Andraéa LaVant - President & Chief Inclusion Specialist at LaVant Consulting, and Carly Fahey- Disability Advocate and Business Development Officer at LaVant Consulting

Andraéa LaVant

Andraéa LaVant is a nationally and internationally sought-after disability inclusion expert. She is widely recognized for spearheading a global disability justice movement as impact producer for Netflix’s 2021 Oscar-nominated film, Crip Camp, executive produced by President Barack and Mrs. Michelle Obama. Andraéa is also the founder and president of LaVant Consulting, Inc. (LCI), a social impact communications firm that offers cutting-edge corporate development and content marketing for brands and nonprofits. Prior to establishing LCI, she worked for over a decade in nonprofit and private sector organizations managing national initiatives to increase and support the engagement of disabled people in mainstream programs. She has been featured on Good Morning America, NBC, Essence.com, the Root, Paper Magazine, and even the Oscars red carpet! Ultimately, Andraéa is committed to working toward a future where ALL people, particularly disabled people of color, are seen and valued in culture and society at large.

Carly Fahey

Carly grew up in the suburban swamps of Tallahassee, Florida where she cultivated a quirky passion for grassroots-led policy, campaigning, and advocacy in the disability movement at an early age.

As a disabled teen, Carly helped create and pass legislation putting disability history in Florida public schools curriculum and served on a federal advisory committee before flying off to the mountain west for college. She grew a passion for youth community organizing while holding a few national campaign roles while studying at the University of Utah. These experiences and others led to a passion for youth development and program design and have shaped how she shapes and views current client work. Carly likes to approach projects with flexibility, employing innovative strategies and research, collaboration, enthusiasm, a well-informed perspective, and a dash of humor. She started my professional career in outreach and corporate philanthropy in Washington, DC. Her specialty centers around disability initiatives in social responsibility, policy, and impact. She is deeply motivated by the lack of disabled voices in the media, workforce leadership, community art initiatives, shaking up policy, and disrupting systems of change.

Carly’s proudest accomplishments while at LCI have been leading their disability innovation and strategy advising with Verizon, Amazon Studios, and Salesforce, while helping conceptualize and build some of our media impact and business development work.