Title II of the ADA prohibits all state and local governments from discriminating on the basis of disability, but moreover, its goal is to promote equal access and full participation. The City of Portland works to ensure that every program, service, benefit, activity and facility operated or funded by the City of Portland is accessible to people with disabilities. The City strives to eliminate barriers that may prevent persons with disabilities from accessing our facilities or participating in City programs, services and activities.
The City’s ADA Title II Program Manager and ADA Title II Policy & Data Analyst are responsible for supporting Portland’s efforts to comply with Title II of the ADA.
Office of Equity Disability Division: Meet Our Team!
Nickole Cheron is the citywide ADA Title II and Disability Equity Manager. She works with city offices and bureaus to ensure that every program, service, benefit, activity, and city-operated facility is accessible to people with disabilities. She serves as the cities ADA Title II compliance officer and central administrator to a host of ADA Coordinators in multiple bureaus. She works closely with attorneys and city council offices on citywide projects that are externally facing., contact Nickole Cheron at: Nickole.Cheron@portlandoregon.gov.
Dr. Brie Scrivner is The ADA Title II Policy and Disability Data Analyst. They create citywide tools and manage multiple data systems that demonstrate compliance efforts and collect community impact and disparity outcomes. They lead disability and compliance related data projects that inform corrective action and policy creation. For more information on this report, or to coordinate a presentation of findings, contact Brie Scrivner, ADA Title II Policy and Disability Data Analyst.: brie.scrivner@portlandoregon.gov.
Joseph Sherman, the Digital Accessibility Analyst, offers several trainings on digital accessibility including Creating accessible Documents. These trainings cover PDFs, Forms, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files. Topics covered include Tagging PDFs, labeling form fields, and structuring documents for accessibility. For more information on these trainings, to schedule an office hour with Joseph, or to coordinate any of these trainings for your bureau, contact Joseph Sherman at: joseph.sherman@portlandoregon.gov. Joseph also offers remediation and document review services.