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Business Leaders for Diverse Abilities

Business Leaders for Diverse Abilities (BLDA) aims to foster community, raise awareness, and advocate for people with visible and invisible disabilities in the Ross School of Business community and in the broader professional business world through thoughtful programming, education, and events.

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About Us

BLDA's vision is a disability-fluent Ross MBA, faculty, and staff experience. BLDA provides education to our students, faculty, and staff, and drives conversations with school leadership, advocating for change on behalf of the disability, neurodivergent, and chronically ill community. The BLDA at Ross also works to infuse disability technology and design in and outside of the classroom, showcasing the importance of technology for good.

We promote allyship, which involves creating a safe and inclusive space for Ross faculty, staff, and MBA peers to learn about the various differences in abilities, such as cognitive, social-emotional, sensory, physical, and learning abilities. We believe that allies, including caretakers and individuals with loved ones who identify as disabled, can be an invaluable source of support, both in the classroom and the boardroom.

We will achieve this through community building, advocacy, and awareness.

Community: Create a safe space where the disability, neurodivergent, and chronically ill-conscious community can flourish publicly at Ross.

Awareness & Advocacy: Include disability/neurodiversity/chronic illness in all DEI conversations at Ross, both for general awareness of and advocacy for this community. Within the fabric of DEI efforts, disability/neurodiversity/chronic illness is often not woven into the conversation.

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Members Benefits

1) Community, friendship, allyship

2) Awareness and advocacy

3) Professional development

Events & Activities

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Exclusive Resources

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Connnections

Meeting new students with shared interest

Our Team

Schulingkamp Rachel Profile

Schulingkamp Rachel

Director of Marketing and Communications
Breezy Adams Profile

Breezy Adams

Director of Student Allyship and Events
Michael Crabtree Profile

Michael Crabtree

Director of Corporate and Alumni Relations
Christopher Schlaff Profile

Christopher Schlaff

Director of Fundraising
Rajul Jain Profile

Rajul Jain

Director of Community
Bree Fabig Profile

Bree Fabig

Director of Marketing and Communications
Miles Turner Profile

Miles Turner

Director of Student Allyship and Events
Atanasova Nina Profile

Atanasova Nina

Director of Disability Tech & Design
Guerra Armani Profile

Guerra Armani

Director of Advocacy
Nagle Mollee Profile

Nagle Mollee

Director of Corporate and Alumni Relations
Sunny Huang Profile

Sunny Huang

VP of Corporate and Alumni Relations
Vikranth Eleswarapu Profile

Vikranth Eleswarapu

VP of Student Allyship & Events
Lindsay Tracy Profile

Lindsay Tracy

VP of Community
Matthew Liu Profile

Matthew Liu

VP of Corporate and Alumni Relations
Divya Ramalingam Profile

Divya Ramalingam

President
Saumya Bora Profile

Saumya Bora

VP of Disability Technology & Design
Angel Ayala Profile

Angel Ayala

VP of Marketing & Communications
Francesca Colombo Profile

Francesca Colombo

President
Tina Zhang Profile

Tina Zhang

VP of Finance
Maya Ambady Profile

Maya Ambady

VP of Marketing & Communications
Sonali Wijesiriwardena Profile

Sonali Wijesiriwardena

VP of Student Allyship & Events

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Business Leaders for Diverse Abilities

701 Tappan Street
Ann Arbor MI 48109
United States