OTIS Director Marsha Mazz to Retire in June

From the U.S. Access Board:

Marsha Mazz, Director of the Board's Office of Technical and Information Services (OTIS), plans to retire in late June. Mazz joined the Board in 1989 as an Accessibility Specialist and was active in the development of the original ADA Accessibility Guidelines and later supplements. She also led the joint update of the Board's ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines and was instrumental in harmonizing the new document with counterpart codes and standards in the private sector, including the International Building Code. She also served as the agency's Technical Assistance Coordinator and its liaison to the codes and standards community. In 2010, she was named OTIS Director.

Throughout her tenure at the Board, Mazz has been highly regarded for her technical expertise and mastery of detail in architectural accessibility and building codes and standards. Her outreach and coordination with the codes community greatly advanced integration of accessibility into model building codes. In recognition of her work at the Board, Mazz received the American National Standards Institute's 2010 Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award which recognizes demonstrated leadership in promoting standardization and eliminating barriers to global trade.