Connie Vandarakis

Connie Vandarakis (she/her) is the Chief Operating Officer at Disability Pride PA. . She worked with the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office for Equitable Community Engagement and Volunteer Services as the Trainer for the Equitable Community Toolkit project in 2022-2023.

As an international disability consultant, Connie was awarded as a Zero Project Ambassador in 2023. She is an Inclusive Arts expert with the Zero Project Inclusive Arts Community and moderated the first Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights panels in 2022, and 2023 at the Zero Project Conference at the United Nations in Vienna. She has performed and spoke at the United Nations Conference of State Parties to the Conventions on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP) side conference with Zero Project in 2023, 2022, and 2021.

Connie works as a Master Trainer with DanceAbility International and has been a keynote speaker at Inclusive Dance conferences, taught and performed in several countries. She has 30 years of leadership experience from the University of The Arts in Philadelphia, PA, as former Associate Dean, Professor and Dance Education Coordinator. Connie has served on the boards of Disability Pride Pennsylvania, DanceAbility International and Include Everyone Project SCV.