Re: Becky Gibson appointed co-chair of the Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group (Fwd)

Great choice

Congratulations Becky!


All the best

Lisa Seeman

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---- On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:17:09 +0300 Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org> wrote ----



For the group’s information:



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From: Coralie Mercier <mailto:coralie@w3.org>

Subject: Becky Gibson appointed co-chair of the Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group

Date: 25 June 2020 at 09:15:21 CEST

To: W3C Members <mailto:w3c-ac-members@w3.org>

Cc: Chairs <mailto:chairs@w3.org>

Message-Id: <mailto:CA806BF8-4443-4002-81EF-35DF3F2075BA@w3.org>




Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
Chairs,

W3C is pleased to appoint Becky Gibson (Knowbility) as new co-Chair of
the Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group [1].

Becky joins continuing co-Chair Janina Sajka (Invited Expert).

Becky is a recognized expert in the field of digital inclusion and
enabling accessible solutions. Her extensive career as a Software
Engineer and Accessibility Architect at IBM impacted products, customer
strategy, and industry standards. She is passionate about making Web and
mobile applications usable for people of all abilities. She participated
in the creation of W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG),
and helped to develop and evangelize the Accessible Rich Internet
Applications (ARIA) specification.

This announcement follows section 5.1 of the W3C Process Document [2].

For Tim Berners-Lee, Director;
Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications


[1] https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/
[2] https://www.w3.org/2019/Process-20190301/#ReqsAllGroups

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Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Marketing & Communications -  https://www.w3.org
mailto:coralie@w3.org +337 810 795 22 https://www.w3.org/People/Coralie/






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Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Marketing & Communications -  https://www.w3.org
mailto:coralie@w3.org +337 810 795 22 https://www.w3.org/People/Coralie/