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Rebecca Cokley (Rebecca Hare) was born on 4 December, 1978 in California, U.S., is an American disability rights activist. Discover Rebecca Cokley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 45 years old?

Popular As Rebecca Hare
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Age 45 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 4 December, 1978
Birthday 4 December
Birthplace California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1970

Both of Cokley's parents were born with the same kind of dwarfism and met at a Little People of America convention in the 1970s.

She is the granddaughter of Judge James A. Hare Jr, and Katherine Terrell Hare.

1978

Rebecca A. Hare Cokley (born December 4, 1978) is an American disability rights activist and public speaker who is currently the first U.S. Disability Rights Program Officer for the Ford Foundation.

Prior to joining Ford, Cokley was the founding director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress.

During the Obama administration, Cokley served as the executive director of the National Council on Disability.

Born Rebecca A. Hare on December 4, 1978, in California, Cokley grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.

She was born with achondroplasia, a common cause of dwarfism.

2001

She earned a bachelor's degree in political science at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) in 2001.

Cokley began her career at the Institute for Educational Leadership where she worked for five years building tools and resources to empower and educate youth with disabilities and their adult allies.

2006

Cokley participated in the Education Policy Fellowship Program in 2006.

2009

From 2009 to 2013, Cokley served as an appointee in the administration of President Barack Obama.

She was recruited to join the Obama administration by her friend and mentor, Paul Steven Miller, a former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) commissioner.

Cokley first worked in the Department of Education as Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

She then served as Director of Priority Placement for Public Engagement in the Presidential Personnel Office at the White House where she was responsible for outreach to diversity and minority organizations to recruit professionals to the administration.

Her final appointment in the Obama administration was as Special Assistant to the Principal Deputy at the Administration for Community Living at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

2013

On April 16, 2013, she became the executive director of the National Council on Disability by appointment of NCD Chairperson Jeff Rosen.

Under her tenure, NCD focused on major civil rights issues including police violence, mental health services for students in post-secondary education, and disproportionate discipline as well as over- and under-identification of students of color with disabilities in education.

2015

In 2015, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the National Disability Mentoring Coalition inducted Cokley into the inaugural Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame.

She was also a recipient of the Frank Harkin Memorial Award by the National Council on Independent Living.

2018

In July 2018, Cokley joined the Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank, first director of the organization's Disability Justice Initiative.

Senator Tammy Duckworth, who is also disabled, was a featured speaker at the inaugural event.

While at CAP, Cokley criticized Eugene Scalia, Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Labor, for his record on worker safety and disability rights.

2020

During the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, Cokley consulted Elizabeth Warren's campaign on disability policy.

Cokley was named the 2020 Richman Distinguished Fellow in Public Life by Brandeis University.

In 2021, she was invited by the University of Arizona to host a webinar on disability rights.

Cokley has consulted or given expert testimony to the National Council on Independent Living, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the World Bank, the Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work Advisory panel, the President's Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disability, and the committee for the U.S. Department of Labor's Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization.

Her publications include "Youth Development and Youth Leadership: A Background Paper" from the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, articles on civic engagement for the newsletter Impact, "the 411 on Disability Disclosure," "Paving the Way to Work: A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring," and various policy agendas for the National Youth Leadership Network.