Day Al-Mohamed 

Policy Executive, Award-Winning Filmmaker, and Science Fiction Author

Day Al-Mohamed has a decades-long policy career with a focus on marginalized and disenfranchised groups. A former White House Director of Disability Policy, she also designed and led the Department of Labor’s Add Us In initiative to increase hiring in minority communities by partnering with local chambers of commerce. She had an active role in legislative passage of the Affordable Care Act and the Hate Crimes Prevention Act; and before her time in Washington DC worked at the United Nations to address reparations for victims of genocide.

A sought-after presenter, Day is a regular host on Idobi Radio's Geek Girl Riot with an audience of 100,000 listeners, and creator of American Masters/PBS historical series RENEGADES. She is co-founder of FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers with Disabilities) and has written two novels, Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, and The Labyrinth's Alchemist as well as multiple short stories and essays.  Day lives in Washington DC with her wife, NR Brown, daughter "Baby Dragon," and guide dog.