Blog

The NTAR Leadership Center has launched a new blog titled Seeding Change. Each week, national experts and state leaders will offer commentary on innovative practices, research, and trends that improve connections of adults with disabilities to work.

December 14, 2009 - Jeff Klare, CEO of Hire Disability Solutions, discusses equal employment for all.

December 10, 2009 - Michele Martin, Project Coordinator for DiscoverAbility NJ, discusses job creation efforts for people with disabilities in New Jersey.

December 1, 2009 - Francine Dew, Human Resources Consultant for the State of Connecticut, discusses challenges and opportunities for collaboration.

November 30, 2009 - Melissa Marshall, Executive Director of the Connecticut Business Leadership Network, reflects on the recent U.S. Business Leadership Network conference.

November 23, 2009 - Nanette Relave, Director of the Center for Workers with Disabilities at the American Public Human Services Association, reflects on working with states.

November 19, 2009 - Dan Baker, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, offers some insights from the NTAR Leadership Center's national research.

November 6, 2009 - Ronnie Kauder, Senior Practitioner in Residence at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, discusses the NTAR Leadership Center's national research.

November 2, 2009 - Kathy Krepcio, Director of the NTAR Leadership Center, talks about her recent conversations with disability leaders.

October 23, 2009 - Ed Turner, Virginia Governor Kaine’s Special Advisor on Disability Issues in the Workforce, blogs about disability employment policy in Virginia.

October 19, 2009 - Maria Heidkamp, Director of the State Leaders Innovation Institute, reflects on the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act.

October 9, 2009 - Elaine Katz, Vice President of Grant Programs and Special Initiatives at the Henry H. Kessler Foundation, discusses employer collaboration and coordination.

October 1, 2009 - Kathy Krepcio, Director of the NTAR Leadership Center, launches the blog and invites readers to comment.