Dr. Jennifer Camota Luebke is the Senior Vice President and Chief Workforce Inclusion Officer for PRIDE Industries, a social enterprise and the largest employer and job creator for people with disabilities in the United States. Jennifer leads the company’s workforce inclusion programming strategy and operations, using innovation and data to develop competitive, integrated, community-based employment pathways for people with disabilities. Additionally, she influences employment policies that impact people with disabilities by working with local, state, and federal legislative offices, and community advocacy organizations.

A native of San Francisco, California, Jennifer has more than 25 years of corporate business, higher education, and nonprofit leadership. She managed large accounting operations departments and global ERP systems implementations for Fortune 500 companies like Gap, Inc., Electronic Arts, and Genentech. Jennifer served as Associate Dean and Professor of Leadership at the University of San Francisco and Hult International Business School and has run her own leadership coaching and change management consulting practice.

Jennifer is the co-founder of Ability Revolution, Inc., a not-for-profit organization which produces film and media projects that influence the way society views people with disabilities. Jennifer’s board service guiding disability-related organizations includes Best Buddies Northern California, All Belong Center for Inclusive Education, and the State of the Art Conference on Inclusive Postsecondary Education.

Jennifer earned a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and an Executive MBA and a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), with a concentration in Organization and Leadership, from the University of San Francisco. She is also a Certified Diversity Executive, a certified Prosci ADKAR Change Management Practioner, and a Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths individual and team coach.

Jennifer received a Jefferson Award in 2017 for her portfolio of work in disability advocacy. In 2018, Jennifer produced an award-winning documentary, “You Can Be BRAVE: Breaking Barriers to Inclusion” about her struggle to have her son Antonio included in all areas of society.

Jennifer is married to Christopher Luebke, an inclusion specialist for the San Juan Unified School District, and former special education inclusion teacher for the Fremont Unified School District. Their adult son Antonio E. Contreras is a student in the Georgia Tech EXCEL program for students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and autism.