An external Advisory Board consisting of advocates from academia, government, industry, non-profits, and community will play an advisory role to the Auburn Alliance Administrative Team.
The Advisory Board is segmented into three subcommittees for focused expertise and improved decision-making.
Meet the Board
Inclusion and Leadership
Meenakshi Das | Microsoft, Software Engineer; Founder, Working with Disabilities
James Majors | Slalom Consulting, Director of Software Engineering
Chester Thompson, IV | Aptora – Field Service Management, Data Migration Specialist
Shireen Hafeez | Deaf Kids Code, Founder and President
Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick | Together We Grow, Executive Director
Business and Organizations
Jamie Axelrod | Northern Arizona University, Director, Disability Resources | AHEAD, Past President
Edna Noga | American Samoa Power Authority, Engineer
John Kemp | Lakeshore Foundation, Inc., President & CEO
Bedarius Bell, Jr. | Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, Director of Special Programs
Farida Nana Efua Bedwei | Logiciel (Ghana) Ltd., Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Academia
Dr. Andreas Stefik | University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Professor
Dr. Margo Izzo | The Ohio State University Nisonger Center, Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry; Former Director of Transition Services
Dr. Mark McCord | The Ohio State University, Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering
Dr. Chad Walton | University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Assistant Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship
Dr. Wanda Díaz-Merced | European Gravitational Observatory, Astrophysicist
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