{"id":1677,"date":"2019-04-29T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/?page_id=1677"},"modified":"2025-05-09T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:41:04","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/about-us\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Meet Our People\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"core-staff\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Accessibility Institute is driven by the talent and dedication of its people; our staff, allies, partners, and champions. The Core Staff are the central force of the Institute leading all aspects of the Institute&#8217;s engagements and operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" 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