Alycia shares her life with a disability to be a bridge for all to see what is possible.
Inclusion
Superwoman
Keynote Speaker | Disability Advocate | Women’s Leadership
Alycia Anderson is a globally recognized TEDx keynote speaker, disability advocate, women’s empowerment mentor, and founder & CEO of The Alycia Anderson Company, LLC, which she co-founded with her husband and business partner, Marsten Anderson. Through her Heart of Inclusion™ platform, Alycia partners with global brands, including Microsoft, Victoria’s Secret, Netflix, Etsy, and Uber to deliver high-impact keynotes, leadership workshops, and inclusion consulting.
A wheelchair user since birth, Alycia is a lifelong athlete, wheelchair tennis player, cyclist, and adaptive fitness enthusiast who believes movement fuels confidence, inclusion, and leadership, especially for women. She also rolled the runway at New York Fashion Week 2024, redefining disability visibility.
With advanced degrees in adaptive movement, physical education, and inclusion, and experience spanning Special Olympics, the International Paralympic Committee, and California’s Insurance Diversity Task Force, Alycia blends lived experience with strategic insight. She also co-founded the Adaptive Athletics Association with Marty, a 501c3 nonprofit expanding access to adaptive sports nationwide. Featured by TEDx, the Los Angeles Times, CBS, and Authority Magazine’s Female Disruptors series, and a recipient of the CSU Chico Distinguished Alumni Award, Alycia empowers audiences to OWN It: Embrace identity, Elevate potential, and Empower action.
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Disability Inclusion. Women’s Leadership. Real Impact.
Alycia Anderson is one of today’s most sought-after disability inclusion keynote speakers, blending lived experience, leadership strategy, and advocacy to help organizations move beyond performative DEI and into true accessibility, belonging, and inclusive leadership.
Through powerful conference keynotes, corporate trainings, and leadership development programs, Alycia helps teams understand how disability inclusion, accessibility, and intersectionality directly impact innovation, retention, and performance. Her work resonates deeply with women leaders, emerging executives, and changemakers seeking to lead with authenticity and confidence.
As the host of the podcast Pushing Forward with Alycia, she expands these conversations globally—spotlighting disability, leadership, empowerment, and inclusion through real stories and practical insight, growing awareness and community with every episode.
Known for “right-sizing” everyday obstacles, Alycia challenges audiences to rethink limitation, expand possibility, and lead with intention—on the stage, in the workplace, and in life.
That’s how she rolls.
A bridge to possible
From Awareness to Action. From Intention to Impact.
Alycia Anderson began speaking publicly about her disability because she knows she is a bridge between curiosity and understanding, compliance and commitment, exclusion and belonging. This work is not just her career, it is her life’s mission.
Through keynote speaking, consulting, coaching, and content, Alycia helps organizations, leaders, and communities learn how to practice inclusion, build accessible systems, and create cultures where people feel seen, valued, and empowered to perform at their best. She shares her lived experience to demystify disability and prove that disability-inclusive leadership strengthens organizations and society as a whole.
Rooted in her OWN It framework, Embrace. Elevate. Empower., Alycia spans the past, present, and future of inclusion, honoring progress made while boldly pushing what’s next. She believes women’s empowerment, disability inclusion, and accessibility are not separate conversations, but essential drivers of sustainable leadership and growth.
When organizations invest in inclusion, they don’t just check a box.
They unlock possibility, performance, and purpose.
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