The Hidden Workforce

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 236 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Kim Frey! In this episode, Dr. Frey shares with us about Language and Communication Impairments after Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injury. You do not want to miss this show! “Kim Frey, PhD, CCC-SLP, CBIS, is the Director of Speech-Language Patho...

This week, we’re pausing our NABIS Live collaborative podcast series to introduce a special Open Ears Open Opportunities series we will be featuring each month through November on Episode 235 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome to our REV UP the Vote series! REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power! Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 234 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Geoffrey Manley! In this episode, Dr. Manley shares with us about the roadmap to understanding Traumatic Brain Injury- from research to improving outcomes, about his Track TBI research, and more! You do not want to miss this show! “Geoffrey T. M...

This week, we’re pausing our NABIS Live series to chat with our guest who sure knows how to get a crowded room on their feet singing, dancing, and laughing on Episode 233 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome Peter Leidy! We first got the chance to meet Peter and see his incredible work first-hand at the OK-APSE conference! Peter Leidy is a Wisconsin-based motivational speaker, consultant, and singer-s...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 232 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Roger Zemek! In this episode, Dr. Zemek shares with us about the North American and Canadian Concussion Care guidelines- with a focus in pediatrics, his 5 P study, Transcendent, and more! You do not want to miss this show! “Roger Zemek, MD, is a...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 231 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa! In this episode, Dr. Haarbauer-Krupa shares with us about Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury, the long-term health effects following TBI’s in children and what outcomes can look like throughout their lifespan, and more! You...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 230 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Joe Giacino! In this episode, Dr. Giacino shares with us all about the different levels of brain injury and disorders of consciousness as well as information about prognosis, treatment, and care that will amaze and maybe even shock you! You do n...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 229 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Lisa Brenner! In this episode, Dr. Brenner shares with us about the many components to mental and behavioral health related to brain injury and traumatic brain injury. “Lisa A. Brenner, Ph. D., is a Board-Certified Rehabilitation Psychologist, a...

This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 228 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome back Dr. Johnny Lifshitz! In this episode, Dr. Lifshitz shares with us about a difficult yet important topic to address in the field of Brain Injury- Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence related Traumatic Brain Injury. “Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD, lea...

This week, we’re kicking off our first show from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 227 of The Hidden Workforce! Let’s welcome Dr. Johnny Lifshitz! In this episode, Dr. Lifshitz shares with us about the future of brain injury research, service delivery, and the new era of innovation in the field of brain injury research. “Dr. Johnny Lifshitz, PhD, has an extensive background in...

This week, we get to talk about a new series of shows we’ll be sharing on Episode 226 of The Hidden Workforce! Our show’s host, Lisa chats with co-host Maggie about the NABIS Live series. Back in March, our team traveled to Washington DC, invited by the North American Brain Injury Society collaborating with Craig Hospital to feature some of the world’s leading experts on Brain Injury research, tre...

This week we welcome another candidate, this one running for Oklahoma Attorney General in Episode 225 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome Candidate, Nick Coffey! Nick shares with us about why he is running for office, his experiences that have shaped him to run for office such as being a former Federal Prosecutor under both President Trump’s 1st administration as well as former President Biden’s admi...

This week, we have a special education-filled show on Episode 224 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome Sherri Coats, Director of Special Education Programs and Lori Chesnut, Secondary Transition Specialist from the Oklahoma State Department of Education Special Education Services! Sherri and Lori share all about the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Special Education Services- who they are, wha...

This week’s show is sure to give you a jolt of energy and joy on episode 223 of The Hidden Workforce! We’re welcoming back our friends, Mrs. Jenny Allen-Price and her Dragon Brew Crew to The Hidden Workforce! 🐉☕️ Dragon Brew is a student-led start-up business made possible through a generous grant from the Purcell Public Schools Foundation. This is part of their Transitions program led by Mrs. J...

This week, we have our show’s official nonprofit partner, Open Ears Open Opportunities on Episode 222 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome the Executive Director, as well as our show’s co-host and producer, Maggie Bond! “Open Ears Open Opportunities, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit offering a customized approach to giving people with disabilities a voice and skill-building opportunity through various disc...

This week, we have our show’s Title Sponsor, Rise Staffing on Episode 221 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome our Host as well as the founder, owner, and CEO of Rise Staffing, Lisa Toth! Lisa started Rise Staffing 22 years ago. She and her team have evolved the company to a multi-program Home and Community Based Provider Agency offering programs such as Residential Support Services, Vocational Servic...

This week we welcome another candidate, this one running for 2026 Oklahoma Congressional District 1 in Episode 220 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome Candidate John Croisant! John shares with us about why he is running for office, his experiences that have shaped him to run for office, and with some questions inspired by the Developmental Disability Council of Oklahoma’s candidate questionnaire, we...

This week, we welcome 2026 Gubernatorial Candidate and current Oklahoma Attorney General, Gentner Drummond! Gentner joins us to share about his journey to running for Governor of the State of Oklahoma. With questions inspired by the Developmental Disability Council of Oklahoma’s candidate questionnaire, we explore specifically how Gentner will address helping and serving constituents of Oklahoma w...

This week, we have a resourceful show for the workforce and schools on Episode 218 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome Natasha McDaniel and Hailey Sharp from the University of Oklahoma’s Pre-Employment Transition Services through the National Center for Disability Education and Training! OU Pre-ETS collaborates with schools and community employers/partners with both their school-year and summer progr...

At the end of last year, we shared a series of Oklahoma legislators who have been doing some amazing work advocating for people who live with disabilities at our Oklahoma State Capitol. This week, we’ll hear from an Oklahoma House Representative as we have a great open dialogue about inclusion for people who live with disabilities and build bridges with our legislators, so all sides of the aisle g...

This week, we have a show that is sure to feel like home especially if you’re deaf/blind on Episode 216 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome Jeri Cooper from Jeri’s House! Jeri is the founder and Executive Director of Jeri’s House. Jeri’s House is an Oklahoma-based faith-based nonprofit organization that serves as a residential training facility for Deaf/Blind adults. They offer personalized, hands-on...

We have a special show that shows how hard parents will fight and how far they will go for their kids on Episode 215 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome Jimmy and Julie Beard! Jimmy and Julie share with us the incredible story of their son Mason. When doctors said that Mason would never walk, talk, crawl, drive, graduate or work, Jimmy and Julie didn’t accept that diagnoses and dug deep to find answe...

We’re talking about some super STARS on Episode 214 of The Hidden Workforce! Tune in THIS weekend to hear all about Stars on Stage! BAPS’s Stars on Stage is an inclusive musical theater group that includes kids with and without disabilities who put on a full musical. This year, we’ll hear from father to a Stars on Stage Artist, Mickey Uphold! Mickey shares with us how Stars on Stage has impacted a...

We have a full circle show that is full of inclusion in the workforce on Episode 213 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome McDonalds Store Owner, Nicole Tansey! Nicole shares with us her full circle story of working her way up through the McDonalds workforce from an entry level position in high school, moving up and working there through college and graduate school, to making a career out of it and now...

We have a motivating show that is sure to inspire you to action on Episode 212 of The Hidden Workforce! Welcome motivational speaker, certified life coach, entrepreneur, ironman athlete, and prominent Oklahoma and National self-advocate, Bryce Wooten! Bryce shares with us his story of becoming a certified life coach, how he has grown in his advocacy journey, how he became an ironman athlete, his e...