Paul Schroeder is the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). He oversees all of AFB's advocacy efforts on behalf of blind or visually impaired people before Congress and government agencies.
Schroeder was director of AFB's National Technology Program and director of the AFB Midwest office in Chicago. He has served as editor-in-chief of AFB's journal AccessWorld: Technology for Consumers with Visual
Impairments. Schroeder is president of the Alliance for Public Technology and vice president of the Association of Access Engineering Specialists. He provides input on technology access for nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies, and private companies-including the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Microsoft Corporation.
Before joining AFB in 1994, Schroeder worked for the American Council of the Blind (ACB) in Washington, DC, as director of governmental affairs. Through his work at ACB and his continued efforts at AFB, Schroeder helped negotiate the inclusion of groundbreaking disability access language in the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Schroeder holds a bachelor's degree in political science and international studies from American University.
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