Alli Strong-Martin

Alli Strong-Martin serves as ANCOR’s Senior Manager of Marketing & Education. Having joined ANCOR in 2022, Alli’s passions lie in connecting disability professionals with the education and resources they need to keep advancing disability inclusion in their communities.

In addition to managing ANCOR’s editorial calendar and leading the association’s email campaigns, Alli also coordinates ANCOR’s member education offerings like webinars and virtual trainings.

Before joining ANCOR, Alli worked for a disability service provider in Minnesota, where she served as a trainer and facilitator on disability rights and inclusion to community organizations and employer partners. There, she educated community partners, direct support professionals and other service providers on topics such as ableism, allyship, intersectionality, language/mindsets about disability, and more.

Earlier in her career, Alli served in direct support roles working with children and teens with disabilities and worked on global disability rights advocacy and inclusive international development programming.

Alli earned her M.A. in Human Rights from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2019. She holds a B.A. in Nonprofit Leadership & International Studies from Murray State University.

Currently based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Alli is a lifelong learner whose hobbies include reading every book she can get her hands on, crocheting too many blankets, planning her next travel destination, and exploring the outdoors with her husband and two Doodles.