Diego Mariscal

Founder, CEO, and Chief Disabled Officer

Diego Mariscal is Disabled and Proud—he is also a trailblazer at the intersection of disability advocacy and entrepreneurship. Diego is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Disabled Officer of 2Gether-International (2GI), the leading nonprofit startup accelerator run by and for disabled entrepreneurs. He has dedicated his career to creating a sustainable impact through business ventures led by and for Disabled Founders and serves on the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission's Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee among other boards.

Under Diego’s leadership, 2GI has supported over 70 startups, helping secure around $50 million in outside investments. He spearheaded strategic collaborations with organizations including the U.S. Department of State, Organization of American States, and Inter-American Development Bank, and corporate partnerships with Comcast NBCUniversal, Google, Blackboard, McKinsey, and others.

Born with Cerebral Palsy and raised in Monterrey, Diego is also an athlete, and represented Nuevo León in the Mexican National Paralympics from 2004-2009.