Rachel Cherry Email & Phone Number

Rochester, NY, US

Member of the University’s central digital accessibility team and serves as the lead technical expert and web developer for the University’s digital accessibility compliance program.

In my current role at WPCampus, I am a Board Member in the role of Past-President. I assist the organization as it transitions to the new governance structure. I will step away from a leadership role in the organization at the end of 2023.

I founded and managed WPCampus, a non-profit organization and community with events and resources for WordPress and digital accessibility in higher education. WPCampus is an organization run 100% by volunteers. I managed the operational budget and a support team of volunteers. I chaired five in-person conferences and five online conferences. I administered.

Broomfield, CO, US

Founding partner. Our passion is to make the web an inclusive online experience. Let us know if you need a partner to provide accessible, equitable, and sustainable software and services.

I am a freelance web engineer, consultant, and focused specialist in digital accessibility, front-end web development, and higher education/enterprise-level engineering.Working primarily in higher education and enterprise-level environments, I perform freelance work for and consult with organizations (mainly universities and web agencies) to build.

Glendale, California, US

Founded and organized WebTide, a community of web professionals at the University of Alabama which exists to help benefit its members, and the university, by promoting professional development, innovation, and discussion.

Tuscaloosa, AL, US

I designed, engineered, and managed all web services for The University of Alabama College of Engineering from January 2011 to May 2015 and for The University of Alabama Division of Student Affairs from June 2015 to April 2016.I managed large WordPress installations for both positions and was the sole engineer responsible for the development, design.

I was the chair/lead organizer for HighEdWeb Alabama, a regional, two-day conference for the national HighEdWeb Association highlighting the knowledge and presentations of higher education web professionals in the Southeast.I assembled a volunteer team that received a grant to host and organize the event.

I was the Curator and Speaker Coordinator for TEDxTuscaloosa 2015, which took place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 11, 2015.

Taught a web design class for the Alabama Governor's School, a summer residential honors program for gifted high school seniors. Helped students understand how the internet and websites work, HTML, CSS, and general web and web design principles.

Birmingham, AL, US

As part of the university's central Office of Communication, I designed, engineered, and managed centralized web services for the entire university. My primary client was Samford University's Howard College of Arts and Sciences.I specialized in creating HTML e-mails, Adobe Flash web applications, and VB.NET and ASP.NET (programming languages used to manage.

Columbus, MS, US

I worked in the Public Relations office at the Mississippi University for Women and designed all the print work for the entire university. MUW is where I fell in love with working in higher education. MUW is also where I realized my dream was to be a full-time web engineer, not a print designer.

Ba, Graphic Design, Computer Science

Bs, Computer Science