Kevin Irvine

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Kevin Irvine (he/him) works at Rush University System for Health in Chicago as its Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant, Individuals with Disabilities, where he developed and implemented Rush’s strategy to recruit disabled job seekers and leads disability inclusion initiatives to make Rush an inclusive and accessible place for its patients, visitors, employees, faculty and students. 

Kevin’s role at Rush also involves recruiting veterans, people who live in Chicago’s West Side neighborhoods, and transgender/gender-diverse people. Kevin co-chairs Rush’s ADA Task Force committee and facilitates its Disabilities Employee Resource Group, which he created in 2019. In 2023, Kevin was appointed by Illinois’ Governor to serve on the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board and currently is vice-chair of its Continuous Improvement & Accountability Committee. Kevin also serves on the board of directors of Active Transportation Alliance. In 2022, Kevin completed 10 years of service on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Transit Authority. Kevin has worked as a disability rights advocate and trainer for most of his career, over 3 decades. 

Kevin is also a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow (2006) and a graduate of Purchase College, State University of New York. Kevin’s work is informed by his own lived experience with disabilities (HIV, Hemophilia B). In 2017, Kevin served as Co-Grand Marshal of Chicago’s annual Disability Pride Parade with his wife, Karen Tamley, and their now 19-year-old daughter, Dominika “Amethyst” Tamley, who both also have disabilities. Kevin grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and has lived in Chicago for 25+ years.