Re: Ben Schroeter

Rest In Peace Ben, my condolences to his family and all at Pearson. Ben brought Pearson to Benetech’s Global Certified Accessible program when we were just piloting it back in 2017 and did the Publisher Faceoff at CSUN.

Ben was a strong advocate of accessibility and was a huge contributor to the EPUB standards.

I will miss you, my friend.

Thanks
Charles
EOM
Charles LaPierre
Principal, Accessibility Standards, and Technical Lead, Global Certified Accessible
Benetech


________________________________
From: Johnson, Rick <Rick.Johnson@vitalsource.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2022 4:46:16 PM
To: public-epub-wg@w3.org <public-epub-wg@w3.org>
Subject: Ben Schroeter

For those of you who knew Ben Schroeter from his time with CourseSmart, with VitalSource, and Pearson, he passed today. The announcement is in the link below, where you can also follow to get news of his service, or to use the links to financially support his grieving family. His gentle spirit and quick wit and genuine friendship will be missed. https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/benschroeter/journal/view/id/631d0bd4015fdf4f3eae2ad8

Sent from my iPhone