Meet our Tapia 2021 Committee

GENERAL
CHAIR

Robert Parke
University of South California

PROGRAM
CHAIR

Patti Ordonez
University of Puerto Rico –
Río Piedras

DEPUTY
PROGRAM CHAIR

Khalil Griffin
Google

ACCESSIBILITY
CHAIR

Brianna Blaser
AccessComputing

ACCESSIBILITY
DEPUTY CHAIR

Kendra Walther
University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering

ENGAGEMENT
CHAIR

Samuel Rebelsky
Grinnell College

ENGAGEMENT
DEPUTY CHAIR

Vincent Martin
IAAP

BIRDS OF A FEATHER 
CHAIR

Andrea Delgado-Olson
Indigenous Perspectives of Reconciliation Resources Consulting

BIRDS OF A FEATHER
DEPUTY CHAIR

Shameeka Emanuel
Google

DOCTORAL
CONSORTIUM CHAIR

Tania Roy
New College Of Florida

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM DEPUTY CHAIR

Leshell Hatley
Coppin State University

ACADEMIC AND
WORKSHOP CHAIR

Christian López
Lafayette College

ACADEMIC AND WORKSHOP DEPUTY CHAIR

Raja Kushalnagar
Galludet University

INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT PANEL CHAIR

Lynn Riley
Kilroy Blockchain

INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT PANEL DEPUTY CHAIR

Valerie Nelson
Department of Defense

TECHNICAL PANELS
AND WORKSHOPS
CHAIR

Stephanie Ludi
University of North Texas

TECHNICAL PANEL & WORKSHOPS DEPUTY CHAIR

Omar Florez
Twitter

STUDENT POSTER AND RESEARCH CHAIR

Eliana Valenzuela
University of Puerto Rico Arecibo

STUDENT POSTER AND RESEARCH CHAIR

Fernanda Elliott
Grinnell College

SCHOLARSHIP
CO-CHAIR

Christan Grant
University of Oklahoma

SCHOLARSHIP
CO-CHAIR

Fatimah Richmond
Google

SCHOLARSHIP
DEPUTY CHAIR

Elaine Short
Tufts University