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Lead.State.Gov Podcast Series


This podcast series features federal, state, and local public policy leaders and practitioners who are pioneering efforts and reshaping systems and public policy to improve employment for adults with disabilities. The series provides these public-sector leaders the opportunity to share their views, challenges, and experiences on a variety of thought-provoking topics.

Audio Podcasts

Interview with Kathy Sweeney, Strategic Program Manager at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and co-team leader of Minnesota’s State Leaders Innovation Institute team, who discusses Minnesota's involvement in the State Leaders Innovation Institute (added 3/1/10)

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Interview with Megan Juring,
Assistant Secretary of Olmstead Activities at the California Health and Human Services, who discusses policy making in California and her role as co chair on the NTAR Leadership Center Technical Assistance Panel (added 1/27/10)

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Interview with Daniel LeBlanc
, Special Advisor to Governor Kaine on Workforce, who discusses employment of individuals with disabilites in Virginia (added 10/26/09)

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Video Podcasts


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State leaders from Connecticut, Maryland, and Minnesota discuss their experiences in the State Leaders Innovation Institute
(added 10/5/09)




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Christopher Tymniak, Connecticut Governor's Office, discusses Connecticut's involvement with the NTAR Center's State Leaders Innovation Institute (added 10/5/09)



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Catherine Raggio, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Disabilities, discusses Maryland's involvement in the NTAR Leadership Center's State Leaders Innovation Institute
(added 10/5/09)



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Members of the Minnesota State Leaders Innovation Institution team reflect on their efforts to move Minnesotans with disabilities to employment
(added 10/5/09)



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Kathy Sweeney, one of the leaders of the Minnesota team, discusses the state's involvement in the State Leaders Innovation Institute
(added 10/5/09)



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Maria Heidkamp, Director of the State Leaders Innovation Institute, discusses the Institute and the states of Connecticut, Maryland, and Minnesota
(added 10/5/09)



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Megan Juring, Assistant Secretary for the California Health and Human Services Agency, discusses her involvement as co-chair of the NTAR Leadership Center's National Technical Assistance Panel
(added 10/5/09)


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Robert Nicholas, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow with the NTAR Leadership Center, discusses the Center's research agenda
(added 10/5/09)

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