Nicole Bergstrom
Hilton / Senior Director Digital Accessibility
Pronouns: She/Her
Nicole Bergstrom is a prominent accessibility professional and workplace culture transformation leader. She is a disability inclusion advocate and champions workplace inclusion with accessible technology being a key driver for success and innovation. As the Senior Director of Accessibility, she has built, matured, and positioned Hilton’s Accessibility Center of Excellence as a strategic component to fuel continued growth and evolve Hilton as a company of choice for people with disabilities. As Lead of Hilton’s internal employee resource group called Abilities, she instills organizational empathy and elevates awareness on the intersection of digital accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. Prior to joining Hilton, Nicole consulted with numerous organizations to initiate accessibility strategies including DocuSign, National Student Clearinghouse, the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs, Department of Labor, and more. She holds a Bachelor’s in Spanish and Sociology and Anthropology from Colgate University and a Masters in Telecommunications from George Mason University. In her free time, Nicole pursues her passion for animal rescue, enjoys skiing, hiking Colorado’s 14,000 ft. mountain peaks, and traveling with her three children.
Read more about Nicoles’s talk here: “Integrate Accessibility Snapshot Testing into the Mobile Build Process”
Watch Nicole’s 2023 talk here: “Accessibility Beyond Compliance: Using Gamification as a Motivator“.
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