Jeremy Shapira's guest appearances

Jeremy Shapira

Disability Matters

OOD Works

David Carson

Scott Cooper

Dan Miller

Howard Cohen

Tom Perez

Matthew Sanford

Steve Irwin

Jennifer Mathis

Chris Brogan

Karin Slaughter

Allison Jones

Eric Vaughn

Greg Smith

Judy Heumann

John Bollinger

OwlTail

Kristen Ballinger

Jeremy Shapira, Inclusion and Diversity Strategy Manager for Giant Eagle, and Kristen Ballinger, Deputy Director of OOD’s Division of Employer and Innovation Services, discuss the partnership between OOD and Giant Eagle. Since January 2019, OOD has collaborated with Giant Eagle to embed a vocational rehabilitation staff within the human resources office to increase access to quality jobs for Ohioans with disabilities. OOD partners with Giant Eagle to source candidates for available openings at their food, fuel, and convenience retail locations and distribution center in Northeast Ohio. “Not only does the company win from this, but the person who was just hired wins. Their family wins. The community wins. Everyone around this person wins,” Shapira said.The partnership also supports current team members to keep their jobs and provides disability training for managers. Transcripts and MP3 files are available at https://ood.ohio.gov/Podcast.

Jeremy Shapira, Inclusion and Diversity Strategy Manager for Giant Eagle, and Kristen Ballinger, Deputy Director of OOD’s Division of Employer and Innovation Services, discuss the partnership between OOD and Giant Eagle. Since January 2019, OOD has collaborated with Giant Eagle to embed a vocational rehabilitation staff within the human resources office to increase access to quality jobs for Ohioans with disabilities. OOD partners with Giant Eagle to source candidates for available openings at their food, fuel, and convenience retail locations and distribution center in Northeast Ohio. “Not only does the company win from this, but the person who was just hired wins. Their family wins. The community wins. Everyone around this person wins,” Shapira said.The partnership also supports current team members to keep their jobs and provides disability training for managers. Transcripts and MP3 files are available at <a href="https://ood.ohio.gov/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ood.ohio.gov/Podcast</a>.

Jeremy Shapira with Giant Eagle & Kristen Ballinger with OOD

Joyce welcomes Jeremy Shapira, head of special projects inclusion and diversity at Giant Eagle, Inc.  Giant Eagle in Pittsburgh, PA has a long history of hiring and training workers with disabilities. For decades, the O'Hara-based supermarket chain has counted among its employees people who are deaf, blind or have other disabilities. Mr. Shapira will discuss the program the supermarket has in place to include people with disabilities into the workforce.

Jeremy Shapira, head of special projects inclusion and diversity-Giant Eagle, Inc.