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 Gwen Ivory, Disability Program Navigator Manager, Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services, and Sharon Reynolds, Director, CSE ABLE Resource Center, who discuss Universal Design (added 7/19/10)
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Interview with Jack Mills, Director, National Network of Sector Partners, who discusses sector initiatives (added 7/19/10)
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Interview with Millie Ryan, Executive Director, Alaska's Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education, who discusses customized self-employment (added 6/14/10)
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Interview with Eric Seleznow, Executive Director, Maryland Governor's Workforce Investment Board, who discusses Universal Design (added 6/7/10)
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Interview with Debra Ruh, Founder and CEO, TecAccess, who discusses web site accessibility (added 5/17/10)
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Interview with Karen McCulloh, President, Karen McCulloh and Associates Consulting, who discusses her story of work and success as a person with a disability (added 4/23/10)
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Interview with Judith Heumann, Director, District of Columbia's Department on Disability Services, who discusses D.C.'s disability employment efforts (added 4/22/10)
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Interview with Michele Martin, Project Coordinator, DiscoverAbility NJ, who discusses social media. (added 4/22/10)
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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
State leaders from Connecticut, Maryland, and Minnesota discuss their experiences in the State Leaders Innovation Institute (added 10/5/09)
Members of the Minnesota State Leaders Innovation Institution team reflect on their efforts to move Minnesotans with disabilities to employment (added 10/5/09)
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)
Robert Nicholas, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow with the NTAR Leadership Center, discusses the Center's research agenda (added 10/5/09)