Jeremy Snyder is an Executive Producer, Producer, Director and Co-CEO, and is a proven content marketer in the sports, media and entertainment industries. He founded The Factory Agency and TFA Productions and is a Co-Founder of TFA Group. His achievements include Directing the documentary feature, "Empty Net" - USA Sled Hockey's Journey of Redemption, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime and premiered on NBCSN during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Finals. Most recent credits include serving as an Executive Producer of "Fresh Tracks," an hour-long feature documentary on the history of an adaptive skiing pioneer and the impact on the Paralympic Movement, which has been selected to 2020 Vail Film Festival, Twin Cities Film Festival and the Denver Film Festival. As part of the production studio, Jeremy leads the development and production of TV, Film and Commercial projects tied to the development and growth of the Paralympic Movement/Adaptive Sports/Disability Rights Advocacy with a focus on changing perception and raising awareness through purpose-driven content and partnerships.
Mallory Weggemann is a Co-CEO/Co-Founder & Executive Producer at TFA Group and a Paralympic Gold Medalist, and she has become proven champion for change both in and out of the pool. Following her paralysis at the young age of 18 in 2008 due to complications from a medical procedure, Mallory returned to the pool, which had been her sanctuary since the age of 7. Within a couple years of hard work and determination in the pool, Mallory quickly rose to international prominence winning an ESPY in 2011 for “Best Female with a Disability,” recording 15 World Records and 34 American Records on the Road to the London 2012 Paralympic Games, where she brought home a Gold Medal and Bronze Medal. Following the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games as a two-time Paralympian for Team USA, Mallory is actively building upon her career outside of the pool as a highly sought-after motivational speaker traveling the globe, contributing writer for CNN & Huffington Post, as well as advocating for disability rights. In September 2020, Mallory also added “author” to her resume and will release her first book titled, LIMITLESS, which releases on March 2, 2021. Mallory has her sights set on Tokyo 2021.
Lakeshore Foundation/The National Center on Health, Physical Activity & Disability, (NCHPAD), Disability in Sport International (DIS), the North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity and the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA) are collaborating in hosting a series of conversations with current and emerging leaders focusing on the latest news, ideas, information and trends in adaptive, inclusive and disability sport. These conversations will be in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and while focusing on what is new, innovative and emerging in sport, will also engage on topics and themes related to the intersection of inclusion, integration and disability identity in sport and physical activity. Speakers will be asked to reflect on and consider the balance of inclusion and integration advocacy efforts with disability identity in sport and physical activity.
The Zoom webinar link will be shared with registered participants.