Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D. is a powerful, internationally known speaker, consultant, and author. She is the founder and president of Rossetti Enterprises Inc. since January 1997.

She delivers presentations in person as well as virtually.

In June 1998, Rossetti was crushed by a 7,000-pound tree while riding her bicycle. Paralyzed from the waist down with a spinal cord injury, Rossetti looked deep within herself and found new strength and new resolve. In her keynote speeches, she shares the lessons she has learned since that fateful day to empower her audiences. She demonstrates how to rise above misfortune and live life with conviction. Her motivational keynote, Attaining Competitive Advantages by Managing & Embracing Change, is a transformational experience that will empower audience participants to embrace change, improve performance, be resilient, and unlock their competitive advantage. She helps people achieve goals, cope with change, and take charge of their lives.

She focuses on what motivates people to change their behavior, awaken their inner gifts, find meaning in their lives, and accomplish more to bring out the best in themselves. As a result of this program, participants will be revitalized and recharged. They will leave with restored hope, happiness, and an improved vision of their future. She brings a positive attitude to life that touches all who hear her, with an emotive speaking style that makes audiences fall in love with her and rally to her message.

She is the author of Take Back Your Life!: Regaining Your Footing After Life Throws You a Curve. In this book, she shared the 5 Lessons to Live By that she learned during her recovery.

She also speaks to and consults with meeting professionals to help them create a welcoming inclusive environment to ensure that they exceed requirements mandated by the venue and the meeting organizer. Her topic is Accommodating People with Disabilities at In-Person and Virtual Meetings and Events. She speaks from her wheelchair sharing her own dramatic personal story and experiences speaking at and attending meetings and events. This presentation helps her audiences save time, reduce stress, and achieve success in planning more diverse and inclusive meetings and events. She is a recognized expert on diversity and inclusion with many articles and podcasts on this subject.

She and her husband Mark Leder were the designers, general contractors, and are the owners and occupants of the Universal Design Living Laboratory, the national demonstration home and garden in Columbus, Ohio. This home is the top-rated universal design home in North America earning three national certifications. The home received a Silver LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. To take a virtual and video tour, view the photos, articles, and videos go to www.udll.com

Rossetti speaks about this home throughout the U.S. and beyond and consults with builders, remodelers, developers, architects, interior designers, Realtors, occupational therapists, and consumers. Rossetti brings the discussion about accessible design, universal design, green building, healthy homes, and technology to the forefront. Her keynote, Designing & Building Sustainable Homes that Make Life Easier has been delivered internationally. This home is being used to teach residential and commercial builders, architects, landscape architects, designers, interior designers, manufacturer's representatives/distributors, and homebuyers.

Rossetti is the author of the Universal Design Toolkit: Time-saving ideas, resources, solutions, and guidance for making homes accessible. She is an expert on universal design and accessible design sharing her knowledge and experience in her book, articles in national publications, presentations, and podcasts.