Avery Berschauer

Avery Berschauer has lived with a progressive retinal disease since childhood. She brings a patient's perspective and a long record of accessibility advocacy to the Community Action Board. She is the founder of A•B Inclusion, a Seattle consultancy focused on inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) strategy, inclusive recruitment, and organizational culture. She created and hosted Basically Blind, a podcast about living with vision loss.

Avery has worked to make sure people with disabilities have a voice in public decisions. Her service includes the King County Elections Disability Advisory Committee, the King County Disability Consortium, and the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium. She is a Past President of the Junior League of Seattle, has held nominating leadership roles with the Junior League of Seattle and the Association of Junior Leagues International, and has served as a grant panelist for ArtsFund.

She holds degrees in Communications and Psychology from Washington State University and a Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University.