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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 comprehensiveĀ 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 Interpreterā¢ (CoreCHIā¢), CoreCHI-Performanceā¢ (CoreCHI-Pā¢), and Certified Healthcare Interpreterā¢ (CHIā¢) certifications for interpreters, and CEAP (Continuing Education Accreditation Program) for educators/trainers.
CCHI is the first andĀ onlyĀ 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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Alex Carney
Language Access Consultant (OR)
Term: Oct 2022 - Oct 2025Born in Gold Beach, Oregon, Alex graduated from Portland State University with a major in political science and a minor in Spanish. He spent significant time living and working in places such as the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, where he set up operations for a leading provider of telephone interpreting services. After working for over a decade in the telephone and video language interpreting industry, Alex currently offers consulting services specializing in language services. He is a board member of Consejo Hispano, a community-based organization located in Clatsop County. Consejo Hispano focuses on the equitable integration of the Latinx community into the broader social and economic fabric of Oregon and Washington. He is passionate about working to build safe, equitable, and prosperous communities, and he sees interpreting not only as a way to help LEP communities but also as a way to elevate their voices in the medical interpreting community. He enjoys film, music, NBA basketball, and spending time in the forest, mountains, and beaches with his family.
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Vonessa P. Costa, CoreCHIā¢
Sr. Director, Quality & Member Engagement,
Paras and Associates/Health Care Interpreter Network (FL), CCHI Vice Chair
Term: Oct 2020 - Oct 2023VonessaĀ Costa is Sr. Director of Quality & Member Engagement atĀ Paras and Associates/Health Care Interpreter Network since June 2021. Prior to this position,Ā VonessaĀ directed language access initiatives atĀ 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.Ā VonessaĀ is a CoreCHIā¢Ā practitioner credentialed by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters.Ā She was secretary of the Forum on the Coordination of Interpreter Services (FOCIS) and a member of the Americaās Essential Hospitals Education Committee.Ā VonessaĀ is a graduate of the Americaās 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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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 2021 - Oct 2024Danilo 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 Bachelorās 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.Ā 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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Dylanna Grasinger, M.A.
Director, International Institute of Erie, office of USCRI (Erie, PA); CCHI's Public Member of the Board
Term: Oct 2020 - Oct 2023Dylanna Grasinger has spent nearly two decades working to advance the rights of refugees and immigrants throughout the Midwest – becoming an expert in the field of refugee resettlement. Prior to becoming the agency Director at the International Institute of Erie in April 2012, Dylanna spent her time in both Pittsburgh, PA and Akron, OH in the non-profit world. Everywhere she has been, she has devoted her time and energy to developing strong client-centered programming and long-term community partners. Passionate about teaching, Dylanna has also spent over five years in the classroom teaching a myriad of courses to English Language Learners both domestically and internationally. Dylanna earned her B.A. in English from Kent State University, where she also received her certification in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL). She has her Master of Science in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Creighton University. She has lived and worked in Turkey and Germany. When not at work she loves to ride her bicycle and spend time with her dogs.
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Andrea R. Henry, CHIā¢-Spanish
Spanish interpreter, researcher,
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (GA)
Term: Oct 2021 - Oct 2024Andrea has enjoyed working professionally in the field of healthcare interpreting for 25 years. Most of those years have been in face-to-face interpreting of dialogue in both adult and childrenās healthcare settings. Interpreting on the frontlines is her biggest joy. Additionally, Andrea has learned a great deal from many roles in this field having worked as a freelance interpreter, full-time OPI interpreter, interpreter coordinator for two healthcare organizations, interpreter trainer, full-time F2F interpreter in a level 1 trauma center, and interpreter researcher.Ā She has extensive experience in written translation (e.g., English > Spanish home care instructions), public speaking, and mentoring novice interpreters. Andrea’s areas of interest and expertise include specialization (e.g., pediatric cancer, pediatric heart defects, etc.), outside-the-box methods for navigating technical speech and sociolinguistic bumps, and value-added scripting for improved encounter interaction. Andrea is strongly invested in moving our field forward by sharing strategies that improve communication and the patientās clinical outcome, as well as raise our perceived value. Finally, Andrea is the principal investigator on grant-funded research on development and validation of a tool that measures complexity and mental fatigue in the healthcare encounter.
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H. Valerie Huang, M.A., CHIā¢-Mandarin
Language Services Manager, Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH); CCHI Treasurer
Term: Oct 2021 - Oct 2024Valerie Huang joined Nationwide Children’s Hospital as a Language Services program manager in 2011. Originally from Taiwan, Valerie holds a B. A. in International Business and M.A. in Human Resource Development. She later completed a 2-year Alternative Licensure Program for Foreign Language Education, and found her passion in heritage language teaching and interpreter education. During her career, Valerie has been involved in the development of interpreter training curriculum and capacity building projects focused on grassroots leadership and workforce development. In addition, Valerie has extensive experience in developing and presenting programs on cultural competency and cultural sensitivity care; she has worked with healthcare and social service providers to incorporate cultural understanding into their practice. Because of her drive and dedication to serve the community, Valerie received the Community Action Award from the Ohio Commission of Minority Health in 2017. Prior to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, she served as the program director for Asian American Community Services, and was an international staff administrator for Citibank in Taiwan. As a Certified Healthcare Interpreterā¢ and trainer of healthcare and community interpreters, she speaks widely at conferences across Ohio and the U.S. and is a frequent contributor for community social service projects in central Ohio.
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Francisco J. Martinez, M.A., CHIā¢-Spanish
Language Coach & Medical Interpreter, Childrenās Mercy Kansas City (Kansas City, MO)
Term: Oct 2021 - Oct 2024Francisco Martinez, born in Mexico City, raised in San Luis PotosĆ, joined Childrenās Mercy Kansas City as a staff medical interpreter in 2014. His position now is a Medical and Culture Language Coach who works with bilingual residents to ensure that encounters with Spanish speaking families are safe and free of misunderstandings, and to improve residentsā communicative skills, and understanding of Spanish-speaking patientsā cultural beliefs. At the beginning of his career, Francisco worked in the hospitality industry, run a school of English as a foreign language (EFL), and a translation/interpretation firm.Ā He did technical translations, conference and business interpreting, and video dubbing for companies such as Cummins Engines, Aceros San Luis, Mexinox, Cigarrera la Moderna, and the Secretaria de Comercio Exterior among others. In the ā90s, Francisco worked for Richmond Publishing, the EFL/ESL branch of Santillana Editores, supervised and trained new EFL instructors, and taught TOEFL preparation courses at Instituto Angloamericano in Leon, Guanajuato, and was the Academic Chair of Instituto De La Salle de Leon, from kindergarden to High School. In 2001-2013, he was a visiting lecturer of Spanish at Northwest Missouri State University, faculty at their Spanish study-abroad program, and was the interim chair of the Foreign Language Program. Francisco is a strong advocate for high quality language access to health care for all as well for the exploration and creation of new roles for the professional, certified healthcare interpreters.
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Johanna Parker, M.A., FCCI, CHIā¢-Spanish
Lead Interpreter for Education and Training, Stanford Health Care (San Francisco, CA)
Term: Oct 2021 - Oct 2024Johanna ParkerĀ holds an M.A. in Translation and Interpretation (Spanish <>English) from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) and is a federally and California certified court interpreter and CCHI Certified Healthcare Interpreterā¢.Ā Ā She is Lead Interpreter for Education and Training at Stanford Health Care, a freelance conference interpreter, and a contract seminar interpreter for the U.S. Department of State. Johanna trains interpreters around the country and is an adjunct professor at MIIS, where she teaches medical interpreting.Ā She also educates providers on the importance of interpreter services and language access as a matter of health equity.Ā Ā She was awarded the California Healthcare Interpreting Association’s Trainer of the Year award in 2015.
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Mateo C. Rutherford, M.A., MATI, CHIā¢-Spanish
Technology and Systems Manager, Interpreting Services, UCSF Health (Berkeley, CA); CCHI Chair
Term: Oct 2020 - Oct 2023Mateo Rutherford has worked for the Interpreting Services Department at UCSF Health since 2012 as a Supervisor, Administrative Director and Project Manager. UCSF has over 200,000 LEP patient visits in over 80 languages per year and offers patients and providers a mixed service model, including telephone, video and on-site interpreting services. UCSF Health now requires all per diem contract interpreters to be nationally certified and complete a full-day of shadowing in an effort to insure and enhance the quality of their language services. Mateo holds a Masterās Degree in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley and a Masterās Degree in Spanish Interpretation and Translation from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. He has worked as a freelance Spanish interpreter since 1987 throughout Latin America, Europe, Asia and the United States. He specializes in topics related to the life sciences and technology. Previously he worked as a bilingual disease prevention trainer under contract with the CDC throughout the US, Puerto Rico and Honduras and currently conducts trainings for healthcare interpreters through California Healthcare Interpreting Association (CHIA) and other organizations. Mateo is also a founding member of the University of California Medical Interpreting Consortium, including UCSF, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine and UC San Diego Interpreting Services Departments. He serves on the Education Board of CHIA and is a CERTIFIED HEALTHCARE INTERPRETERā¢.
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E. Zoe Schutzman, MA, NYS CCI, CHIā¢-Spanish
Co-Founder & CEO, Cloud 18 Productions, Inc. (Columbia, SC); CCHi Secretary
Term: Oct 2020 - Oct 2023Zoe Schutzman grew up in Seville (Spain) and moved to Connecticut where she completed her BA in East Asian Studies and Architectural Design at Wesleyan University. She received her MA in Linguistics from the City University of New York Graduate School and pursued Translation and Interpretation Studies at Hunter College. Thereafter, she became a New York State Certified Spanish Court Interpreter and a Certified Healthcare InterpreterTM (Spanish) professional. She is a licensed trainer for The Community InterpreterĀ® International and Medical Terminology for Interpreters, a trained presenter of Interpreting for Pediatric Genetics, and a graduate of The Interpreter Trainer Online. Zoe is Co-founder and CEO of Cloud 18 Productions Inc., a global technology-driven and multidisciplinary creative enterprise.
A seasoned linguist, Zoe has taught at institutions of higher education, trained nascent and experienced interpreters, language coaches and interpreter trainers, as well as developed, enhanced, and implemented curricula, assessment, and quality improvement protocols. She has provided linguistic and culturally appropriate expertise to varied research and creative endeavors, presented to diverse audiences, propelled system-wide strategic initiatives, led and supported new avenues for sustainable professional growth, and forged high-value partnerships with community and institutional stakeholders.
Zoeās contributions (published and otherwise) have encompassed meaningful access to healthcare for limited English proficient and languages of lesser diffusion communities; sociolinguistic, language acquisition, language documentation, and performance projects; analyses of internal and national regulatory policies; and the development, trans-creation, and translation of literary, research, outreach, and educational materials. Since 2020, Zoe has served as Commissioner at the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) and, as of 2023, she also serves as SC Director at Large for the Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters (CATI), a regional chapter of the American Translators Association (ATA).
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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 ā 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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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 Bachelorās degree in Translation and Conference Interpretation from Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 2011, she moved to Boston and completed Boston Universityās 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., CoreCHIā¢, 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 ([email protected])
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 ([email protected])
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 hasĀ been involved with CCHI’s certification program in various capacities since 2011.
Shawn Morgenlander, CHI-Spanish, CCHI Administrative Specialist
Shawn Morgenlander joined the CCHI staff as Administrative Specialist in 2022. She is a CHI-Spanish certificant who learned the ins and outs of healthcare interpreting as a hospital staff member in North Carolina. She continues to work as a remote interpreter, and sometimes brings her interest in language to creative projects such as literary translation and adaptation for the stage.
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.Ā 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., CHIā¢-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 GonzƔlez, 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 ā¢ -Spanish, Director of Interpreter Development for Connecting Cultures, Inc. (WI)Certification Program Expert Advisory Panel*
Margarita Bekker, CoreCHI-Pā¢, Assistant Manager of Language Services at Stanford Health Care (CA)
Lois M. Feuerle, Ph.D., JD, Oregon Society of Translators & Interpreters (OR)
Alejandro Maldonado, M.A., CHIā¢-Spanish, Spanish Interpreter; Limited English Proficiency Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Human Services (MN)
Virginia PĆ©rez-SantallĆ”, C.T., Spanish Translator and Interpreter; Officer of the Board of Directors, American Translators Association (NY)
Karin Ruschke, M.A., CoreCHIā¢, 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 CrĆØvecoeur West, CoreCHIā¢,Ā CEO, Westbridge Solutions, LLC (Georgia)
Tennessee – Ping C. Cross, CHIā¢-Mandarin,Ā Mandarin interpreter and translator
Texas – Sandra L. Dejeux, CHIā¢-Spanish,Ā SD Translations -
CCHI Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
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Job Task Analysis Study SME Panels:
2022
Sura Al Khalidi, CHIā¢-Arabic (CA)
Paula Coulter, CHIā¢-Spanish (AZ)
Kristin Grace, CoreCHIā¢ (ASL, IL)
Pla Htoo, CoreCHIā¢ (Karen, Burmese, MN)
Jane Kontrimas, CoreCHIā¢ (Russian, MA)
Rebecca Kranz, CHIā¢-Spanish (Spanish, ASL, MA)
Lynn La, CoreCHIā¢ (Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, CA)
Nanyi Mateo, CHIā¢-Spanish (DR)
Hala Mukhtar, CHIā¢-Arabic (BC)
Annalisa Nash Fernandez, CHIā¢-Spanish (Portuguese, Spanish, CT)
E. Adriana Perez, CHIā¢-Spanish (TX)
Isabel Pinto Franco, CoreCHIā¢ (Portuguese, MA)
Alicia Quim, CHIā¢-Spanish (TX)
Laura Rodriguez, CHIā¢-Spanish (TX)
Patricia Rozzo-Leadley, CHIā¢-Spanish (NY)
I. Lissett Samaniego (Spanish, CA)
Gilberto Sanchez, CHIā¢-Spanish (IL)
Hilda Sanchez-Herrera, CHIā¢-Spanish (SD)
Narayan Sharma, CoreCHIā¢ (Nepali, OH)
Kun (Jasmine) Shi, CHIā¢-MandarinĀ (MI)
Emily Sielen, CHIā¢-Spanish (WA)
Norio Takaki, CoreCHIā¢ (MA)
Catherine Wilson, CHIā¢-Spanish (NC)2016
Arjun Bhattarai, CoreCHIā¢, Nepali, Language Access Network, OH
Berthine CrĆØvecoeur West, CoreCHIā¢, Haitian Creole, West Linguistic Training Group, LLC, GA
Jacqueline (Jackie) Emmart, MS, NIC-A, ASL, High Five Health, MA
Elisa Gustafson, CHIā¢-Spanish, Hennepin County Medical Center, MN
Yeou-lin Ho, Mandarin, freelancer, WA
Xiaoxiao Huang, CHIā¢-Mandarin, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Jane Kontrimas, M.A., Core CHIā¢, Russian, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA
Gerardo Lazaro, CHIā¢-Spanish, The National Institute for Coordinated Healthcare, PA
Laura Neri, CHIā¢-Spanish, freelancer, CA
Teresa O. PeƱa, CHIā¢-Spanish, Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care (AETNA), AZ
Karin Ruschke, M.A., CoreCHIā¢, German, International Language Services, IL
Mateo Rutherford, M.A., CHIā¢-Spanish, UCSF Medical Center, CA
Adriana Rybaski, CHIā¢-Spanish, Spectrum Health, MI
Frances (Sissy) Woodard, CHIā¢-Spanish, Johns Hopkins Hospital, MD
Amani Zaki, CHIā¢-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
MarĆa Elena GaitĆ”n, Office of Diversity & Cultural Competency,Ā 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, CHIā¢, Arabic, OH
Adhikari, Ganga, CoreCHI, Nepali, PA
Aden, Mohamud, CoreCHIā¢, Somali, MN
Agostini, Elena, CHI-Spanish, TX
Aguillon, Myra, CHI-Spanish, TX
Albarghouthi, Yasmeen, CHIā¢, Arabic, OR
Al Khalidi, Sura, CHI-Arabic, CA
Al Khalidi, Sura,Ā CHIā¢, Arabic, CA
Al Mudaris, Mutaz,Ā CHIā¢, Arabic, PA
Al-Nadi, Abedullah H., CHIā¢, Arabic, OH
Alsamman, Marwa, CHI-Arabic, MN
Alvarado, Lynette, CHIā¢, Spanish, NY
Amaya, Raul, CHIā¢, Spanish, MN
Anwar, Mohamed, CHIā¢, Arabic, TX
Arce, Nick, CHIā¢, Spanish, CA
Aristizabal-Burton, Gloria, CHIā¢, Spanish, CA
Arminana, Patricia, CHIā¢, Spanish, NC
Avery, Maria Paz, Spanish, MA
Aziz, Simone Y, CHIā¢, Arabic, MI
Badger, Katrina, Spanish, LA
Bailey, Chaibia, Arabic, OH
Baker, Maria, CHI-Spanish, CMI, AL
Balistreri, Rosanna, Italian, Spanish, CA
Balestrieri, Cara, CoreCHI, ASL, NM
Bobea, Arturo, CHI-Spanish, PA
Bambaren-Call, Ana Maria, Spanish, AZ
Becker, Yami, Spanish, TX
Benavides, Elsa, CHIā¢, Spanish, MA
Benbassat, Amanda, CHI-Spanish, NC
Bidar-Sielaff, Shiva,Ā CHIā¢, Spanish, WI
Bledea, Mihai, CoreCHIā¢, Romanian, IL
Bola-Ferriero, Maria, CoreCHIā¢, Romanian, Moldovan, NH
Bowe-Gutman, Sonia, Spanish, MN
Boyd, Miranda, CHIā¢, Spanish, WI
Britton, Mary, Spanish, OR
Brumar, Gabriela, Romanian, IL
Burke, Nayshunda, CoreCHI, ASL, GA
Burnett, Helga, CHI-Spanish, FL
Calcara, Velia, CHIā¢, Spanish, MO
Camaga, Adjin, Bosnian, MI
Casal, Theresita, Spanish, AZ
Cervantes, Francis, CHIā¢, Spanish, IL
Chang, Chi-Wei, CHIā¢, Mandarin, MI
Chavez Moreno, Carla, MD
Chen, Anxin, CHI-Mandarin, CA
Chen, Kai, CHI-Mandarin, CA
Chen, Yizhen (Jane), CHIā¢, Mandarin, TX
Chiu, Anna, Mandarin, NY
Comeau, Laureta, CoreCHIā¢, Albanian, MA
Coulter, Paula, CHI-Spanish, AZ
Couture, Suzanne, CHIā¢, Spanish, WI
Crank, Nadia, CHI-Arabic, TN
Crespo, Jorge, CHIā¢, Spanish, OH
Cross, Ping C., CHIā¢, Mandarin, OH
Cruz Martinez, Fabian, CHI-Spanish, AZ
Cruze, Jose,Ā CHIā¢, Spanish, TN
Curtis, Natasha, CHIā¢, Spanish, OH
Daren, Bobbi, CHIā¢, Spanish, KS
De La Torre, Margarita, Spanish, CA
Dejeux, Sandra, CHIā¢, Spanish, TX
Dhungana, Bhim, CoreCHIā¢, Nepali, OH
Diaz, Jamie,Ā CHIā¢, Spanish, IL
Diaz-Castillo, Sandra, Spanish, CO
DiSepio, Sofi, CHI-Spanish, PA
Donley, Maria,Ā CHIā¢, Spanish, IL
Droubi, Eva, Arabic, TX
Edwards, Patricia, CHIā¢, Spanish, DC
Elias Vargas, Amanda, CHIā¢, Spanish, SC
Elshafei, Fawzi A., CHIā¢, Arabic, CA
Essary, Elizabeth, CHI-Spanish, TX
Estrada, Sandra, CHIā¢, Spanish, RI
Faucette, Karen, CHI-Spanish, WI
Feuerle, Lois, OR
Foster, Grant, CHIā¢, Spanish, IL
Frohn, Elizabeth, CoreCHIā¢, Hmong, MN
Fuentes, Margaret, CHI-Spanish, CO
Gabbitas, Jeffrey, AZ
Gaitan, Maria Elena, Spanish, CA
Garcia, Guadalupe, CHIā¢, Spanish, IL
Gearing, Xiaosheng, CHI-Mandarin, DE
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, CHIā¢, Arabic, TN
Hasbun, Armando, Spanish, PA
Hasian, Amani,Ā CHIā¢, Arabic, KS
Hernandez, Erika,Ā CHIā¢, 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), CHIā¢, Mandarin, OH
Huang, Mei, CHI-Mandarin, VA
Huang, Xiaoxiao, CHIā¢, Mandarin, NY
Huang, Yinghong, CHIā¢, Mandarin, CA
Hubbard, Jason, CHIā¢, Spanish, AZ
Huynh, Lien, CoreCHIā¢, Vietnamese, IL
Hwang, Yeonha Teresa, Korean, CA
Iniguez, Daniela, CHIā¢, Spanish, MI
Isbister, Dong, CHIā¢, Mandarin, WI
Jacobus, Susana, CHI-Spanish, FL
Jiang, Shaobo, CHIā¢, Mandarin, CA
Johnson, Tonya, Spanish, CO
Jubran, Samira,Ā CHIā¢, Arabic, TN
Karapetian, Tamara, CoreCHIā¢, Russian, Armenian, NY
Killey, Young Nyo, CoreCHIā¢, Korean, WA
Kodirov, Rob, Russian, OR
Kranz, Rebecca, CHI-Spanish, MA
Kristie, Dan, PA
Kuhlemann, Alma, CHI-Spanish, KY
Kulig, Virginia, CHIā¢, Spanish, CT
Kydiuk, Yana, CoreCHIā¢, Ukrainian, WA
Lam, Hien, CoreCHIā¢, Vietnamese, CA
Landi, Sonia, CoreCHIā¢, Italian, OR
Lee, Carolina, CoreCHIā¢, Vietnamese, MA
Lee-Ferrand, Evan, CHI-Spanish, VA
Leshchuk Moss, Dariia, CoreCHIā¢, Ukrainian, AZ
Liang, Xueshizi (Stehanie), CHIā¢, Mandarin, MA
Liles, Pauline, Spanish, NC
Liu, Hsiao-tung, CHIā¢, 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, CHIā¢, Mandarin, NY
Madel, Monica, CHI-Spanish, VA
Maldonado, Alejandro,Ā CHIā¢, Spanish, MN
Maloney, Sandy, CHIā¢, Spanish, TX
Mansour, Lyana, CHIā¢, Arabic, OH
Mayorga-Beck, Martha, CHI-Spanish, FL
Mendez Gonzalez, Rosanna, CHI-Spanish, CA
Merisme, Myrlande, Haitian Creole, NY
Miller, Jane Chang, CHIā¢, Mandarin, GA
Miller, Sulien, CHIā¢, Mandarin, CA
Montanez, Isabel, CHI-Spanish, WI
Montero, Sara, Spanish, SC
Morfin, Karla, CHI-Spanish, CA
Mukhtar, Hala,Ā CHIā¢, Arabic, Canada
Mulgrew, Eliane, CoreCHI, Portuguese, CA
Muange, Robert Ndaye, CoreCHIā¢, French, IL
Munafo, Fabiola, CHI-Spanish, OH
Navarro, Rosamaria, CHI-Spanish, CA
Neri, Laura,Ā CHIā¢, Spanish, CA
Ng, Ray, CHIā¢, Mandarin, NY
Nolin, Maura, CoreCHIā¢, ASL, ME
Omar, Atef, CHIā¢, Arabic, TN
Onofre, Laura,Ā CHIā¢, Spanish, CA
Orlandi, Pilar, CHI-Spanish, NY
Parker, Johanna, CHIā¢, Spanish, CA
Pastor GradolĆ, Carmen, CHI-Spanish, CO
Pena Ramos, Lorena, CHIā¢, Spanish, TX
Peralta, Lauren, CHIā¢, Spanish, TX
Perez, Elba Adriana, CHI-Spanish, TX
PĆ©rez-SantallĆ”, Virginia, Spanish, NY
Pinto Franco, Isabel, CoreCHI, Portuguese, MA
Pollack-Johnson, Linda, CoreCHI, Italian, PA
Prias, Myriam, CHIā¢, Spanish, CO
Radhi, Rabah, Arabic, CA
Ramicone, Ruby, CHI-Spanish, CA
Ramsey, Lilian, Spanish, IN
Rankin, Ronda, CoreCHIā¢, ASL, NE
Rasheed, Laith A., Arabic, MO
Ratay, Karen, CHIā¢, Spanish, WI
Ratty, Jasbeer K. , Punjabi, Hindi, Malaysian, WA
Rivera, Maria, CHIā¢, Spanish, CO
Rivera-Ayers, Maria, CHI-Spanish, MI
Roat, Cindy, Spanish, WA
Roberts, Sarah, CHI-Spanish, CA
Rodriguez, Laura, CHI-Spanish, TX
Rodriquez, Rosemary,Ā CHIā¢, Spanish, VA
Rosario Castro, Cristina, CHI-Spanish, PR
RoÅ”iÄ, Edin, CoreCHIā¢, Croatian, CA
Rowan, Joyce, CHIā¢, Spanish, PA
Ruschke, Karin, CoreCHI, German, IL
Rutherford, Mateo, CHIā¢, Spanish, CA
Saebi, Yasha (Aryana), CoreCHIā¢, Farsi, VA
Samaniego, I. Lissett, Spanish, CA
Schneider, Aida,Ā CHIā¢, Arabic, OH
Schutzman, E. Zoe, CHIā¢, Spanish, NM
Segawa, Megumi, CoreCHIā¢, Japanese, MI
Shepard-Kegl, Judy, CoreCHIā¢, RID, ASL, ME
Shi, Kun (Jasmine), CHI-Mandarin, MI
Sias, Rocio, CHIā¢, Spanish, MI
Sielen, Emily, CHI-Spanish, WA
Siddiqi, Zakia, CoreCHIā¢, Pashto, Dari, WA
Siques, Ximena, CHIā¢, Spanish, OH
Sorensen, Tatyana, CoreCHIā¢, Russian, UT
Spacek, Paul, CHI-Spanish, KS
Steiert, Afaf, Arabic, NY
Stockler-Rex, Sarah, CHIā¢, Spanish, OH
Stringer, Caren, RID certification, ASL, CA
Succar, Salma, CHI-Arabic, MA
Sultanic, Indira, CHIā¢, Spanish, CA
Sun, Qing Xiu (Linda), CHI-Mandarin, OR
Sung, Woosik, CoreCHIā¢, Korean, SC
Suniga, Sharifa, Spanish, WY
Supikhodjaeva, Feruza, CoreCHIā¢, Russian, Uzbek, IL
Tahary, Thea, CoreCHIā¢, Georgian, NY
Takaki, Norio, CoreCHI, MA
Tan, Jianhua (Jessica), CHI-Mandarin, SC
Tang, Manyee,Ā CHIā¢, Mandarin, MA
Tapia, Sandra, CHIā¢, Spanish, TX
Thomasini, Monica, CoreCHIā¢, Portuguese, CA
Tong Delore, Jane (Yuk Shan), Mandarin, CA
Toozlo, Shaymaa,Ā CHIā¢, Arabic, IL
Torres, Fabio, CoreCHIā¢, Portuguese, TX
Torres-Kortright, Omar, CHIā¢, Spanish, WI
Tsang, Icarus, Cantonese, CA
Utschig, Kimberly, CHI-Spanish, WI
Vallejo, Gloria, CHIā¢, Spanish, CO
Vazquez, Eder, CHIā¢, Spanish, CA
Velasquez, Paola, Spanish, IL
Vivenzio De Mino, Aniella, CHI-Spanish, NC
Wang, Chunwen, Mandarin, MA
Weisburger, Elizabeth, CHIā¢, Spanish, MD
Wietzel, Grant, CHI-Spanish, AZ
Wilson, Gabriela, Spanish, MI
Yang, Chia-Rhu, CHIā¢, Mandarin, CA
Zachor, Joan B., CHIā¢, Spanish, MA
Zamarron, Rio, MO
Zhu, Andrea, CHIā¢, Mandarin, MA
Zhu, Zhongwen (Larry), CHI-Mandarin, CMI-Cantonese, ON -
Commissioners Emeriti
Catherine Anderson, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2012
Margarita Bekker, CoreCHI-Pā¢, CCHI Commissioner 2015-2021, Chair 2016-20
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, M.A., CHIā¢-Spanish, CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015
Wayne M. Boatwright, M.H.A., CCHI Commissioner 2012-2015
Frederick BwāOmbongi, M.H.A., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015
Scott Crystal, CCHI Commissioner 2015-2017
Kathleen K. Diamond, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015
Jaime FatƔs-Cabeza, USCCI, CCHI Commissioner 2019-2022
Gabriela Flores, M.S.M., CCHI Commissioner 2012-2018
Linda Golley, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2015-2019
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-Pā¢, CCHI Commissioner 2015-2021
Alejandro Maldonado, M.A., CHIā¢-Spanish, CCHI Commissioner 2009-2016, Chair 2013-16
Maria Michalczyk, M.A., R.N., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015
Natalya Mytareva, M.A., CoreCHIā¢, 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., CHIā¢-Spanish, CPLPĀ®, CCHI Commissioner 2016-2022, Secretary 2021-22
Karin Ruschke, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2009-2015, Vice Chair of Certification 2009-13
Teresa C. Salazar, M.A., CCHI Commissioner 2015-2016
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