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Home / People / Jeffrey Ryan Pass

Jeffrey Ryan Pass

Headshot of Jeff Pass, a middle-aged, bald, bearded white male wearing glasses, a shirt, jacket and pocket square, with a squinting smile.

Current role: Program & Curation Co-chair
Past roles: poster presenter, speaker, volunteer, and workshop facilitator

LinkedIn profile
Twitter: @jeffpass

Jeff Pass made his first website in 1997 and has been involved in digital communications, design, usability, and IA ever since. For the past 23 years, he has been a federal contractor and has worked on dozens of digital government sites including COVIDtests.gov, USPS.gov, HealthCare.gov, CFTC.gov, and MyHealth.VA.gov. 

Jeff attended his first IA Summit in New Orleans in 2012 and most Summits thereafter. He was Diversity & Inclusion co-director for the inaugural IA Conference and has been an IAC organizer/volunteer ever since. He helped draft the original IA Summit code of conduct and to adapt and iteratively update it for the IAC. 

Jeff is very excited for the IAC to return to NOLA!

Beyond IAC, Jeff has helped organize other industry events including World IA Day DC, UXDC, DCUX, GoodGov UX, IA Summit, and UXPA DC. He has also helped organize and lead UX and IA communities of practice for his employers since 2007.

Jeff lives in Takoma Park, MD with his beloved family. He is an audiophile, cinephile, bibliophile, epicurean/mageirocophile, and LEGO maniac.

Conference presentations

  • [Re]Connect @ #IAC23 (2022)
  • IAC19 Diversity and Inclusion Roundtable (2019)
  • All Sorts Great and Small: Reflections on Card Sorts, Citizen Engagement, and Creating Better Federal Government Website IAs (2020)
  • The Value of IA – The 9th Academics & Practitioners Roundtable at the 2021 Information Architecture Conference (2021)
  • Values in Information Architecture: The 8th Academics & Practitioners Roundtable at the 2020 Information Architecture Conference (2020)
  • Opening Plenary (2023)
  • Closing Plenary (2023)
  • Day 2 Plenary (2023)
  • Day 3 Plenary (2023)

Conference posters

  • The Value of IA: Outputs of the 9th Academics & Practitioners Roundtable at the 2021 Information Architecture Conference (2021)
  • A Scenario Creation Tool for Ethical Design (Ethics & IA V2.0) (2019)
  • [Re]Connect at #IAC23 ()

Sponsor IAC

We’re looking for organizations who share our commitment to building and sustaining programs that drive a more inclusive industry. Learn more on the Sponsor IAC23 page or contact us directly at info@theiaconference.com for more information.

Thanks to this year’s sponsors!

Logo for sponsor Optimal Workshop
Platinum sponsor
Optimal Workshop
Logo for sponsor Factor Firm
Gold sponsor
Factor Firm
Logo for sponsor Last Call Media
Silver sponsor
Last Call Media
Logo for sponsor Design for Context
Scholarship sponsor
Design for Context

Logo for sponsor A Book Apart
In-Kind sponsor
A Book Apart
Logo for sponsor Balsamiq
In-Kind sponsor
Balsamiq
Logo for sponsor MURAL
In-Kind sponsor
MURAL
Logo for sponsor Rosenfeld Media
In-Kind sponsor
Rosenfeld Media
Logo for sponsor UX Camp DC
Community sponsor
UX Camp DC
Logo for sponsor World IA Day
Community sponsor
World IA Day

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