Web Accessibility Initiative
Tamsin Ewing
Role: Accessibility Content Specialist
Tamsin joined the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) team in July 2024. Her work at W3C includes designing and writing content for accessibility resources, developing accessibility course content, supporting accessibility communications, and contributing to collaborative editing of WAI Working Group materials.
Tamsin's work is strongly informed by user experience (UX) design principles, design thinking methodology, and best practices in digital accessibility.
Tamsin has a Digital Accessibility micro-credential from Victoria University of Wellington, a graduate diploma from Auckland University of Technology in Communications Studies, and an Honours degree from the University of Salford in Modern Languages (French, Spanish and Portuguese), specialising in translation and interpreting. Tamsin is a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC).
Prior to joining W3C, Tamsin worked as a content designer and digital accessibility specialist in the New Zealand public sector. Tamsin is based in Wellington, New Zealand.
tamsin@w3.org
Tamsin's Github account
Ken Franqueiro
Role: Web Software Engineer
Ken joined W3C in May 2024 to improve the architecture of surfaces related to the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). He began by rewriting the build system that generates informative documentation for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines' Techniques and Understanding documents.
Ken has been working with Web technologies for over 15 years, including as a committer/maintainer to multiple open-source front-end libraries, and is excited to focus full-time on static site generation.
Shawn Lawton Henry
Role: Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Program Lead
Shawn joined W3C in February 2003 to lead worldwide education and outreach activities promoting digital accessibility for people with disabilities through the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). As WAI Program Lead she directs collaboration on WAI vision, strategic plan, implementation priorities, and stakeholder engagement in W3C accessibility activities.
Shawn focuses her personal passion for accessibility on bringing together the needs of individuals and the goals of organizations in designing human-computer interfaces.
She holds a BSc in English with focus on computer science and technical writing, and an MSc in Digital Inclusion.
Shawn often uses 'shawna' for public accounts to help communicate that she is a 'cisgender' female. 'Shawn' is given/first name, 'Lawton' is middle name (and previous family name), 'Henry' is family/last name; it's not hyphenated.
Daniel Montalvo
Role: Accessibility Specialist
Daniel Montalvo joined the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) in 2019 to edit the Curricula on Web Accessibility. He is currently the Staff Contact for the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) Working Group, the WCAG2ICT Task Force, and the Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Task Force. He supports accessibility across W3C, providing guidance and reviews. Daniel liaises with standards organizations, people with disabilities, and other stakeholders to support W3C standardization efforts.
Ruoxi Ran
Role: Web Accessibility Engineer
Roy (冉若曦) joined World Wide Web Consortium in August 2017, working as a Web Accessibility Specialist in W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Roy is currently based in Beijing, W3C China host of Beihang University. He works with the Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group, Accessibility Guidelines Working Group and Education and Outreach Working Group. Also, he is responsible for the promotion, coordination, and harmonization of web accessibility standards in China.
Roy received his Master's Degree in Software Engineering and did some research work on accessibility during his postgraduate life, meanwhile, he is working on a PhD at Zhejiang University.
Kevin White
Role: Accessibility Technical Lead
Kevin is Accessibility Technical Lead for the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). In this role Kevin contributes to internationally recognized standards that support accessibility. He leads the WAI-CooP, co-funded by the European Commission. Kevin provides support and oversight of the accessibility Working Groups, collaborates on WAI strategic planning, and manages W3C accessibility support.
