Board Member
Dr. Joel Snyder is a long-time DC area Equity actor and SAG-AFTRA voice talent. A former Helen Hayes Awards judge, he has worked as theater educator, arts presenters and as an arts administrator at the National Endowment for the Arts. He is known internationally as one of the world’s first “audio describers,” a pioneer in the field of Audio Description, a translation of visual images to vivid language for the benefit, primarily, of people who are blind or have a vision impairment. Since 1981, he has produced audio description, introduced audio description techniques or trained prospective describers in over 40 states and 63 countries.