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
  • Lighthouse staff and band members of Plane Jane in a group photo

    Shuck it! We raised over $10,000 at the first ever Lighthouse Oyster Roast!

    February 7th, 2018

    The Summerville, South Carolina location of The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. held its first major fundraiser on Friday, January 26th at the Summerville Country Club and it was a HUGE success! […]

  • Lighthouse employee Kelsey Wedemeyer

    Finding Life at the Lighthouse

    November 7th, 2017

    Kelsey Wedemeyer is a 25-year-old woman who works as a Production worker in Seattle and credits The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. for helping her to live a fuller life.

  • Lighthouse Volunteer

    A Life of Service

    September 25th, 2017

    Meet Tryphena Supan, one of our most passionate and committed volunteers at The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.