Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer & Treasurer, Saul Centers
Search every verified Joel Friedman interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Joel Friedman, Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer & Treasurer at Saul Centers, was honored with the Advocacy of the Year Award at the DROR Dinner in 2016. In his acceptance speech, Friedman described his role as a community liaison and chaplain, stating that the organization "will do anything and everything to try to help someone who is in need." He recounted receiving a call from the organization about an inmate three hours before a circus event, noting that the group advocated for the inmate's needs and that he worked with a chaplain at the correctional facility to assist. Friedman credited his father, a law enforcement chaplain for 35 years, and other mentors for guiding him to "continue to do for others — to help people no matter what time it is." He thanked his wife and family for allowing him to serve the community, sometimes during work or late at night. Friedman emphasized that advocacy is "teamwork" and expressed gratitude to other organizations and volunteers who "don't get the credit they deserve" for their community work.
“I wanted to publicly thank my wife and family for allowing me to do this on behalf of the community — it's not easy; sometimes you have to help the community in the middle of the day, in the middle of your work, sometimes in the middle of the night.”
“My father was a law enforcement chaplain for 35 years and, along with other law enforcement mentors, gave me the guidance and support to continue to do for others — to help people no matter what time it is.”
“As a chaplain and community leader I know firsthand what the organization does: when they call they advocate for the community and will do anything and everything to try to help someone who is in need.”
“When an inmate needs medical care and is transferred to a hospital, families immediately call and we try to provide the best backup and help that patient — that person is a human being whether they are in jail or in a medical facility.”
“They will always advocate for that individual who is in need; truthfully I feel this is teamwork — by working together we can help people.”
“I want to thank all the other organizations and volunteers who sometimes don't get the credit they deserve — every person is doing great work advocating for the community in their own field.”
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