Joyce Bender

[3] She is the Vice Chair of the board of the American Association of People with Disabilities[4] and Chairman of the Epilepsy Foundation of Western and Central Pennsylvania.

[5] In 1996, Bender received Carlow University's Woman of Spirit award and in 1998 she was named one of Pennsylvania's 50 Best Women in Business.

[6] In 1999, Bender was selected as the President's Award winner, an honor given to an American who furthers the employment and empowerment of people with disabilities.

[6] In 2002, Bender Consulting of Canada received the Diversity in the Workplace Award from the Canadian Paraplegic Association of Ontario.

[1] She is the host of Disability Matters with Joyce Bender, a radio show on voiceamerica.com, and speaks across the United States and Canada.

She has served as a disability employment expert for the U.S. State Department in Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Panama, and Kazakhstan.

[2] In addition to her weekly Internet talk radio show, Disability Matters with Joyce Bender on voiceamerica.com, Bender has been featured in various periodicals including the Pittsburgh Business Times, Investors Business Daily, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Chicago Tribune, Computerworld, and Reader’s Digest.