The NIMAS Standards Board maintains, advances, and supports the NIMAS and facilitates the timely provision of accessible versions of core print instructional materials to qualifying students.
Skip Stahl, Chair
Project Director
NIMAS Development Center, CAST
Bruce Bailey
Accessibility IT Specialist
U.S. Access Board
Rick Bowes
Electronic Publishing Associates Consultant
American Foundation for the Blind
Susan Christensen
Braille Production & Software Specialist
Lisa Friendly
Senior Product Manager
The Benetech Initiative/Bookshare.org
Boris Goldowsky
Director of Technology
CAST
Valerie Hendricks
Senior Producer
NIMAS Development Center, CAST
Chuck Hitchcock, ex officio
Chief Officer, Policy and Technology
Director, NIMAS Technical Assistance Center, CAST, Inc.
Bonnie Jones, ex officio
Project Officer, NIMAS Centers
Education Research Analyst, Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education
George Kerscher
Senior Officer, Accessible Information
RFB&D
Secretary General
DAISY Consortium
Co-Chair, Web Accessibility Initiative
W3C
Martin McKay
Technical Director
Texthelp Systems, Inc.
Kathleen McWhorter
NIMAS Coordinator/AT Specialist
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND)
Julia Myers
Director of Resource Services & NIMAC
American Printing House for the Blind
Steve Noble
Director of Accessibility Policy
Design Science, Inc.
Claire O'Brien
Collection Development Manager
The Benetech Initiative/Bookshare.org
James Pritchett
Technology Development Manager
RFB&D
Dave Schleppenbach
CEO
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Representative
AAP
Diane Spence
Braille Production Coordinator
The meetings of the NIMAS Development Committee are open to the public and the notes from Committee meetings are posted online after each meeting.
"A diverse committee of stakeholders-including curriculum publishers, disability advocates and researchers, assistive technology developers, policymakers, educators, and parents-will inform the NIMAS Center's work."
-CAST Application for NIMAS Development Center
The NIMAS Development and Technical Assistance Center, supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), works with states, TA systems, disability advocates, national associations, technology experts, publishers and content conversion houses to improve the timely delivery of high quality accessible educational materials to students with disabilities.The NIMAS Center was launched on October 1, 2004.The project officer for both the Development and TA Centers is Bonnie Jones, Ed.D. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the Department of Education's position or policy.