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Digital Accessibility

Joe Welinske
Accessibility
Artificial Intelligence
Onemain Financial
Merck
Microsoft
Wells Fargo International
Design System
WCAG
Global Disability Inclusion Strategy Council
HSBC
Web Design Education
Lisa Riemers
Disability
Digital Accessibility
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Neurodiversity
AI1Y
Digital SDLC
Blink
Ticketmaster

Interviews with accomplished accessibility professionals to learn about their career journeys

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Mary Roemmele, Senior Director for Product Accessibility at Workday, discusses leading accessibility across a global software organization. Drawing on a background in banking technology and mergers and acquisitions, along with a lifetime of personal ... more

Samantha Karell, who leads Digital Accessibility Services at Allyant, discusses helping organizations build sustainable accessibility programs through audits, VPATs, consulting, and strategic guidance. She traces her path from student services into t... more

Ben Ogilvie, Director of Accessibility Strategy at ArcTouch and First Vice Chair of the GAAD Foundation, shares how a life-changing family events led him into full-time accessibility work. He discusses building accessibility-first digital products, a... more

Joe Welinske reports from the Microsoft Ability Summit, highlighting emerging accessibility technologies, AI-driven accessibility initiatives, and new approaches to inclusive design. He reflects on presentations covering voice preservation, accessibl... more

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Ben Ogilvie
Director of Accessibility Strategy at ArcTouch; first vice chair on GAAD Foundation board
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Episode: The Future of Accessibility Depends on Collaboration Across Teams
Lisa Riemers
Independent communications and content consultant focusing on accessibility
Independent
Episode: If You Don’t Test with Real Users, You Don’t Know What You’ve Built
Stacy Scott
Works in Accessible Digital Publishing
Accessible Digital Publishing
Episode: Accessibility Should Be Part of Everyday Life—Not an Add-On
Fabiana Lassandro
Accessibility engineer and university instructor who builds accessibility into design systems and product teams
Episode: Accessibility Isn’t Separate — It’s the Core of Good Design
Mali Fernando
Head of Digital Experience and Accessibility for HSBC; founder of HSBC Digital Accessibility Program
HSBC
Episode: Accessibility Is a Driver of Better User Experience
Aileen Hackett
Director of Product Management for Accessibility at ServiceNow
ServiceNow
Episode: Accessibility Must Be Usable—Not Just Conformant
Kate Gonzalez
Accessibility Director at Elevance Health
Elevance Health
Episode: Accessibility Is Most Powerful When It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
Darren Rowan
Head of Digital Accessibility at Eli Lilly & Company
Eli Lilly & Company (Lilly)
Episode: Engage, Equip, Embed: The Path to Scalable Accessibility
Sam Smith
Accessibility leader at Coinbase; former Workday and Level Access veteran
Coinbase, Workday, Level Access
Episode: Accessibility Isn’t a Limitation — It’s an Invitation to Design for More People

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The Future of Accessibility Depends on Collaboration Across Teams
Q: How can others get involved with GAAD's benchmarking efforts?
The GAAD Foundation invites contribution to next versions of the AMAC benchmark and directs interested parties to contact info@gad.foundation or Joe Devon for collaboration opportunities.
The Future of Accessibility Depends on Collaboration Across Teams
Q: What developments are you excited about in your current work?
He highlights rapid accessible prototyping using design tools (Figma to accessible builds in hours), an AI-driven benchmarking effort (AMAC) to improve model-generated code accessibility, and his GAAD Foundation work to scale accessibility impact.
The Future of Accessibility Depends on Collaboration Across Teams
Q: What was your path into accessibility and what shaped your focus today?
Ben describes how a personal family incident with his father's disability pushed him from general software work into hands-on accessibility, leading to a leadership role at ArcTouch where accessibility is embedded from strategy through execution.
If You Don’t Test with Real Users, You Don’t Know What You’ve Built
Q: What are some of the things coming up for you?
She discusses upcoming collaborations, book promotion with Matisse Hamonilis, speaking engagements at Camp Digital and Access Given, and continuing to promote accessible communication and plain language, including work on PDFs and AI-related conversations.
If You Don’t Test with Real Users, You Don’t Know What You’ve Built
Q: How did you find your way into this area?
Lisa describes a non-traditional path starting in training and marketing, moving into digital content, product ownership, and intranet projects, and discovering the importance of accessibility through hands-on testing and user feedback.

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The program centers on strategic, practice-focused discussions about digital accessibility across large organizations and product teams. Episodes repeatedly explore embedding accessibility into design systems, engineering workflows, governance, and program governance—covering topics from center-of-excellence structures and enterprise-scale implementations to AI-enabled accessibility and inclusive design. Guests range from accessibility leaders at banks, tech platforms, and healthcare companies to engineers and product managers driving practical changes, user research with disabled communities, and measurable business outcomes. A notable pattern is turning accessibility from a compliance checkbox into a core, scalable capability that touches... more

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3. Stacy Scott
4. Fabiana Lassandro
5. Mali Fernando
6. Aileen Hackett
7. Kate Gonzalez
8. Darren Rowan

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