Mary Albert
Mary founded and leads the Office of Information Technology's digital accessibility program, and is responsible for all aspects of its design and implementation. She develops University policy and strategy, and works across the institution to address issues of governance, practice, risk, and compliance. Mary helps ensure that people with disabilities can access and use the institution's IT and the information it provides, and are valued in the University's culture and community.
Mary champions accessibility wherever technology and digital information are designed and developed, acquired, or used. She is known for her strengths in partnership-building and forward thinking that propel the Princeton digital accessibility program’s success.
Bringing over 20 years’ experience in IT management to her role, Mary is an active contributor to the accessibility profession. She is an organizer for the annual Inclusion in Science Learning a New Direction conference on disability and STEM, helped develop the accessibility questions for the Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit, serves on the IAAP Organizational and Professional Development committee, and is a regular presenter at national conferences.
Mary lives on a farm in Hopewell, New Jersey, which she is converting to a wildlife habitat by growing a native forest from scratch.