Carie Fisher, MS, CPWA in

Carie Fisher, MS, CPWA

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Senior Accessibility Program Manager at GitHub
📍 Greater Madison Area, United States

Carie is a Senior Accessibility Program Manager at GitHub with over 15 years of experience in digital inclusion. Holding a PhD from Iowa State University, she specializes in using emerging technologies like AI to scale accessibility. Colleagues describe her as a hard-working, strategic, and high-quality front-end developer.

Beyond her core role, Carie is passionate about community education. She founded A11yTalks, a thriving educational platform with over 3, 000 subscribers, dedicated to raising awareness and sharing knowledge about accessibility. She enjoys fostering vibrant communities centered on learning and inclusive design.

She created one of the worlds first accessibility-focused style guides, the "A11y Style Guide, " which has earned over 560 stars on GitHub.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Senior Accessibility Program Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
Greater Madison Area, United States
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AI in Accessibility
Leads initiatives at GitHub using AI tools like Copilot to streamline accessibility workflows and speaks about building inclusive software with AI at conferences.
Developer Education
Authored Google's "Learn Accessibility" course and founded A11yTalks, demonstrating a commitment to training technology professionals on inclusive practices.
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Career

Work history

11-2023
Senior Accessibility Program Manager
GitHub
4-2015
Independent Accessibility Consultant & Educator
Freelance
1-2017
Founding Executive Director
A11yTalks
4-2022 - 7-2023
Director of Accessibility
Testlio
7-2022 - 12-2022
Contract Technical Writer
Google
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Carie Fisher, Author at The GitHub Blog. Featured in GitHub Blog
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Education
2020 - 2024
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Iowa State University
Master of Science (MS)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Indiana University Bloomington
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