Peg Blechman
Compliance Specialist
Access Board

Peg Blechman joined the Access Board in September 1997, as a Compliance Specialist; she determines compliance with and enforces accessibility for Federal facilities under the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) of 1968. Specifically, she is responsible for investigating complaints filed against facilities of the U.S. Postal Service.

She also is a member of the Access Board’s Emergency Preparedness Staff Committee and is the contact person for questions concerning that plan. In addition, she is currently a member of the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) Workplace subcommittee. Further, she worked with the Federal Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) Interagency Subcommittee on Technology (IST) to plan and implement the ICDR IST conference on "Emergency Evacuation of People with Physical Disabilities from Buildings" in October 2004. Also, in July 2002, she participated in the development of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) training "Emergency Planning and Special Needs Populations."

Ms. Blechman is an attorney. She graduated from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America.