USBLN’s Jill Houghton: Opening Up Jobs for People With Disabilities

Jill Houghton, USBLNJill Houghton found her life’s calling after college, when she worked for a center in Indianapolis that served people with intellectual developmental disabilities.

“I helped a young woman named Erica get a job,” she recalls. “When I saw what employment meant to her, it changed my whole life. It wasn’t just a paycheck—it was being included, having friends, and being able to say what you do.”

Jill’s journey to leadership at the US Business Leadership Network, which helps business leverage disability inclusion in the workplace, supply chain and marketplaces, started in the small town of Pittsburg, Kan., where her father was a university professor and her mother a pharmacist. “I grew up in a community where people honk to say hello,” she says. “We judged how big a town was by how many McDonald’s and Pizza Huts it has.”

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