Your Invisible Disability Group, LLC, Our Mission/Vision is to Empower, Equip, Include People with Disabilities through advocacy, policy, collaboration of corporate/community organization and business relationships supporting newly disabled and diagnosed persons, families and care teams.

Who is YVETTE PEGUES?

Long Bio for Yvette Pegues, Ed.D.(c)

Yvette Pegues, Ed.D.(c), DnI Executive and Keynote Speaker, is co-Founder and CEO of Your Invisible Disability Group - whose mission is to Empower, Equip, Educate and Include Individuals with Disabilities. Her MCSE, IBM Engineer-to-Executive career and personal experience as a disabled professional, prepared her for award-winning Adaptive Engineering and Assistive Technology proficiencies in Corporate, workplace, marketplace and education. In addition to C-Suite Advisory services, she chairs and supports multiple ADA and executive boards; consults on affinity and diversity group development; advises on state, government and federal partner incentives for inclusion; and advocates in the community she lives and serves.

Media and Publications: PGA Magazines, GSGA Magazine, US Lacrosse, Knoxville News Sentinel, The Spinal Column, Atlanta Parent-Just Kids, Sixes Living Magazine, KSU; "My Mommy had Brain Surgery & I'm Okay!" published with her sons [before the age of 10], to support children to turn their #Storms2Stories globally.

Newsroom and Appearances: CNN, WSB-TV, US Department of Education vLog, syndicated Doctors Show, NBC's WBIR Channel 10, LeadercastNOW; DLTV Host and Founder/CTO (Chief Transformation Officer) of Your Invisible Disability Group."

Volunteer and Community Service: Brain Injury Peer Visitor Association; serving Shepherd Center and Children’s Hospital in Greater Atlanta; Georgia Council on Development Disabilities and many more.

Boards and Committees/Membership Organizations: Georgia State University's Center for Leadership in Disability and the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport's ADA Advisory Committee; National Alliance for Accessible Golf's Speakers Bureau; STEM Atlanta Women; Ellevate Women to teach, support and educate and prepare women and girls from disadvantaged groups for courageous conversations; Certified Toastmaster; U.S. White House facilitated, Disability, Inclusion, ADA and Advocacy teams.

Awards and Accolades/Distinctions: Inspiring Leaders in STEM by Insight into Diversity Magazine; Atlanta’s Top 100 Black Women of Influence by Atlanta Business League - featured in Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine; Go Daddy/Atlanta Tribune - The Magazine's Live Business Competition Champion; Fulton County's "Barham Disability Champion" award; Catherine Peterson Service Award; TWE "Woman of the Year," and IBM's "Community Spirit Initiative" award; Certificate of Commendation from GA Governor Nathan Deal and Cherokee County in recognition of "Ms. Wheelchair USA Day" as the 1^st Georgian/Woman of Color to win the National and International titles via the Ms. Wheelchair USA