Press Releases

2023

• Benetech Secures Grant from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to further Inclusive AI Initiatives for Education Equity
• Timothy Elder Joins Benetech Board of Directors
• Pearson Education becomes a Benetech Global Certified Accessible™ (GCA) Publisher
• Lerner Publishing Group Partners with Benetech to Make Books Accessible to Children in the US with Reading Disabilities
• Goodheart-Willcox becomes a Benetech Global Certified Accessible™ (GCA) Publisher
• Rayanne Darensbourg Joins Benetech Board of Directors

2022

• Tamara Rorie Joins Benetech Board of Directors 
• Benetech Secures U.S. Department of Education Award to Enable Equitable Education
• Taylor & Francis Becomes a Global Certified Accessible Publisher
• Benetech Inclusive AI Initiatives Break down Barriers to STEM
• Benetech Unveils Bookshare Reader Suite for Smart Speaker, Web, and Mobile
• Yoko Nakao Joins Benetech Board of Directors

2021

• Benetech Names Ayan Kishore Chief Executive Officer
• Benetech Receives Support from Lavelle Fund for the Blind to Bridge Education to Employment Gap in India
• Hema Sundarraj and Dr. June Rumiko Klein Join Benetech Board of Directors
• Eight Industry Leaders join Benetech’s Advisory Council
• Dr. Katherine Schneider Joins Benetech Board of Directors

2020

• Benetech Unveils New Service Net Features to Empower Rapid Community Response to COVID-19 Health and Economic Crisis
• Benetech Appoints Tie Kim Chief Financial Officer
• Katie Dill Joins Benetech Board of Directors

2019

• Macmillan Learning Becomes the Industry’s First Company to Become Global Certified Accessible
• Benetech Appoints KP Naidu Vice President, Benetech Labs
• Theresa Fay-Bustillos Joins Benetech Board of Directors
• Benetech Delivers 15 Million Books to People with Reading Barriers
• Benetech Announces Major International Expansion to Help End the Global Book Famine

2018

• Benetech Secures Funding from Dignity Health, Fidelity Charitable Trustees’ Initiative, Cisco Foundation, and Stupski Foundation to Improve Access to Human Services
• Benetech Appoints Betsy Beaumon as New CEO
• Benetech Survey: Teachers of Students with Reading Barriers Feel Prepared for the School Year but are Less Confident about Student Preparedness
• Benetech Secures Funding from the Cisco Foundation and General Motors Corporate Giving to Scale Inclusive Digital Math
• Benetech Expands Bookshare’s International Reach in India
• Benetech Secures Funding from David and Lucile Packard Foundation to Strengthen the Bay Area’s Social Safety Net

2017

• Benetech Secures U.S. Department of Education Award to Enable All Students to Read 
• Benetech Secures Funding Led by Kaiser Permanente to Strengthen the Bay Area’s and Sacramento’s Social Safety Nets 
• Benetech Partners with California State Library to Bring Bookshare to Patrons who Read Differently
• Benetech and United Ways of California Partner to Strengthen California’s Social Safety Net
• Benetech Establishes Global Certified Accessible Program to Ensure Content Serves All Students Equally
• Benetech Empowers Social Services Agencies to Better Serve Constituents Through Shared Data Platforms

2016

• Kevin Lo and Jennifer McFarlane Join Benetech Board of Directors
• Benetech Appoints Keith Hiatt to Vice President of Human Rights Program
• Benetech Delivers 10 Million Accessible Ebooks
• Benetech Partners with Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services to Bring Bookshare to Patrons with Print Disabilities
• Pennsylvania Libraries Partner with Benetech to Expand Accessible Reading Opportunities for Patrons with Print Disabilities
• George Kerscher Joins Benetech as Senior Advisor for Global Literacy

More Press Releases

• Former Head of TiVo Engineering and Operations Will Lead Development and Deployment of Benetech’s Software-for-Good Tool
• Benetech Receives Google Impact Challenge Award to Expand Bookshare’s Global Reach
• Benetech Partners with New York Public Library to Bring Bookshare to Patrons with Print Disabilities
• Bookshare and Assistive Technologies Help Students with Disabilities Gain Authentic Work Experiences and Independent Living Skills
• Benetech Partners with New York Public Library to Bring Bookshare to Patrons with Print Disabilities
• MathML Cloud Convert Mathematical Expressions into Accessible Formats 
• Benetech Receives Google Impact Award Grant to Make Secure, Open Technology Advancing the Field of Human Rights