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We develop and administer a national, valid, credible, and vendor-neutral certification program for healthcare interpreters in the U.S.
CCHI is a national nonprofit organization founded in July 2009, operated as a 501(c)(6) corporation.
Our purpose is to develop and administer a comprehensive national interpreter certification program in order to assess medical interpreters’ competence and to help ensure quality of interpreting in any healthcare setting and in any modality of interpreting. CCHI brings together medical interpreters, representatives from national and regional non-profit interpreting associations, language companies, community-based organizations, educational institutions, healthcare providers, and advocates for individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP).
CCHI programs include the Core Certification Healthcare Interpreter™ (CoreCHI™), CoreCHI-Performance™ (CoreCHI-P™), and Certified Healthcare Interpreter™ (CHI™) certifications for interpreters, and CEAP (Continuing Education Accreditation Program) for educators/trainers.
CCHI is the first and only organization certifying healthcare interpreters in the U.S. to receive NCCA accreditation for its certification programs.
CCHI is governed by elected volunteer Commissioners, many of whom are practicing medical interpreters and CCHI certificants. The Commissioners employ staff to manage operations and rate exams. CCHI contracts with a testing company and various testing sites across the U.S. to administer CCHI exams.
Our Commissioners
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Vonessa P. Costa, CoreCHI-Performance™
Sr. Director, Quality & Member Engagement,
Paras and Associates/Health Care Interpreter Network (FL); CCHI Chair
Term: Oct 2023 - Oct 2026Vonessa Costa is Sr. Director of Quality & Member Engagement at Paras and Associates/Health Care Interpreter Network since June 2021. Prior to this position, Vonessa directed language access initiatives at Cambridge Health Alliance and was director of the Cross Cultural Communication Institute at CCCS, Inc., where she specialized in interpreter education and provider training in intercultural communication. Vonessa is a CoreCHI™ practitioner credentialed by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters. She was secretary of the Forum on the Coordination of Interpreter Services (FOCIS) and a member of the America’s Essential Hospitals Education Committee. Vonessa is a graduate of the America’s Essential Hospitals Fellows Program, and a 2019 MassAHEC Tony Windsor Award recipient for advocacy in language access and the professionalization of healthcare interpreters.
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Amanda M. David MA, BEI:III, Medical, & Master; RID CI/CT; CoreCHI-P
Sign Language Designated Medical Interpreter,
University of Texas Austin, Dell Medical School (TX)
Term: Oct 2024 - Oct 2027Amanda M. David has been a practicing sign language interpreter since 2000. She holds an undergraduate degree from McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA) in Biology with a minor in Chemistry, a Certificate of Interpreter Apprenticeship from Collin County College (Plano, TX), and a Master’s in Interpreting Studies and Communication Equity from St. Catherine University (St. Paul, MN).
Amanda specializes in interpreting for Deaf and hard of hearing medical professionals in their training programs, and interpreting with Deaf/hoh professionals in conference environments. In 2020, she joined the staff at Dell Med School at UT Austin as a Designated Medical Interpreter.
Originally from southwest Louisiana, Amanda has lived in Texas and Florida. She currently splits her time between Austin, TX, and her hometown in South Louisiana.
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Danilo Formolo, M.B.A., CDM, CHI-Spanish
Assistant Vice President of Language Access, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Atrium Health (Charlotte, NC)
Term: Oct 2024 - Oct 2027Danilo Formolo is the Assistant Vice President of Language Access, part of the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Atrium Health. Danilo is entrusted with leading and transforming one of the largest and most robust healthcare language access programs in the country. The nationally recognized program features over 110 interpreters that primarily serve the Charlotte, NC region, where Atrium Health is headquartered. In addition to operational leadership, strategic initiatives include building a large, scalable infrastructure through the use of technology to increase access, optimize efficiencies, and contain costs on a system level. Danilo earned two Bachelor’s Degrees from UNC Charlotte, plus an MBA. Danilo is well known in the industry and has delivered conference presentations around the country on numerous occasions. Danilo is also responsible for organizing the 2nd largest medical interpreter conference in the U.S., drawing 400 interpreters from the Carolinas and beyond. He also co-leads the Carolinas Association of Medical Interpreter Leaders (CAMIL), a consortium of healthcare language access leaders dedicated towards advancing the profession. Danilo has also served on various boards and committees within Atrium Health and the local community, including the Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte.
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William Giller, M.A., CHI™-Spanish
Manager of Interpreter Services
UC San Diego Health (CA)
Term: Oct 2024 - Oct 2027I grew up in a bilingual household and was exposed equally to English and Spanish during my formative years. I was educated in both languages and have lived, studied, and worked in both the United States and Spain. I hold a master’s degree in Translation and Interpretation from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in English, French, and Spanish. I have been working for Stanford Medicine Children’s Health as a Lead Interpreter and Translator for 5 years. As an interpreter at a pediatric teaching hospital, I have encountered every specialty under the sun and the energy and variety in my day-to-day work has solidified my passion for this field in the profession. Additionally, I sit on the Board of Directors of the Northern California Translators Association as the Digital Content Director.
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Shawn M. Norris, Ed K-12, NIC, CoreCHI-P
President of Hello Interpreters (Saint Augustine, FL)
Term: Oct 2023 - Oct 2026Shawn M. Norris, Ed K-12, NIC, CoreCHI-P, is an accomplished professional with over fifteen years of success in business operations, interpretation, and training. Currently, President of Hello Interpreters, Shawn has worked as the Coordinator of Interpreting Services, the Coordinator for the ADA, and Section 1557 at Flagler Health+ in St. Augustine, Florida. Being raised by Deaf parents, he developed fluency in Sign Language, and his certifications from RID and CCHI further validate his interpreting skills. Shawn has a rich history of leadership, training, and innovation, with experiences ranging from coordinating interpreting services to public speaking on language access in healthcare. His love for the Deaf community extends into his volunteer work, including serving as President of the Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
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Johanna Parker, M.A., FCCI, CHI™-Spanish
Lead Interpreter for Education and Training, Stanford Health Care (San Francisco, CA); CCHI Vice Chair
Term: Oct 2024 - Oct 2027Johanna Parker holds an M.A. in Translation and Interpretation (Spanish <>English) from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) and is a federally certified court interpreter and CCHI Certified Healthcare Interpreter™-Spanish. She is Lead Interpreter for Education and Training at Stanford Health Care, a freelance conference interpreter, and a contract seminar and conference interpreter. Johanna trains interpreters around the country and is an adjunct professor at MIIS, where she teaches medical interpreting. She also educates providers on the importance of interpreter services and language access as a matter of health equity. She was awarded the California Healthcare Interpreting Association’s Trainer of the Year award in 2015.
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Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine (MA)
Term: Oct 2024 - Oct 2027As a primary care clinician and an internationally recognized expert in the field of health literacy, I have dedicated my career to improving the care of vulnerable populations. I am currently an investigator with ten clinical studies that examine health literacy and doctor-patient communication, various modes of patient education, and empowerment. I have been the lead designer of 12 patient-oriented interactive behavioral informatics programs and have helped create and evaluate a range of patient empowerment and decision support tools. With over 300 peer-reviewed papers, my work has brought attention to the role that health literacy plays in racial and ethnic disparities, improving self-care for patients with chronic diseases, and improving advanced care planning, as well as to the fact that appropriately designed information technologies can be empowering for patients with low health literacy. I have also been active as an investigator and advocate for improving cross-cultural communication and the role of medical interpreters.
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Marisa Rueda Will, CHI™-Spanish
Spanish interpreter at Mayo Clinic (MN)
Founder of Tica Interpreter Training and Translations, LLC
Term: Oct 2024 - Oct 2027Marisa Rueda Will has been a medical interpreter at a Mayo Clinic for over 18 years. She earned a degree in Spanish from Luther College in 2006. She became a Certified Healthcare Interpreter-Spanish in 2012 and a Licensed Interpreter Trainer through Cross Cultural Communications in 2017. In 2020, she became a Simulation Center Instructor. She joined the NCIHC Webinars Work Group in 2022. That same year, she was promoted to a Level III Medical Interpreter at Mayo Clinic. Marisa has presented for the CHIA and ATA conferences, CCHI Summit, Atrium Health Symposium, and NCIHC Home for Trainers Webinar Series. She was accepted to the Masters of Interpreting Studies program through Western Oregon University and will start in fall 2024. In addition to being a full-time staff interpreter and student, she owns an interpreter training and translation business. Marisa specializes in education through storytelling. Her company, Tica Interpreter Training and Translations provides interpreter training based on real patient experiences.
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Yasha Saebi, M.S., CoreCHI-P
Medical & Legal Interpreter, Linguist, NS Analyst (Ashburn, VA)
Term: Oct 2023 - Oct 2026Yasha Saebi is a translator and interpreter with more than 20 years of experience. She has a BA in translation from Tehran University, a BS in biology/genetics and an MS in forensic science/DNA from George Mason University, and a master’s certificate in national security policy studies from Georgetown University. She is a member of the International Medical Interpreters Association’s Medical Terminology Committee and the International Association for Identification.
Yasha has worked as a Farsi linguist evaluating proficiency tests and recruiting interviews. She has also worked as an on-site interpreter for Georgetown University Hospital and other hospitals in the Washington, DC area. She has been working as an over-the-phone interpreter for a decade, assisting medical providers, state courts, and government agencies. She has experience in medical, legal, and government document translation. She is the ATA Medical Division Administrator, the ATA Science & Technology Division and the ATA Government Division Nominating Committee member and chair. She has been an active member of the Boren Forum (national security alumni students) assisting the Custom and Border Control Agency CBP with linguistic services and helped them with the latest refugees’ crisis.
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Fabio de Oliveira Torres, MACCM, CoreCHI
Director of Education & Recruitment,
Translation & Interpretation Network (TX)
Term: Oct 2022 - Oct 2025Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Fabio Torres has been an interpreter since 1989. His passion for this profession started in Rio when he was interpreting for Americans and other English-speaking medical professionals at medical clinics in the slums of Rio. After moving to the US to pursue an undergraduate and graduate education in 1996, Fabio started working at Catholic Charities Fort Worth in the language services program – Translation & Interpretation Network (TIN) and continued to work for TIN as a social enterprise for 20+ years.
During his tenure, his passion for language, culture, and interpreter education increased as he worked through the local parishes to create and implement healthcare programs and deliver health services in rural and urban communities in North Texas. Fabio holds a Master of Arts degree in Church and Community Ministries from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth (TX), and a BA in Religion, with a minor in Psychology from North Greenville University (SC).
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Mara Youdelman, J.D., LL.M.
Managing Director for Federal Advocacy, National Health Law Program (NHeLP) (Washington, DC)
Term: Oct 2023 - Oct 2026Mara Youdelman is Managing Attorney of the National Health Law Program’s Washington DC Office. She has worked at NHeLP since August 2000 on issues including Medicaid, language access, racial and ethnic disparities, and data collection. She also is a Commissioner of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters. Her leadership with CCHI has rapidly elevated a national, valid, credible, and vendor-neutral certification program for healthcare interpreters.
Mara works on a range of administrative and legislative policy issues and conducts trainings nationwide on language access and collection of racial, ethnic and primary language data. Mara also directed the National Language Access Advocacy Project, funded by the California Endowment to increase awareness of language access issues at the federal level. In this role, Mara coordinated a national coalition of stakeholders to develop a consensus-driven agenda to improve policies and funding for quality health care for individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP).
Mara is co-author of a number of reports on language access. These include NHeLP’s Ensuring Linguistic Access in Health Care Settings: Legal Rights and Responsibilities and Language Services Resource Guide for Health Care Providers. She also co-authored a series of “promising practices reports” for providing language services for The Commonwealth Fund. Mara is recognized as a national expert on language access, particularly regarding paying for language services in Medicaid and legal issues. Mara has participated on advisory panels for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; the National Committee for Quality Assurance; the American Medical Association’s Ethical Force Program; the National Quality Forum; and The Joint Commission. She most recently served as a consultant to The Joint Commission as they developed new accreditation standards for hospitals on language access and cultural competency and co-authored The Joint Commission’s Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals.
Mara earned her LL.M. in Advocacy from Georgetown University Law Center in 2000, her J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1996, and her B.A. from Tufts University in 1991.
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Alegna Zavatti, CHI-Spanish
Director Interpreter Services, Boston Medical Center (MA)
Term: Oct 2022 - Oct 2025Alegna has been the Director of Interpreter Services at Boston Medical Center since 2019, one of the oldest interpreter services departments in MA. In her role as director, she manages and oversees more than 50 employees and ensures language access to 25% of our patient population via in-person, phone and video interpretation. Alegna holds a Bachelor’s degree in Translation and Conference Interpretation from Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 2011, she moved to Boston and completed Boston University’s Medical, Legal and Community Interpreting Certificate Program. After completing this training, she worked with different regional agencies and the Office of Court Interpreter Services of Massachusetts. In 2013, Alegna became a Spanish Certified Healthcare Interpreter with CCHI. She has been a board member of the Forum on the Coordination of Interpreter Services (FOCIS) since 2021. This is a nation-wide organization that aims at creating best practices for hospital-based interpreter services departments and enhance language access.
CCHI’s Annual Reports & Policies
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CCHI Staff
Natalya Mytareva, M.A., CoreCHI™, ICE-CCP, CCHI Executive Director
Natalya Mytareva, a Russian interpreter/translator, CCHI’s Executive Director and one of the founding Commissioners, started her career as instructor of various Russian/English interpretation and translation courses at Volgograd State University (Russia) in 1991. From 2000 to 2013, she was Communications Director at the International Institute of Akron, a non-profit refugee resettlement agency in Ohio. She is the author and instructor of various courses for interpreters of languages of lesser diffusion. Natalya has delivered a variety of presentations for healthcare and social service providers on cultural competence, working with interpreters, and serving newly resettled refugee populations. She holds a combined BA/MA degree from Volgograd State University (Russia) in Philology and Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Eddie Alnadi, Customer Management Services Specialist (CMSspecialist@cchicertification.org)
Eddie Alnadi has been involved with CCHI’s certification program in various capacities since 2012. He has worked as a linguist for over 20 years in multiple countries and settings. He has been living in the USA since 1988. Fluent in English and Arabic (several dialects).
Yamileth Becker, Registrar (apply@cchicertification.org)
Yami Becker has started her career as an allied healthcare specialist, then earned her MD degree in the Dominican Republic. She was a Spanish medical interpreter and translator in North Carolina and Texas as well as a remote interpreter in 2004-13. She has been involved with CCHI’s certification program in various capacities since 2011.
Agatha A. Lopez, CHI-Spanish, Administrative Specialist (admin@cchicertification.org)
With almost a decade of administrative experience as well as a background in interpretation, Agatha is the newest addition to the CCHI Team. Agatha moved to the United States at the age of eleven from Mexico, and since then discovered a thirst for languages and cultures that lead her to earn a BA in International Studies, French and Italian from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. She is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Italian.
Jorge U. Ungo, Language Access Advocate
For over two decades, Jorge U. Ungo supported healthcare organizations in their efforts to deliver compassionate, culturally competent, patient-centered care to their diverse patient population. During this time he served as a board member on the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC), President of the Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators (TAHIT) and a CCHI Commissioner. In 2015, Jorge was recognized by the Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators as the Texas Star in Language Access and in 2019, he was recognized by the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care as a Language Access Champion. Born in El Salvador and raised in a bilingual, bicultural home in Texas, Jorge is passionate about uplifting marginalized communities and being a vocal ally for the underserved.
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Advisory Panels of CCHI
Policy & Industry Stakeholder Advisory Panel*
Ignatius Bau, Health Policy Consultant (CA)
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, M.A., CHI™-Spanish, Director of Interpreter Services & Community Partnerships, University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics (WI)
Kathleen K. Diamond, M.A., Association of Language Companies (VA)
Carlos Javier González, B.A., Director of Language Initiatives, Center for Immigrant Health, NYU School of Medicine (NY)
Maria Michalczyk, M.A., RN, Oregon Health Care Interpreters Association (OR)
Idolly F. Oliva, MBA, Director, Language Services at M Health Fairview (MN)
Erin Rosales, B.A., CPLP, CHI ™ -Spanish, Director of Interpreter Development for Connecting Cultures, Inc. (WI)Certification Program Expert Advisory Panel*
M.B. Bekker, CoreCHI-P™, Assistant Manager of Medical Interpretation and Translation Services at Stanford Health Care (CA)
Lois M. Feuerle, Ph.D., JD, Oregon Society of Translators & Interpreters (OR)
Alejandro Maldonado, M.A., CHI™-Spanish, Spanish Interpreter; Limited English Proficiency Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Human Services (MN)
Virginia Pérez-Santallá, C.T., Spanish Translator and Interpreter; Officer of the Board of Directors, American Translators Association (NY)
Karin Ruschke, M.A., CoreCHI™, President, International Language Services, Inc. (IL)
Laurie Swabey, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Collaboration for the Advancement of Teaching Interpreter Excellence (CATIE) (MN)* The participation by supporters and advisors does not constitute ultimate endorsement of CCHI’s certification program.
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CCHI Delegates
Georgia – Berthine Crèvecoeur West, CoreCHI™, CEO, Westbridge Solutions, LLC (Georgia)
Tennessee – Ping C. Cross, CHI™-Mandarin, Mandarin interpreter and translator
Texas – Sandra L. Dejeux, CHI™-Spanish, SD Translations -
CCHI Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
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Job Task Analysis Study SME Panels:
2022
Sura Al Khalidi, CHI™-Arabic (CA)
Paula Coulter, CHI™-Spanish (AZ)
Kristin Grace, CoreCHI™ (ASL, IL)
Pla Htoo, CoreCHI™ (Karen, Burmese, MN)
Jane Kontrimas, CoreCHI™ (Russian, MA)
Rebecca Kranz, CHI™-Spanish (Spanish, ASL, MA)
Lynn La, CoreCHI™ (Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, CA)
Nanyi Mateo, CHI™-Spanish (DR)
Hala Mukhtar, CHI™-Arabic (BC)
Annalisa Nash Fernandez, CHI™-Spanish (Portuguese, Spanish, CT)
E. Adriana Perez, CHI™-Spanish (TX)
Isabel Pinto Franco, CoreCHI™ (Portuguese, MA)
Alicia Quim, CHI™-Spanish (TX)
Laura Rodriguez, CHI™-Spanish (TX)
Patricia Rozzo-Leadley, CHI™-Spanish (NY)
I. Lissett Samaniego (Spanish, CA)
Gilberto Sanchez, CHI™-Spanish (IL)
Hilda Sanchez-Herrera, CHI™-Spanish (SD)
Narayan Sharma, CoreCHI™ (Nepali, OH)
Kun (Jasmine) Shi, CHI™-Mandarin (MI)
Emily Sielen, CHI™-Spanish (WA)
Norio Takaki, CoreCHI™ (MA)
Catherine Wilson, CHI™-Spanish (NC)2016
Arjun Bhattarai, CoreCHI™, Nepali, Language Access Network, OH
Berthine Crèvecoeur West, CoreCHI™, Haitian Creole, West Linguistic Training Group, LLC, GA
Jacqueline (Jackie) Emmart, MS, NIC-A, ASL, High Five Health, MA
Elisa Gustafson, CHI™-Spanish, Hennepin County Medical Center, MN
Yeou-lin Ho, Mandarin, freelancer, WA
Xiaoxiao Huang, CHI™-Mandarin, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Jane Kontrimas, M.A., Core CHI™, Russian, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA
Gerardo Lazaro, CHI™-Spanish, The National Institute for Coordinated Healthcare, PA
Laura Neri, CHI™-Spanish, freelancer, CA
Teresa O. Peña, CHI™-Spanish, Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care (AETNA), AZ
Karin Ruschke, M.A., CoreCHI™, German, International Language Services, IL
Mateo Rutherford, M.A., CHI™-Spanish, UCSF Medical Center, CA
Adriana Rybaski, CHI™-Spanish, Spectrum Health, MI
Frances (Sissy) Woodard, CHI™-Spanish, Johns Hopkins Hospital, MD
Amani Zaki, CHI™-Arabic, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, CA2010
Weli Awale, Jewish Vocational Services, Kansas City, MO
Sonia Bowe-Gutman, Health Partners/Regions, Minneapolis, MN
Ajdin Camaga, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI
Jeanne Farrow, University of Wisconsin Medical Center, Seattle, WA
María Elena Gaitán, Office of Diversity & Cultural Competency, Los Angeles County, CA
Jeanette Higgins, JMH International LLC, Columbia, MD
Maria Lara, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, NC
Lien Huynh, International Language Services, Chicago, IL
Jasbeer Ratty, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Di Wu, Midwest Association of Translators and Interpreters, Kokomo, INSubject Matter Experts (SMEs):
Abdul Sattar, Sawsan, CHI-Arabic, OH
Abu Alnasser, Mona, CHI-Arabic, CA
Adhikari, Ganga, CoreCHI, Nepali, PA
Aden, Mohamud, CoreCHI-Somali, MN
Agostini, Elena, CHI-Spanish, TX
Aguillon, Myra, CHI-Spanish, TX
Albarghouthi, Yasmeen, CHI-Arabic, OR
Al Khalidi, Sura, CHI-Arabic, CA
Al Khatib, Ahmad, CHI-Arabic, OH
Al Mudaris, Mutaz, CHI-Arabic, PA
Al-Nadi, Abedullah H., CHI-Arabic, OH
Alsamman, Marwa, CHI-Arabic, MN
Alvarado, Lynette, CHI-Spanish, NY
Amaya, Raul, CHI-Spanish, MN
Anwar, Mohamed, CHI-Arabic, TX
Arce, Nick, CHI-Spanish, CA
Aristizabal-Burton, Gloria, CHI-Spanish, CA
Arminana, Patricia, CHI-Spanish, NC
Avery, Maria Paz, Spanish, MA
Aziz, Simone Y, CHI-Arabic, MI
Badger, Katrina, Spanish, LA
Bailey, Chaibia, Arabic, OH
Baker, Maria, CHI-Spanish, AL
Balistreri, Rosanna, Italian, Spanish, CA
Balestrieri, Cara, CoreCHI, ASL, NM
Bambaren-Call, Ana Maria, Spanish, AZ
Becker, Yami, Spanish, TX
Benavides, Elsa, CHI-Spanish, MA
Benbassat, Amanda, CHI-Spanish, NC
Bidar-Sielaff, Shiva, CHI-Spanish, WI
Bishop, Vanessa, CoreCHI-P, ASL, OR
Bledea, Mihai, CoreCHI, Romanian, IL
Bobea, Arturo, CHI-Spanish, PA
Bola-Ferriero, Maria, CoreCHI, Romanian, Moldovan, NH
Bowe-Gutman, Sonia, Spanish, MN
Boyd, Miranda, CHI-Spanish, WI
Britton, Mary, Spanish, OR
Brumar, Gabriela, Romanian, IL
Burke, Nayshunda, CoreCHI, ASL, GA
Burnett, Helga, CHI-Spanish, FL
Calcara, Velia, CHI-Spanish, MO
Camaga, Adjin, Bosnian, MI
Campos Leon, Sandra, CHI-Spanish, IN
Casal, Theresita, Spanish, AZ
Cedeño Dávila, Roselyn, CHI-Spanish, TX
Cervantes, Francis, CHI-Spanish, IL
Chang, Chi-Wei, CHI-Mandarin, MI
Chavez Moreno, Carla, MD
Chen, Anxin, CHI-Mandarin, CA
Chen, Kai, CHI-Mandarin, CA
Chen, Yizhen (Jane), CHI-Mandarin, TX
Chiu, Anna, Mandarin, NY
Comeau, Laureta, CoreCHI, Albanian, MA
Coulter, Paula, CHI-Spanish, AZ
Couture, Suzanne, CHI-Spanish, WI
Crank, Nadia, CHI-Arabic, TN
Crespo, Jorge, CHI-Spanish, OH
Cross, Ping C., CHI-Mandarin, OH
Cruz Martinez, Fabian, CHI-Spanish, AZ
Cruze, Jose, CHI-Spanish, TN
Curtis, Natasha, CHI-Spanish, OH
Daren, Bobbi, CHI-Spanish, KS
Davis, Shuling (Carol), CHI-Mandarin, CA
De la Cruz, Madeline, CHI-Spanish, IL
De La Torre, Margarita, Spanish, CA
Dejeux, Sandra, CHI-Spanish, TX
Dhungana, Bhim, CoreCHI, Nepali, OH
Diaz, Jamie, CHI-Spanish, IL
Diaz-Castillo, Sandra, Spanish, CO
DiSepio, Sofi, CHI-Spanish, PA
Donley, Maria, CHI-Spanish, IL
Droubi, Eva, Arabic, TX
Edwards, Patricia, CHI-Spanish, DC
Elias Vargas, Amanda, CHI-Spanish, SC
Elsanabary, Haydy, CHI-Arabic, NY
Elshafei, Fawzi A., CHI-Arabic, CA
Eltalhi, Targ, CHI-Arabic, MN
Essary, Elizabeth, CHI-Spanish, TX
Estrada, Sandra, CHI-Spanish, RI
Faucette, Karen, CHI-Spanish, WI
Feuerle, Lois, OR
Foster, Grant, CHI-Spanish, IL
Frohn, Elizabeth, CoreCHI, Hmong, MN
Fu, Zheng, CHI-Mandarin, CA
Fuentes, Margaret, CHI-Spanish, CO
Gabbitas, Jeffrey, AZ
Gaitan, Maria Elena, Spanish, CA
Garcia, Guadalupe, CHI-Spanish, IL
Gearing, Xiaosheng, CHI-Mandarin, DE
Giller, William, CHI-Spanish, CA
Goldschmidt-Broadus, Susy, CHI-Spanish, MN
Gonzalez, Javier, Spanish, NY
Grace, Kristin, CoreCHI, ASL, IL
Green, Carola, Spanish, VA
Guevara, Fabiola, CHI-Spanish, NV
Guia, Alessandro, Spanish, IL
Gustafson, Elisa, CHI-Spanish, MN
Hable, Dana M, CHI-Arabic, TN
Hasbun, Armando, Spanish, PA
Hasian, Amani, CHI-Arabic, KS
Hernandez, Erika, CHI-Spanish, NC
Hester, Will, CHI-Spanish, TN
Higgins, Jeanette, Spanish, MD
Hinds, Jacqueline, CHI-Spanish, OR
Horback, Larisa, CoreCHI, Ukrainian, Russian, GA
Huang, Hsuehmei (Valerie), CHI-Mandarin, OH
Huang, Mei, CHI-Mandarin, VA
Huang, Xiaoxiao, CHI-Mandarin, NY
Huang, Yinghong, CHI-Mandarin, CA
Hubbard, Jason, CHI-Spanish, AZ
Huynh, Lien, CoreCHI, Vietnamese, IL
Hwang, Yeonha Teresa, Korean, CA
Iñiguez, Daniela, CHI-Spanish, MI
Isbister, Dong, CHI-Mandarin, WI
Jacobus, Susana, CHI-Spanish, FL
Jaquez, Carol, CHI-Spanish, NJ
Jiang, Shaobo, CHI-Mandarin, CA
Johnson, Tonya, Spanish, CO
Jubran, Samira, CHI-Arabic, TN
Karapetian, Tamara, CoreCHI, Russian, Armenian, NY
Karataeva, Victoria, Russian, CA
Killey, Young Nyo, CoreCHI, Korean, WA
Kodirov, Rob, Russian, OR
Kranz, Rebecca, CHI-Spanish, MA
Kristie, Dan, PA
Kuhlemann, Alma, CHI-Spanish, KY
Kulig, Virginia, CHI-Spanish, CT
Kydiuk, Yana, CoreCHI, Ukrainian, WA
Lam, Hien, CoreCHI, Vietnamese, CA
Landi, Sonia, CoreCHI, Italian, OR
Lee, Carolina, CoreCHI, Vietnamese, MA
Lee-Ferrand, Evan, CHI-Spanish, VA
Leshchuk Moss, Dariia, CoreCHI, Ukrainian, AZ
Li, Lisha, Mandarin, TX
Liang, Xueshizi (Stehanie), CHI-Mandarin, MA
Liles, Pauline, Spanish, NC
Liu, Hsiao-tung, CHI-Mandarin, MI
Liu, Ka Ling (Carnation), CoreCHI, Cantonese, CA
Loo, Margaret, CHI-Mandarin, CMI-Cantonese, CA
Lopez, Erin, CHI-Spanish, MN
Lopez, Marisol, CHI-Spanish, WI
Lui, Sharon Xiao Rong, CHI-Mandarin, NY
Madel, Monica, CHI-Spanish, VA
Maldonado, Alejandro, CHI-Spanish, MN
Maloney, Sandy, CHI-Spanish, TX
Manske, Jing, CHI-Mandarin, OR
Mansour, Lyana, CHI-Arabic, OH
Mayorga-Beck, Martha, CHI-Spanish, FL
Megala, Noura, Arabic, OH
Meger, Henry, CHI-Spanish, NY
Mejia, Miriam-Raquel, CHI-Spanish, IN
Melendez, Iliana, Spanish, MA
Mendez Gonzalez, Rosanna, CHI-Spanish, CA
Mendoza, Marco, CHI-Spanish, AZ
Merisme, Myrlande, Haitian Creole, NY
Miller, Jane Chang, CHI-Mandarin, GA
Miller, Sulien, CHI-Mandarin, CA
Montanez, Isabel, CHI-Spanish, WI
Montero, Sara, Spanish, SC
Morfin, Karla, CHI-Spanish, CA
Moustakas, Alexia, CHI-Spanish, CA
Mukhtar, Hala, CHI-Arabic, BC Canada
Mulgrew, Eliane, CoreCHI, Portuguese, CA
Muange, Robert Ndaye, CoreCHI, French, IL
Munafo, Fabiola, CHI-Spanish, OH
Navarro, Rosamaria, CHI-Spanish, CA
Neri, Laura, CHI-Spanish, CA
Ng, Ray, CHI-Mandarin, NY
Niu, Yunshan, CHI-Mandarin, NY
Nolin, Maura, CoreCHI, ASL, ME
Omar, Atef, CHI-Arabic, TN
Onofre, Laura, CHI-Spanish, CA
Orlandi, Pilar, CHI-Spanish, NY
Parker, Johanna, CHI-Spanish, CA
Pastor Gradolí, Carmen, CHI-Spanish, CO
Peña Ramos, Lorena, CHI-Spanish, TX
Peralta, Lauren, CHI-Spanish, TX
Perez, Elba Adriana, CHI-Spanish, TX
Pérez-Santallá, Virginia, Spanish, NY
Pinto Franco, Isabel, CoreCHI, Portuguese, MA
Pollack-Johnson, Linda, CoreCHI, Italian, PA
Prias, Myriam, CHI-Spanish, CO
Radhi, Rabah, Arabic, CA
Ramicone, Ruby, CHI-Spanish, CA
Ramsey, Lilian, Spanish, IN
Rankin, Ronda, CoreCHI, ASL, NE
Rasheed, Laith A., Arabic, MO
Ratay, Karen, CHI-Spanish, WI
Ratty, Jasbeer K. , Punjabi, Hindi, Malaysian, WA
Rivera, Maria, CHI-Spanish, CO
Rivera-Ayers, Maria, CHI-Spanish, MI
Roat, Cindy, Spanish, WA
Roberts, Sarah, CHI-Spanish, CA
Rodriguez, Laura, CHI-Spanish, TX
Rodriquez, Rosemary, CHI-Spanish, VA
Rosario Castro, Cristina, CHI-Spanish, PR
Rošić, Edin, CoreCHI, Croatian, CA
Rowan, Joyce, CHI-Spanish, PA
Ruschke, Karin, CoreCHI, German, IL
Rutherford, Mateo, CHI-Spanish, CA
Saebi, Yasha (Aryana), CoreCHI, Farsi, VA
Sai, Victoria (Juan), CHI-Mandarin, CA
Salazar, Melissa, CHI-Spanish, NM
Salih, Roshna, CoreCHI, Kurdish, UK
Samaniego, I. Lissett, Spanish, CA
Sanchez-Herrera, Hilda, CHI-Spanish, SD
Schimit, Blanca, CHI-Spanish, UT
Schneider, Aida, CHI-Arabic, OH
Schutzman, E. Zoe, CHI-Spanish, NM
Segawa, Megumi, CoreCHI, Japanese, MI
Segovia, David, CHI-Spanish, WA
Sha, Glen, CHI-Mandarin, CA
Shepard-Kegl, Judy, CoreCHI, RID, ASL, ME
Shi, Kun (Jasmine), CHI-Mandarin, MI
Shihab, Malak, CHI-Arabic, OH
Sias, Rocio, CHI-Spanish, MI
Sielen, Emily, CHI-Spanish, WA
Siddiqi, Zakia, CoreCHI, Pashto, Dari, WA
Siques, Ximena, CHI-Spanish, OH
Sorensen, Tatyana, CoreCHI, Russian, UT
Spacek, Paul, CHI-Spanish, KS
Steiert, Afaf, Arabic, NY
Stockler-Rex, Sarah, CHI-Spanish, OH
Stringer, Caren, RID certification, ASL, CA
Succar, Salma, CHI-Arabic, MA
Sullivan, Benjamin, CHI-Spanish, UT
Sultanic, Indira, CHI-Spanish, CA
Sun, Qing Xiu (Linda), CHI-Mandarin, OR
Sung, Woosik, CoreCHI, Korean, SC
Suñiga, Sharifa, Spanish, WY
Supikhodjaeva, Feruza, CoreCHI, Russian, Uzbek, IL
Tahary, Thea, CoreCHI, Georgian, NY
Takaki, Norio, CoreCHI, MA
Tan, Jianhua (Jessica), CHI-Mandarin, SC
Tang, Manyee, CHI-Mandarin, MA
Tapia, Sandra, CHI-Spanish, TX
Thomasini, Monica, CoreCHI, Portuguese, CA
Tong Delore, Jane (Yuk Shan), Mandarin, CA
Toozlo, Shaymaa, CHI-Arabic, IL
Torres, Fabio, CoreCHI, Portuguese, TX
Torres-Kortright, Omar, CHI-Spanish, WI
Tryon, Adriana, CHI-Spanish, SC
Tsang, Icarus, Cantonese, CA
Utschig, Kimberly, CHI-Spanish, WI
Vallejo, Gloria, CHI-Spanish, CO
Vasiliev, Alexander, CoreCHI-P, Russian, CA
Vazquez, Eder, CHI-Spanish, CA
Velasquez, Paola, Spanish, IL
Villa, Ana Maria, Spanish, AZ
Viña-Moreno, Lizmary, Spanish, NC
Vivenzio De Mino, Aniella, CHI-Spanish, NC
Vo, Nguyen (Josh), Vietnamese, OR
Warshay, Alisa, CHI-Spanish, OH
Wang, Chunwen, Mandarin, MA
Weisburger, Elizabeth, CHI-Spanish, MD
Wietzel, Grant, CHI-Spanish, AZ
Wilson, Gabriela, Spanish, MI
Yang, Chia-Rhu, CHI-Mandarin, CA
Zachor, Joan B., CHI-Spanish, MA
Zamarron, Rio, MO
Zhu, Andrea, CHI-Mandarin, MA
Zhu, Zhongwen (Larry), CHI-Mandarin, ON Canada -
Commissioners Emeriti
Catherine Anderson, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2012
M.B. Bekker, CoreCHI-P™, CCHI Commissioner 2015-2021, Chair 2016-20
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, M.A., CHI™-Spanish, CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015
Wayne M. Boatwright, M.H.A., CCHI Commissioner 2012-2015
Frederick Bw’Ombongi, M.H.A., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015
Alex Carney, CCHI Commissioner 2022-2023
Scott Crystal, CCHI Commissioner 2015-2017
Kathleen K. Diamond, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015
Jaime Fatás-Cabeza, USCCI, CCHI Commissioner 2019-2022
Gabriela Flores, M.S.M., CCHI Commissioner 2012-2018
Linda Golley, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2015-2019
Dylanna Grasinger, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2017-2023
Andrea R. Henry, CHI™-Spanish, CCHI Commissioner 2021-2024
H. Valerie Huang, M.A., CHI™-Mandarin, CCHI Commissioner 2018-2024, Secretary 2019-21, Treasurer 2021-24
Frederick D. Hobby, MA, CDM, CCHI Commissioner 2009-2012
Catherine Ingold, Ph.D., CCHI Commissioner 2012-2013
Mina Kini, MSW, MS, CCHI Commissioner 2015-2021, Treasurer 2020-21
Jonathan Levy, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015
Eliana Lobo, MA, CoreCHI-P™, CCHI Commissioner 2015-2021
Alejandro Maldonado, M.A., CHI™-Spanish, CCHI Commissioner 2009-2016, Chair 2013-16
Francisco J. Martinez, M.A., CHI™-Spanish, CCHI Commissioner 2018-2024
Maria Michalczyk, M.A., R.N., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015
Natalya Mytareva, M.A., CoreCHI™, CCHI Commissioner 2009-2013, Chair 2012-13
Elizabeth Nguyen, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2014
Idolly F. Oliva, MBA, CCHI Commissioner 2015-2021, Chair 2020-21
Virginia Perez-Santalla, C.T., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015
Edna Y. Quartey, M.P.A., CCHI Commissioner 2014-2020, Secretary 2015-19
Erin Rosales, B.A., CHI™-Spanish, CPLP®, CCHI Commissioner 2016-2022, Secretary 2021-22
Karin Ruschke, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015, Vice Chair of Certification 2009-13
Mateo C. Rutherford, M.A., MATI, CHI™-Spanish, CCHI Commissioner 2017-2024, Vice Chair 2019-21, Chair 2021-23, Secretary 2023-24
Teresa C. Salazar, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2015-2016
E. Zoe Schutzman, M.A., CHI-Spanish, CCHI Commissioner 2020-2023, Secretary 2022-23
Jorge U. Ungo, CCHI Commissioner 2015-2021
Lee D. Williams, CCHI Commissioner 2015-2017
Mara Youdelman, J.D., LL.M., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015, Chair 2009-12