Episodes
July 24, 2018
The Honorable Tony Coelho and the Anniversary of the ADA
Joyce welcomes The Honorable Tony Coelho, former democratic congressman from California and author of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to the show. As we get ready to celebrate the 28rd anniversary of the signing of ...
July 17, 2018
Dara Baldwin with National Disability Rights Network
Joyce welcomes Dara Baldwin, senior public policy analyst for the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and Client As...
July 10, 2018
Andy Imparato with the AUCD
Joyce welcomes Andy Imparato, executive director of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). AUCD is a membership organization that supports and promotes a national network of university-based interdiscip...
July 3, 2018
Judy Heumann, and senior fellow Ford Foundation
Joyce welcomes Judy Heumann, senior fellow with the Ford Foundation, since September 17, 2017, to the show. Ms. Heumann will discuss her role in this capacity and her long career as an internationally recognized social justic...
June 26, 2018
Lydia X.Z. Brown, Writer and Disability Advocate Discusses Work.
Joyce welcomes Lydia X. Z. Brown a disability justice advocate, organizer, and writer whose work has largely focused on violence against multiply-marginalized disabled people, specializing in institutionalization, incarcerati...
June 12, 2018
Western PA Disability Right History
Joyce welcomes John L. Tague Jr. to the show. Mr. Tague is Principal owner of Disability Consulting Services, LLC in Pittsburgh, PA. Also, on the show will be Anne Madarasz, director of the Curatorial Division, Chief Historia...
June 5, 2018
Bender Leadership Academy
Joyce welcomes Staci Dojonovic-Schutzman, Transition Coordinator at Fox Chapel Area School District in Pittsburgh, PA to the show. Ms. Dojonovic-Schutzman will discuss the Bender Leadership Academy Program and the Pay Checks ...
May 29, 2018
Founder and CEO of Ruh Global Communications Discusses Mission
Joyce welcomes Debra Ruh, Founder and CEO of Ruh Global Communications. Ruh Global is strategic communications and digital marketing firm helping corporations strategically include people with disabilities. The firm encourage...
May 22, 2018
Bender HighTest Team Discusses Mission
Joyce welcomes Johna Gravitt and Jim Homme to the show. Johna has served as an Accessibility Consultant at Bender Consulting Services, Inc. for over 3 years. Jim has served as a Digital Accessibility Consultant in various cap...
May 15, 2018
PA - Commitment to Hiring People with Disabilities
Joyce welcomes Secretary Curt Topper from the Pennsylvania Department of General Services to the show. Appointed on January 20, 2015 by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolfe and confirmed by the state Senate on March 12, 2015, Secr...
May 8, 2018
Wells Fargo Bank: Empowering Employees with Disabilities
Joyce welcomes Kathy Martinez, Senior Vice President, Disability Market Segment & Strategy, Wells Fargo Bank to the show. Ms. Martinez is a former U.S. Assistant Secretary at the Department of Labor, in the Office of Disabili...
May 1, 2018
Mission of Office of Disability Employment Policy -ODEP
Joyce welcomes Jennifer Sheehy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) at U.S. Department of Labor to the show. ODEP is the only non-regulatory federal agency that promotes policies a...
April 24, 2018
Cox Communications Meets Needs of Customers with Disabilities
Joyce welcomes Jennifer Cobb, Director, Diversity Products at Cox Communications to the show. Cox Communications is a broadband communications and entertainment company, providing advanced digital video, Internet, telephone, ...
April 17, 2018
Kelly Buckland - Mission of NCIL
Joyce welcomes Kelly Buckland, executive director of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). NCIL is the longest-running national cross-disability, grassroots organization run by and for people with disabilities. F...
April 10, 2018
Kurt Kondrich: Advocate for Children with Down Syndrome
Joyce welcomes Kurt Kondrich, father of a beautiful daughter, Chloe, who was born with Down syndrome. Kurt became aware of the 90+ percent abortion rate for children diagnosed with Down syndrome before birth. He embarked on a...
April 3, 2018
CVS Health's Commitment to Hiring People with Disabilities
Joyce welcomes David L. Casey. vice president, Workforce Strategies and Chief Diversity Officer at CVS Health to the show. CVS Health is a national leader in pharmacy innovation. A Fortune 7 company with net revenues of over ...
March 27, 2018
Regina Heyward with Wells Fargo Bank is Guest
Joyce welcomes Regina Heyward, senior vice president and head of Supplier Diversity at Wells Fargo & Company and board member of U.S. Business Leadership Network (USBLN) This financial institution is a diversified, community-...
March 13, 2018
Jill Houghton of the USBLN Discusses 2018 National Conference
Joyce welcomes Jill Houghton, president and CEO of the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN). The USBLN embraces the full inclusion of people with disabilities in the labor force and marketplace; assists in career preparatio...
March 6, 2018
Jeffrey Hawting and the Mission of LC Industries
Joyce welcomes Jeffrey Hawting, president of LC Industries to the show. Mr. Hawting will discuss the mission of LC Industries to provide meaningful employment for people who are blind. As one of the nation’s largest employers...
Feb. 27, 2018
Impact of Passage of HR Bill 620
Joyce welcomes Michael Gamel-McCormick, disability policy director, Special Committee on Aging for Senator Bob Casey, Ranking Member and Kelly Buckland, executive director of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) ...
Feb. 20, 2018
iDisability Training Product.
Joyce welcomes Andy Houghton, co-founder of iDisabilityTM along with members of the iDisability™ production team for a closer look at this enterprise-wide eLearning Solution. Launched at the 2016 US Business Leadership Nation...
Feb. 13, 2018
Barbara Merrill, CEO of ANCOR is Featured Guest.
Joyce welcomes Barbara Merrill, CEO of ANCOR, which is the American Network of Community Options and Resources headquartered in Alexandria, VA. Ms. Merrill will discuss the ANCOR Foundation and its mission. ANCOR is conductin...
Feb. 6, 2018
Stacia Kalinoski, Video Journalist Discusses Epilepsy Documentary
Joyce welcomes Emmy award-winning video journalist, Stacia Kalinoski, to the show. Stacia, whose career has taken her to local news stations in Nebraska, Oregon, and Michigan, will discuss how being diagnosed with epilepsy af...
Jan. 30, 2018
Marriott International's Commitment to Those with Disabilities.
Joyce welcomes vice president of Multi-Cultural Markets and Alliances for Marriott International, Apoorva Ghandi to the show. Mr Ghandi will discuss his role with the organization and why he is so committed to improving the q...