Nadine O. Vogel is President of Springboard Consulting LLC based in Mendham, NJ. Springboard is dedicated to providing businesses innovative, revenue generating marketing strategies as well as internal productivity/retention strategies (Diversity/Work-Life) that both target and support the one third of the U.S. population that either has a disability or has a child or other dependent with special needs. She is also the producer of the Disability Matters Awards Banquet and Conference, which honors those firms, that are making great strides in the areas of marketing, work-life and diversity as it pertains to the community of people with disabilties.
Vogel has authored numerous articles and is an internationally recognized advisor and public speaker. She has held senior level positions in Corporate America including MetLife, where she was Vice President of Marketing and Division Head for a line of business in the financial services industry. She has also served as an Executive Director in the non-profit sector.
Recognized for her civic and professional activities, Vogel has received many awards and accolades including: The Fast Company Magazine’s 2002 debut list of “Fast 50” innovators -- individuals whose achievements helped change their companies or society The Working Mother Magazine’s Mothers We Love Top 25 List, The Who’s Who in the East, Millennium Edition, Who’s Who in the West, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry (1998-2006). Who’s Who in the World (1998-2004); Who’s Who in America (2004), The Election to the 2006-2007 Who’s Who of American Women and both the 2007-08 and the 2008-09 Who’s Who in Finance and Business.
Vogel has been featured on NBC News, CNNfn, Lifetime Live on the Lifetime Channel, Good Day NY and Oxygen Television’s Pure Oxygen program. She is the founder and past president of the board of SNAP, Special Needs Advocate for Parents, a member of the Religious School Board of Bnai Jeshurun and on the editorial advisory board for WorkLife Matters Magazine. She is a member of the College of Charleston Foundation Board and a member of the College of Charleston Department of Communications Professional Advisory Council. Vogel received an MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, CA and a BS in Industrial Psychology from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. She resides in New Jersey with her husband and two daughters, both of whom are people with disabilities.