Hon. Laura Kanushu, MP is a Ugandan lawyer, politician and legislator. She represents people with disabilities in the Parliament of Uganda, where she is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Her career as a human rights advocate has focused especially for people with disabilities and she is the Executive Director of Legal Action for People with Disabilities (LAPD). She is an Executive Member of the Uganda Women's Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) as the people with disabilities representative.

In the Parliament of Uganda, she is a Member of the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline and she is also a Member of the Gender Labour and Social Development Committee.

Hon. Laura Kanushu, MP is the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) network.

Hon. Jeremy Balfour, MSP is a Scottish Conservative politician and a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region. A solicitor and Baptist Minister, he was first elected in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Shortly after being elected, Balfour became Scottish Conservative spokesperson for childcare and early years and joined the Equal Opportunities Committee of the Scottish Parliament. Balfour currently serves as the Scottish Conservatives' Deputy Social Security, Housing and Equalities Spokesperson.

Balfour is the convenor of the Cross-Party Group (CPG) in the Scottish Parliament on Disability, the CPG on Funerals and Bereavement, and the CPG on Older People, Age and Ageing, and Co-convenes the CPG on Volunteering. Balfour is also the member of many other cross-party groups entering on sport, disability, education and on matters relating to equality.

Jeremy Balfour is currently the CPA British Islands and Mediterranean's Regional Champion for the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD).

Senator Isaiah  Jacob is a Member of the Senate at the Parliament of Malaysia. He was appointed in March 2023 and has since been ardently advocating for persons with disabilities. Senator Isaiah's achievements are largely focused on improving systemic support for PwDs in Malaysia. His leadership, particularly within this political party, gives greater representation to the disabled in Malaysia's political sphere where Senator Isaiah has been advocating for the creation of a dedicated PwDs Affairs Committee to institutionalise the management of disability issues in Malaysia. 

Senator Isaiah is currently the CPA South-East Asia Regional Champion for the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD).

Keara Castaldo is a Senior Election Adviser at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), where she has participated in election monitoring and technical assistance activities across the OSCE region, including in North America, Europe and Central Asia.

She currently serves as ODIHR’s focal point on alternative voting methods, voter registration, and the electoral participation of national minorities and persons with disabilities. Previously, she cooperated in election-related activities and other research for The Pew Charitable Trusts, Transparency International and the National Democratic Institute, prior to which she served as an Analyst in the United States Government Accountability Office. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from The Johns Hopkins University.