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Advisory Board

The CREATE Advisory Board is composed of leaders in accessibility and accessible design. The board helps guide and amplify our work in accessibility research, education, and translation.

Amy Hurst, a white woman with brown hair and glasses, holding a microphone and talking in front of a large display screen that casts a purple light.
Amy Hurst, she/her

Amy Hurst

  • Associate Professor, New York University (NYU) with joint appointments in the Occupational Therapy Department in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and the Technology, Culture and Society Department in the Tandon School of Engineering
  • Director, NYU Ability Project
Shaun Kane has grey hair and a grey beard and bright green glasses. In this image he is posing in front of a frozen lake in Iceland.
Shaun K. Kane, he/him

Shaun K. Kane

ChrisTiana ObeySumner: a Black, queer, non-binary, and multiply disabled researcher in front of a bright red background
ChrisTiana ObeySumner (they/them)

ChrisTiana ObeySumner

  • Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master in Not-for-Profit Leadership (MPL)
  • CEO and principal consultant of Epiphanies of Equity LLC, a social equity consulting firm specializing in change management, social and organizational psychology, intersectional equity and liberation, and disability justice
Ebele Okoli, a smiling African American woman with shoulder length hair, wearing a tan blazer.
Ebele Okoli, she/her

Ebele Okoli

Past Advisory Board members

We thank these former Advisory Board members for their perspective and expertise in guiding CREATE’s work.

  • Jonathan Lazar, Professor, College of Information Studies (iSchool) University of Maryland; Executive Director, Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA); Core faculty, Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL)
  • Mary Bellard, Principal Innovation Architect Lead, Microsoft and Microsoft AI for Accessibility program manager
  • Rory A. Cooper, FISA Foundation – Paralyzed Veterans of America Distinguished Professor; Founder and Director of Human Engineering Research Laboratories
  • Juan E. Gilbert, Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor & Chair, Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department, University of Florida