Senior Accessibility Specialist Technical Assistance Coordinator Office of Technical and Information Services Marsha Mazz joined the staff of the Access Board in 1989 and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts. She holds the position of Technical Assistance Coordinator and is a Senior Accessibility Specialist. Ms. Mazz provides technical input to and oversight of the continued development of the ADA Accessibility Guidelines. She oversees the technical assistance program that includes the Board's toll-free responses to questions about access in buildings and facilities covered by the ADA and the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA). In addition, she is the Access Board's representative to the model code organizations and is on the ICC/ANSI A117 Committee on Architectural Features and Site Design of Public Buildings and Residential Structures for Persons with Disabilities and the ASME A18 Committee on Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts. Ms. Mazz's prior experience includes service as a program manager and advocacy director at a center for independent living, a member of the Maryland State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, and a Board member for the National Council on Independent Living. Additionally, working for the Disabled Student Services office, she assisted a major state university to respond to the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. She has also served as past Chair of the Prince George's County (MD) Commission on Persons with Disabilities and as Chair of the Washington Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee on Transportation for People with Disabilities.