Transition to Operations
Purpose
Single operational “home” to transition DAI into steady-state while staying aligned to ERM oversight through April 2027.
Scope
- Cross-cutting coordination for targets/metrics
- Sustained ops planning
- Process maturity
- Ownership transitions
- Change enablement
- Facilitates governance cadence & escalations
Transition to Operations Team
Co-Chair: Bree Callahan, ADA/Section 504 Coordinator, Civil Rights Compliance Office Services
Co-Chair: Terrill Thompson, Director, UWIT Accessibility Consulting & Engagement
- Susie Hawkey, UWIT Accessible Technology Services
- Marisa Nickle, Senior Director, Strategy & Academic Initiatives, Academic Strategy & Affairs (faculty focus person)
- Shubha PK, Senior Project Manager, UW Medicine
- Karin Roberts, Executive Director, Student & Educational Technology Services, Information Technology
- Beth Somerfield, Deputy ADA Coordinator, Civil Rights Compliance Office
- Thomas Thorpe, Director Web Strategy, University Marketing & Communications
- Project Manager: Colleen Butler, Technology Project Manager, UWIT EPMO
- Communications / Change Management
- Sustainment
- Training
Sub-Team: Communications / Change Management
Purpose
Drive adoption by keeping expectations, processes, and support visible.
Scope
- Stakeholder updates
- Change impacts
- Process/tool announcements
- Reinforcement of role expectations
Communications / Change Management Team
Chair: Colleen Butler, Technology Project Manager, UWIT EPMO
- Melissa Albin, Communications, UWIT
- Deborah Hathaway, Director of Learning & Teaching, UW Bothell
- Darcy Janzen, Director, Digital Learning, UW Tacoma
- Mary-Colleen Jenkins, UW-IT Accessible Technology Services
- Marisa Nickle, Senior Director, Strategy & Academic Initiatives
- Elizabeth Sharpe, Director of Internal Communications, School of Medicine
- Beth Somerfield, Deputy ADA Coordinator, Civil Rights Compliance Office
- Kimanthi Warren, Assistant Dean for Organizational Development and Inclusion, UW Libraries
- Project Manager: Nichol Hibbard, UWIT
Sub-Team: Sustainment
Purpose
Make compliance measurable and owned in operations, including procurement and digital product lifecycle practices.
Scope
- Define standards for collection and monitoring of digital accessibility data across our campuses
- Advance maturity for existing processes
- Development of operations plan
Sustainment Team
Chair: Beth Somerfield, Deputy ADA Coordinator for Digital Accessibility, Civil Rights Compliance Office
- Dawn Hemminger and Leetza Pegg, UWIT
- Darcy Janzen, Director, Digital Learning, UW Tacoma
- Hana Levay, University Libraries
- Shubha PK, Senior Project Manager, UW Medicine
- El Schofield, Service Manager, UWIT Teaching & Learning Systems, UW Information Technology
- Erik Steen, Senior Computer Specialist, Accessibility Consulting & Engagement, UWIT
- Lalitha Subramanian, Continuum College
- Ana Thompson, Academic Technology, UW Bothell
- Project Manager: Jeanne Petty, Civil Rights Compliance Office
Sub-Team: Training
Purpose
Ensure accessibility training is consistently delivered, tracked, and improved over time.
Scope
- Identify accessibility training available via existing training solutions
- Identify roles & map to Workday job profiles or types of positions
- Develop supplemental training as needed
- Identify specific training needed based upon role
- Define migration path to Workday Learn (or other LMS/tracking) when available
- Manage assignment logic and completion reporting
Training Team
Chair: Susie Hawkey, UWIT Accessible Technology Services
- Belle Bas Balazuela, Senior Learning Designer, Continuum College
- Luke Garcia, UW Medicine ITS
- Stacy Fontes, Program Management Director, Continuum College
- Mihaela Giurca, Program Operations Analyst, Center for Teaching & Learning, ASA
- Matt Huston, Instructional Designer, Foster School of Business
- Mary-Colleen Jenkins, UWIT Accessible Technology Services
- Thomas Peavey, UW Medicine HR
- Aiden Sizemore, Instructional Designer, College of Education
- Jamie Wilson, Assistant Director, UW HR
- Thom Wunder, Associate Director, UW Medicine HR
- Project Manager: Colleen Butler, Technology Project Manager, UWIT EPMO
Academic Course Content
Purpose
Improve accessibility of academic materials with a clear lifecycle and measurable progress.
Scope
- Intake + prioritization
- Content authoring/remediation support
- Accessibility review/QA
- Templates/standards
- Reporting aligned to sustained operations.
Academic Course Content Team
Chair: Marcus Hirsch, Director, Information Services, Academic Strategy & Affairs, chair
- Derek Barbee, Director, Instructional Development & Course Production, Continuum College
- Bryan Blakeley, AVP for Partnerships & Online Learning, Continuum College
- Bree Callahan, ADA Coordinator, Compliance Services
- Deborah Hathaway, Director, Learning & Teaching, UW Bothell
- Darcy Janzen, Director, Office of Teaching Excellence, UW Tacoma
- Jake Kulstad, Assistant Director, Academic Technologies, Academic Strategy & Affairs
- Penelope Moon, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Academic Strategy & Affairs
- Karin Roberts, Executive Director, Student & Educational Technology Services, UW Information Technology
- El Schofield, Service Manager, UWIT Teaching & Learning Systems, UW Information Technology
- Adiam Tesfay, Director, Disability Resources for Students, Student Life
- Terrill Thompson, Director, UWIT Accessibility Consulting & Engagement (while recruitment for Exec Dir is underway)
- Edith Wang, Associate Dean, School of Medicine
- Project Manager: Priya Keefe, Information Services, Academic Strategy & Affairs