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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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Connnections

Meeting new students with shared interest

Our Team

Miles Turner Profile

Miles Turner

President
Mollee Nagle Profile

Mollee Nagle

President
Coury Abrahm Profile

Coury Abrahm

VP of RossAbilities
Jude Mabone Profile

Jude Mabone

Co-VP Marketing and Communications
Bree Fabig Profile

Bree Fabig

Co-VP Marketing and Communications
Christopher Schlaff Profile

Christopher Schlaff

VP of Finance
Rajul Jain Profile

Rajul Jain

VP of Corporate and Alumni Relations
Guerra Armani Profile

Guerra Armani

VP of Advocacy
Breezy Adams Profile

Breezy Adams

VP of Community & Events

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Business Leaders for Diverse Abilities

701 Tappan Street
Ann Arbor MI 48109
United States