IDPwD Disability Community Leaders – Suzanne Colbert AM

Suzanne has been at the leading edge of building employment opportunities for people with disability for almost 20 years, receiving a Member of the Order of Australia in 2010. A founding member of the ACE National Network, the peak body representing the interests of open employment services for people with disability to Federal Government, Suzanne set up Employers Making a Difference in 2000. Now known as the Australian Network on Disability, the organisation has close to 120 members, including some of Australia’s most successful companies such as the Westpac Group and McDonalds Australia.

“It is an honour to be invited to be a Disability Community Leader for International Day of People with Disability 2011. The Australian Network on Disability represents the views of employers, so by inviting me to be a Disability Community Leader, the Australian Government is acknowledging the important contribution that employers can make to the advancement of full inclusion of people with disability in our society.”