Victor CALISE
Director, Accessibility Center of Excellence
Walmart
United States
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As Director of Global Diversity, Accessibility Center of Excellence on the Belonging Team Victor spearheads disability inclusion and accessibility into every aspect of the company from infrastructure to employment, to the shopping experience. Previously, Victor spent more than two decades in public service, his culminating role from 2012 to 2022 was as Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities under three different Administrations. Victor is regularly sought out to serve in prestigious leadership capacities, in the past as Mayoral appointee to the Board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and currently on the Board of Trustees for the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.
A native New Yorker, Victor is an internationally recognized diversity inclusion champion. An avid athlete, he was a member of the first U.S. national sled hockey team and represented his country at the 1998 Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan. He is married to his beautiful wife Susan, and they have two daughters.
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Thursday, 22 February 2024
16:40 - 17:10
Creating Value Through Disability-Inclusive Supply Chains
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