Brett Heising

Background

About Brett Heising

Accomplished executive, spokesperson, and civil rights advocate with a passion for promoting awareness and education around disability-related challenges and opportunities. Recognized throughout career for exceptional communications skills and the ability to help organizations generate extensive positive media exposure. Additional strengths in operations, PR, marketing, innovative revenue stream development, and team leadership acquired as a technology entrepreneur and founder of an accessible travel platform. Avid community leader and networker; former member of the Phoenix Mayor’s Commission on Disability and former/current board member at Ability360 and United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona. Core Competencies & Qualifications: • Recognized expert in disability access and advocacy issues; able to draw upon unique life/career experience with Cerebral Palsy to inspire a wide range of diverse audiences and increase support, education, and accommodations regarding the challenges faced by people with disabilities. • Corporate growth and leadership; insightful entrepreneur who guided the development, launch, and growth of brettapproved.com, a platform for travelers with disabilities and mobility challenges from inception to the world’s best-known brand in accessible travel. Skilled at resolving numerous challenges related to organizational scaling, growth, revenue scaling, and capacity-building. • Top-tier public speaking and storytelling skills; PR consultant and corporate communications executive with expertise developing compelling content for print, web, social, and broadcast channels. Global keynote and session speaker and panelist on diversity, accessibility, and related topics. Recipient of numerous honors/awards to date including Phoenix Business Journal 40 under 40 (Class of 2015); 100 Most Exciting Companies on the Planet, Web Summit Dublin, Ireland (2015); Valley Leadership, Leadership Advance, Class 1 (2015); and SEED SPOT “Demo Day” Pitch Competition Winner (2013). Additionally have served as a speaker/presenter at 35+ professional conferences/tradeshows on the topics of diversity and disability access, including presentations for the University of Tennessee, AZ Governors Conference on Tourism, World Tourism Forum Lucerne, and Google/UCP National Chapter Innovation/Entrepreneurship Conference.