Sumner Davenport had been designing websites for over 12 years using Microsoft and Adobe products before she was introduced to WordPress in 2008. WordPress quickly became her go-to website platform.
She is a member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) and an active supporter of various disability organizations. Her passion is to educate web designers using WordPress on the value and ease of inclusive design. Through her long-standing organization, she and her team have built, maintained, evaluated and remediated dozens of WordPress websites to WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion.
She is active in accessibility and legal conferences and educational venues, regularly speaking on topics related to compliance issues for WordPress websites. She has been invited to present at TechAccessOK and John Slatin AccessU, WordPress Accessibility Day, local WordPress MeetUp groups, and WordCamps. As Founder of wA11yWP, she and her team conduct ongoing educational events. Recently, with two colleagues they started a local MeetUp group to discuss WordPress and Accessibility and have invited renowned speakers on Accessibility topics to be the guest presenters. Sumner was the Speaker Wrangler for WordCamp SantaClarita 2020 and for WordCamp LAX 2020. She is the lead organizer for WordCamp SantaClarita 2021. In 2020, she recruited an exciting team and participated in the Knowbility Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) 2020.
She is known for her engaging presentations: “Compliance, Traps & Trolls”, “The Ease of Accessibility and WordPress”, “Remediating a WordPress Site” and “Building a Remediation Team”.
She is owned by a rescue dog named Tigger, his rescue cat, Merlin and their new yet-to-be-named kitty rescued from a busy highway.