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
  • Message from Kirk Adams, President and CEO

    October 27th, 2011

    The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. experiences the same uncertainties in our community and our national economy as you do in your organization or personal household.  Companies and government agencies sometimes have no choice [...]

  • 2010 Giving Circle and Annual Fund Donors

    July 27th, 2011

    2010 Giving Circle Donors The Lighthouse is proud to highlight the following individuals whose dedication and commitment provide so many opportunities for the people we serve in our community. Austin, Clark, and McLaughlin Founders [...]

  • Lighthouse Board of Trustees Approve New Accessibility Policy

    April 26th, 2011

    The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. is very excited to announce that the Board of Trustees approved the Lighthouse's new Accessibility and Training Policy on March 22, 2011. The Lighthouse is proud to have the [...]