Episodes
May 14, 2024
Homme/Hammerstrom: Bender Consulting & Bender Leadership Academy
Joyce welcomes Gerald Homme, Manager of Talent Acquisition and Technology with Bender Consulting Services, Inc. and Scott Hammerstrom, Manager of Programs and Partnerships for the Bender Leadership Academy to the show. Mr. Ho...
May 7, 2024
Tracy Saula: Highmark Health Provides Range of Products/Services
Joyce welcomes Tracy Saula, Senior Vice President and Chief Product and Experience Officer at Highmark Health to the show. Ms. Saula will discuss her role within the organization further and the wide range of products and ser...
April 30, 2024
Mission and Latest Accomplishments of the Bazelon Center
Joyce welcomes Holly O’Donnell, CEO, at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law to the show. Ms. O’Donnell will discuss the mission and accomplishments that the Bazelon Center has made for those living with mental health dis...
April 23, 2024
Dunn/Thomas: ADP’s Commitment to Diverse Workforce
Joyce welcomes Olivia Dunn, Procurement Manager-Supplier Diversity, and Laurinda Thomas, Senior Director of Sourcing within Global Procurement, at ADP. They will share ADP’s commitment to a workforce that includes people with...
April 16, 2024
Kathryn Zox: Podcast Committed to Helping Those with Disabilities
Joyce welcomes Kathryn Zox, host of the VoiceAmerica’s The Kathryn Zox Show, to Disability Matters. Ms. Zox is informative and fun and opens the mic with conversations that women need to hear. The Kathryn Zox Show is savvy an...
April 9, 2024
Calgon Carbon’s Commitment to the Bender Leadership Academy
Joyce welcomes Steve Nolder, Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Global Communications, and Kaylene Ritchie, Talent Management & Diversity Supervisor, at Calgon Carbon Corporation to...
April 2, 2024
Brittany Bullock: ABLEnow Allows People with Disabilities to Save
Joyce welcomes Brittany Bullock, Relationship Marketing Specialist with ABLEnow. The show will be explaining tax-advantaged savings accounts for eligible individuals with disabilities. For too long, Americans with disabilitie...
March 26, 2024
Recognition of Purple Day 2024
Joyce welcomes Peggy Beem-Jelley, President and CEO, and Colleen Fulkerson, Special Events Coordinator, for the Epilepsy Association of Western and Central Pennsylvania (EAWCP). Also joining Joyce will be Logan Huwalt, a Bald...
March 19, 2024
Danielle Filip: Importance of PA’s Act 57 Ensuring Interpreters
Joyce welcomes Danielle Filip, Chief Executive Officer and Owner of Sign Language Interpreting Professionals (SLIP), back to the show. She will discuss Act 57, Pennsylvania’s interpreting legislation. Ms. Filip is working on ...
March 5, 2024
Rabbi Fellman: Leading Effort to Include Disability Population
Joyce welcomes Rabbi Daniel J. Fellman, Senior Rabbi of Temple Sinai, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, to the show. They will discuss the healing process after the tragic event that took place at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squi...
Feb. 27, 2024
Kerry Stith: Committed to Disability Advocacy
Joyce welcomes Kerry Stith, PNC Bank’s Accessibility Director, to the show. Mr. Stith will explain his long history working for disability awareness and advocacy at PNC Bank and his work with Disability:IN’s Accessibility Lea...
Feb. 20, 2024
Evan Frazier: Evan Frazier: Accomplishments of TALI
In recognition of February as Black History Month, Joyce welcomes Evan Frazier, President and CEO of The Advanced Leadership Institute (TALI), back to the show. The Advanced Leadership Institute is an organization aimed at cu...
Feb. 13, 2024
Shaunda McDill: Advocate for Actors with Disabilities in Theater
Joyce is looking forward to having as her guest, Shaunda McDill, who joined Pittsburgh Public Theater as Managing Director in February 2023. Previously, she was a Program Officer at The Heinz Endowments, supporting a suite of...
Feb. 6, 2024
Nedra Dickson: International/National Business Leader-Advocate
In recognition of February being Black History Month, Joyce welcomes Nedra Dickson, international/national business leader and disability advocate to the show. Ms. Dickson is Managing Director, Global Supplier Inclusion and S...
Jan. 30, 2024
Valerie Jarrett Receives Prestigious Tony Coelho Award
Joyce will be joined by the Honorable Tony Coelho, Author of the America's with Disabilities Act, and the Honorable Valerie Jarrett, CEO of the Obama Foundation. Ms. Jarrett will discuss her feelings about receiving the prest...
Jan. 23, 2024
Bender Consulting Services’ Search and Recruitment Plans for 2024
Joyce welcomes Gerald Homme, Manager of Talent Acquisition and Technology with Bender Consulting Services, Inc. to the show. Bender Consulting Services takes its motto: “Paychecks Not Pity” seriously, and Gerald will be discu...
Jan. 16, 2024
Bob Kafka: Disability Rights Leader Discusses Accomplishments
Joyce welcomes Bob Kafka, a disability rights leader and former national organizer of American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) to the show. He will discuss his life-long advocacy on behalf of all Americans with ...
Jan. 9, 2024
Recording Artist/Manager Breaking Barriers for Disabled Artists
Joyce welcomes back Lachi, recording artist, cultural activist, and go-to voice on disability culture in the music industry through her work on the GRAMMYs Board and as founder of RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Profession...
Jan. 2, 2024
Holmberg: Highmark Commitment to Hiring People with Disabilities
Joyce is excited to start 2024 with the returning champion of competitive employment for Americans with disabilities, David Holmberg, President, and CEO of Highmark Health and Chairman of the Board, Highmark, Inc. Mr. Holmber...
Dec. 26, 2023
Year-end Reflections on Disability Advocacy
Joyce welcomes back to the show, Maria Town, President & CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD); Holly O’Donnell, President & CEO, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law; and Peri Jude Radecic, CEO, ...
Dec. 19, 2023
Dr. Cindy Maro: Mission of Cranberry Holistic Pet Care
Joyce welcomes Dr. Cindy Maro from Cranberry Holistic Pet Care in Cranberry, PA. Dr. Maro will discuss the holistic approach to veterinary medicine that her staff practices when treating pets.
Dec. 12, 2023
Steph Andrews: Musician/Author Explains How Faith Inspires Work
Joyce welcomes Steph Andrews, writer, worship leader, and songwriter based in Pittsburgh, PA. Her words, whether sung or written, are rooted in 2 Corinthians 3:16-18, a passage that emphasizes the freedom, intimacy, and trans...
Dec. 5, 2023
Joyce Bender Reflects on 20th Anniversary of Disability Matters
Peri Jude Radecic, CEO of Disability Rights Pennsylvania will host this episode of Disability Matters as she turns the table on Joyce Bender and interviews her in recognition of her 20th Anniversary as host of “Disability Mat...
Nov. 28, 2023
Pastor Scott Stevens: Mission of North Way Christian Community
Pastor Scott Stevens with North Way Christian Community in Wexford, PA is Joyce’s honored guest. Pastor Stevens will be discussing the programs and services that the church provides the public during the holidays and year-rou...