KEELY CAT-WELLS
Keely Cat-Wells is the Founder and CEO of Making Space, a talent and learning platform that has equipped 10,000 Disabled professionals with resources and opportunities to build meaningful careers since 2023. Since becoming Disabled in her teens, Keely has committed herself to advancing disability rights—and ensuring those with disabilities are represented across various workplaces.
Keely’s work has created change and lasting impact, including forging a partnership with NBCUniversal to place the first-ever Disabled hosts on NBC Sports’ Paralympics broadcast for Paris 2024. Keely also co-founded Making Space Media, a division producing film and TV content centering Disabled voices, securing a first look deal with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. Their recent documentary “Fight To Fly” exposed the inequalities faced by Disabled travelers, triggering policy reform.
In 2019, Keely founded C Talent, a talent agency that increased disability representation in media and built a roster with a reach of over 50 million people; acquired in 2022, it became the largest acquisition of a company specializing in Disabled talent.
Keely has been recognized extensively for her work, including being named a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, a Diana Award recipient and one of only two inaugural Gloria Steinem fellows. Keely also sits on the Los Angeles City Major Event Advisory Committee and holds the distinction of being the youngest-ever Presidential Leadership Scholar and has served on the advisory board of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation.
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