Jen Smith, Foundation Board President

Jen Smith has 20 years of experience leading and managing traditional, digital, and emerging technology projects for nonprofit, government, and for-profit organizations. She’s passionate about accessibility and has been working on making digital spaces more inclusive since 2007. Before becoming the Director of Accessibility for Strategic Initiatives in Visa’s Design organization, she served as a Principal Program Manager of Accessibility at Microsoft and a Senior Accessibility Subject Matter Expert at JP Morgan Chase. She’s also served as a subject matter expert and strategist while a contractor at the Centers for Disease Control. She started her career as an on-air newscaster with an NPR affiliate station in Oklahoma City after graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in broadcast journalism. Since that time, she has definitely taken roads less traveled and moved around the country, living in three of the four continental U.S. time zones.

Photo of Jen Smith, a light-skinned woman with glasses, standing outside in front of a waterfall
  • Stephen Hamilton with his guide dog Sumiko.

    Welcome Stephen Hamilton, our newest Foundation Board Member!

    February 23rd, 2019

    Stephen Hamilton with his guide dog Sumiko. We are pleased to welcome our newest Foundation Board Member, Stephen Alexander Hamilton to the Lighthouse community! Stephen is a United States Air Force [...]

  • Richelle Ross (right) communicates with a Job Coach (left)

    Because of You

    November 7th, 2018

    Richelle Ross (right) communicates with a Job Coach (left) For the past 30 years our daughter, Richelle, would say that her BEST days are the ones spent working at the Lighthouse. [...]

  • Emcee John Curley engages excitedly with the audience.

    A Centennial Celebration for the History Books!

    September 19th, 2018

    On Saturday, September 15th, over 320 guests joined us at The Museum of Flight to share in our Lighthouse Centennial Celebration. Acclaimed card mechanic Richard Turner wows guests with his performance at the event [...]