Michael Morris

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ABOUT MICHAEL MORRIS

Focus on policy and community development that advance financial inclusion and capability for individuals across the full spectrum of disabilities and their familiesSpecialties: public/private partnerships, policy, research and community developmentMichael Morris, founder and past Director of National Disability Institute, is a former legal counsel to the US Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy and is a key architect of the ABLE Act. He serves as a subject matter expert on financial inclusion and poverty reduction concerning people with disabilities to the FDIC, IRS, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, National Council on Disability and multiple state ABLE programs. With Chris Rodriguez, he helped establish the ABLE National Resource Center, a collaborative of 25 of the leading national nonprofit disability organizations. The Center’s website is the leading independent source of information about state ABLE programs and annually has one million visitors He was the author of a monthly blog on the Huffington Post with a large national audience that presents a unique perspective on disability in America. He is also a senior advisor and key subject matter expert on systems collaboration and economic empowerment to the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University. He was the first Kennedy Foundation public policy fellow and worked in the office of Senator Lowell Weicker (CT).