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Andy Imparato, the CEO of Disability Rights California and the Chair of Centene’s National Disability Advisory Council. Mary Willard, the Operations Director for the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities and Chair of the Business Development and Equity Committee for Centene’s National Disability Advisory Council.

This week on Barrier Free Futures, Bob interviews Lex Frieden, Director of the ILRU program at TIRR, Memorial, Hermann, and professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

This week on Barrier Free Futures, Bob interviews Colin Killick, the Executive Director of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). Prior to assuming this role, he served as Executive Director of the Disability Policy Consortium, a Boston-based nonprofit dedicated to disability rights advocacy, from 2019 to 2024. He originally joined the organization as a community organizer, bringing a strong commitment to grassroots engagement and systemic change.

This week on Barrier Free Futures, Bob interviews Eleanor Smith, who founded and directed Concrete Change, an Atlanta-based, national organization focused on establishing home construction practices that welcome people with disabilities.

This week on Barrier Free Futures, Bob interviews Derek and Teresea Heard.

This week on Barrier free futures, Bob interviews Jessica Podesva, Director of Advocacy and Public Policy - National Council on Independent Living.

This week on barrier Free Futures, Bob talks with John Wodatch a disability rights attorney, with over 50 years specializing in the Americans with Disabilities Act and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

This week on Barrier free Futures, Bob brings on Bill Henning who has over four decades in disability rights as an organizer and administrator advancing services and civil rights via direct action, legislative advocacy, and organization participation in class-action ADA lawsuits, using community and individual empowerment of PWD as the framework.

Christina Mills, recently hired as executive director of the CA Association of Area Agencies on Aging (C4A). Christina worked in IL for nearly 25 years before making the switch to aging.