purposeful hiring practices, improving accessibility and accommodations for all employees, promoting their successes and building a culture that inspires not only their employees and future employees, but their customers as well.

Partnership, Collaboration, and Mentorship

All partners within the Commission are meant to work together to inspire ideas, improve outcomes, create success stories, overcome challenges and work towards the common mission.

The CEO Commission is a coalition uniting all of the above ideas and leading the way to disability inclusive employment.