Melissa Ortiz is founder and principal of Capability Consulting, an award-winning speaker, and a self-described “relentlessly resilient warrior princess (RRWP).” At Capability Consulting she advises on ADA-compliance, accessibility, and disability policy. She served as a presidential appointee and has written op-eds for USA Today, the Washington Examiner, and other publications. She has been interviewed by numerous tv and radio outlets, including the BBC, Fox News and One America News. Prior to founding Capability Consulting, she led Able Americans at the National Center for Public Policy Research. Melissa has also served as a visiting fellow for the Independent Women’s Forum and in 2005 served as Ms. Wheelchair New York. She also served as the first female board member of The Conservative Caucus and is the now the VP of the Spina Bifida Patients Association a new organization supporting adults with spina bifida. Melissa, also a public speaker to groups as large as 100,000, currently resides in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband Tony and service dog, Annie Oakley, a chocolate brindle dachshund.
Connect with her online through her website: capabilityconsulting.org or on Instagram and Twitter, where she communicates as @DCBelleonWheels.