DAC Staff

As a member of the Office of Institutional Equity’s ADA Team, Vanessa Coterel serves as the Deputy ADA Coordinator and Director of the Digital Accessibility Center. A 2002 graduate of Moritz College of Law, Vanessa returned to OSU in July 2022 from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights where since 2010 she conducted compliance reviews and investigations, resolved complaints, and monitored the implementation of corrective action plans. In 2019 she joined the Department’s National Digital Access Team, focusing her reviews and investigations on the accessibility of digital information and services in K-12 and postsecondary education. Throughout her career she has emphasized equity in education from her work as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Columbus and Disability Rights Ohio to teaching a disability law practicum at the Moritz of College of Law with Professor Ruth Colker.

• email: Coterel.4@osu.edu

Please direct all digital access inquiries, requests for technical assistance, and other questions to the following email address, so the Digital Accessibility Center team can ensure a prompt response: accessibility@osu.edu

Under the direction of the Digital Accessibility Center Director, Nathan primarily works with Digital Accessibility Policy compliance issues, exceptions, and access plans. This includes messaging around how to receive needed accommodations as well as working with university staff and other vendors to ensure better access in the future. Nate has 10 years of digital accessibility experience, and has used assistive technology throughout his life. He comes to Ohio State after implementing a digital accessibility program for the Ohio Secretary of State.

• email fernandes.116@osu.edu
• phone: (614) 247-4432

Corey serves as the subject matter expert of digital accessibility and Ohio State’s Minimum Digital Accessibility Standards (MDAS) for the Digital Accessibility Center. He has spent his decade-plus career in higher education advocating strongly for accessibility, usability, and good design (in the Don Norman tradition).

His passion for accessibility stems from his experience living with a life-long eye movement disorder called infantile nystagmus that greatly affects vision, the musculoskeletal system, and interpersonal interaction. He hopes to raise awareness of assistive technologies (AT) and disability rights in the nystagmus community and advocate for the community in the accessibility space.

Corey holds a Bachelor of Science in Digital Sciences with a focus in Digital Systems Interaction from Kent State University and is certified as a Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP).

• email: moore.4521@osu.edu
• phone: (614) 292-3144

Please direct all digital access inquiries, requests for technical assistance, and other questions to the following email address, so the Digital Accessibility Center team can ensure a prompt response: accessibility@osu.edu

Under the direction of the Director, Katie provides support for the Digital Accessibility Center’s accommodation-based exception request system and overall departmental functions.

• email henderson.995s@osu.edu