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NIMAS Standards Board

Brief Biographies

Members

1. Susan Christensen
Braille Production & Software Specialist; Certified Braille transcriber, Braille software trainer; Member, Braille Authority of North America (BANA) Braille Formats Technical Committee, Early Materials Productions Committee, & Publications Committee

2. Christopher Chung
Dir. Content Structure and Standards, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

3. George Kerscher
Senior Officer, Accessible Information, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic; Secretary General, DAISY Consortium; Co-Chair, Web Accessibility Initiative; Z39.86 (DAISY/NISO) Advisory Committee

4. Fred Slone
Director of Literacy Operations, Benetech

5. Larry Marotta
Senior Archive Coordinator, McGraw-Hill Education

6. Martin McKay
Technical Director & Founder, Texthelp Systems, Inc.; Board of Directors, Assistive Technology Industry Association

7. Kathy McWhorter
NIMAS Coordinator/Assistive Technology Specialist; Wyoming Institute for Disabilities

8. Julia Myers
Director of Resource Services & NIMAC, American Printing House for the Blind

9. Steve Noble
Accessibility Policy Specialist; Board of Directors, Learning Disabilities Association of America

10. James Pritchett
Technology Development Manager, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic; Z39.86 (DAISY/NISO) Advisory Committee

11. Dave Schleppenbach
Association of American Publishers School Division; Chief Operating Officer, gh LLC;  Board of Directors, Assistive Technology Industry Association

12. Tom Starbranch
Association of American Publishers School Division; Manager, Accessibility and Compliance
Pearson Curriculum Group

13. Neil Soiffer
Senior Scientist, Design Science

14. Skip Stahl, Chair
Senior Policy Analyst, CAST; Project Director, NIMAS Center

15. Ron Stewart
Managing Consultant, Altformat Solutions; Chair, e-Text Solutions Group & Technology Advisor, Association on Higher Education and Disability

Ex-Officio Members

Bruce Bailey
Accessibility IT Specialist, United States Access Board

Chuck Hitchcock
Chief Officer, Policy and Technology, CAST; Director, NIMAS Technical Assistance Center; Co-Director, Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Consortium

Michael F. Slade
Project Officer, NIMAS centers; Education Program Specialist, Office of Special Education Programs, United States Department of Education

Boris Goldowsky
Director of Technology, CAST; Technical Lead, NIMAS Development Center; Z39.86 (DAISY/NISO) Advisory Committee

Valerie Hendricks
Technical Producer, NIMAS Development and Technical Assistance centers, CAST; Senior Developer, NIMAS