WEBINAR—Hearing Loss at Work Series – Workplace Hearing Loss Diversity, Identity and Disclosure 

Panelists: 

David Baldridge

Dr. David C. Baldridge is a deafened, cochlear implant user with childhood onset hearing loss. Prior to joining the board of HLAA, Dr. Baldridge, was the chair of HLAA’s Employment Taskforce. He is a Toomey and Newcomb Faculty Fellow recipient, and Professor of Management at Oregon State University. David earned his Ph.D. in Management from the University of Connecticut, Storrs. His MBA in Finance and BGS with concentrations in Economics, English, and Philosophy are from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His teaching areas include leadership and negotiation. His research interests include diversity, equity, and inclusion–primarily accommodation, inclusion, and career success for deaf and hard of hearing persons and people with other disabilities. His research has appeared in the Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of International Business Studies, Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Business Communication, and other leading management publications. He serves on the editorial boards for Human Relations, International Journal of Human Resource Management and Managerial Psychology.

Lisa Yuan

Lisa Yaun has been actively involved with HLAA for 20 years, serving in leadership roles with the Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland chapters. In 2022, she joined the HLAA Task Force for Accessible, Inclusive Employment. Lisa has a master’s degree in Assistive Technology & Human Services and completed HLAA’s Network of Consumer Hearing Assistive Technology Trainers (NCHATT) program and Gallaudet University’s Peer Mentoring program for people with hearing loss. Since July 2025, she has worked at Mayo Clinic as a senior communications specialist, after nearly eight years at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in public health communications roles. Prior to NIH, she spent 25 years in entertainment advertising as a production artist in Los Angeles. She has had hearing loss since age 20 and uses a cochlear implant and hearing aid.

Tori Carapelho

Tori Carapelho is the founder of Hear 4 Hope, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals living with hearing loss. She serves on the HLAA Employment Task Force, is involved in building and supporting HLAA community efforts in Hawaii and serves on the HLAA–Los Angeles Steering Committee. Tori experienced sudden hearing loss in 2021 and is a unilateral cochlear implant user. She brings both lived experience and advocacy to her work, with a focus on expanding access, opportunity, and inclusion for people with hearing loss.