Elizabeth Jennings, M.A.P.P., serves as the Deputy Director of National Disability Institute (NDI). In this leadership capacity, she oversees operations, provides guidance across teams (Research, Programs, Equity & Inclusion, Policy, Communications and Development), and champions an inclusive organizational culture of belonging and mattering. Elizabeth has worked in support of the disability community for the past 25 years. Highlights of her work include research on the financial status of people with disabilities, training on the interplay of employment and public benefits, and contributions to NDI projects that have advanced financial inclusion, facilitated employment, increased savings, and improved the banking rate of people with disabilities.
Elizabeth earned her Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She applies the science of well-being and resilience to foster workplace well-being, cultivate employee resilience, and integrate research from this science to strengthen and measure NDI’s interventions and programs.