Meet Our Staff

William Green, Computer Lab & Volunteer Coordinator, Seattle Housing Authority

Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies (Seattle University)


Will began at the lab in August 2021 initially volunteering as an AmeriCorps VISTA for SHA's Digital Equity team. He has since become the full-time coordinator for STAR. He enjoys learning about assistive technology and helping lab users.

Advisory Board

Thomas Ross, Advisory Board President, STAR Center Co-founder, and Assistive Technology Specialist

Bachelor of Science in Biology (Seattle University); Former Chair of Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC)

I'm interested in helping people explore appropriate computer-based assistive technology, with specific experience with speech recognition technology.  

Typing on a computer doesn't need be tedious anymore! Come and check STAR out!

Dorene Cornwell

My education brought me many opportunities to develop my interests in science, technology and different cultures.

I have a long work background in academic technical support and health care / social services data analysis. 

Lifelong struggles with vision issues and midlife medical events, made it necessary for me to learn to use assistive technology including screen reading, screen enlargement, Braille, and various approaches to accessible electronic content.  I am very grateful to the community of people at the STAR Center for all the ways their experience, laughter, and energy have helped with this adjustment. 

I have helped coordinate several multicultural projects related to disaster preparedness and digital inclusion. Someone I met recently says project coordination is about making interesting things happen and writing about them. I like projects, that have an impact on people’s lives, that help people discover new possibilities offered by technology and training.

Additional Interests: Digital Inclusion, Languages and language access, walkability, accessibility, transportation, broadband technology,  disaster preparedness.

Email: dorenefc@gmail.com

Personal blog with additional resources http://rantwoman.blogspot.com

Lisa Maurer, BA, Psychology major from UW

Although I am visually impaired, I enjoy life, go places with friends, take part in church activities, write poems and stories, knit, crochet, and sew.  I enjoy working on my computer, building websites, and writing email letters and other activities to support some of my favorite wild life and environmental protection organizations.  

Years ago I learned JAWS at the STAR Center and began accessing the internet. I am grateful for the STAR Center, and I am happy to volunteer.