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Member Sections 

RID’s Member Sections (MS) provide a relationship-building forum for RID members to share common interests, goals and concerns that are also consistent with RID’s mission and values.

As formally recognized groups of RID members, Member Sections can hold meetings at the biennial conference, regional conferences and other functions sponsored by RID or its affiliate chapters. Additionally, Member Sections frequently contribute articles to VIEWS, RID’s quarterly newsletter, to share their discussions with the entire membership.

Activities of Member Sections are determined and carried out by the MS leadership and its members, and not by RID Headquarters staff.

To join an RID Member Section, you must be an RID member.

If you are already a member, you can select the Member Sections you'd like to be a part of by clicking on "Manage Your Profile" after logging into your RID.org account.

Current Member Sections:

Deaf Caucus
Chair: Shelley Herbold
Vice-Chair: Roberto Sandoval 
Full Deaf Caucus Member Section Council

Interpreters in Educational and Instructional Settings
Acting Chair: Erma Webb
Secretary: Irene Holl
Region I Delegate: TBD
Region II Delegate: Holly Miles
Region III Delegate: Katherine Bell Lorenzo
Region IV Delegate: Alice "Jo" Brown
Region V Delegate: Sammy Milburn

Interpreters in Legal and Court Settings
Chair: Pasch McCombs
Co-chair: Elizabeth Mendoza

Interpreters with Deaf Parents
Chair: Sue Nace
Vice-Chair: Laurie Nash
Treasurer: Amy Williamson
Secretary: Karen Lefebvre

Interpreters for the Deaf-Blind
Chair:  Candace Steffen Strayer
Vice-Chair: Shannon Wright
Secretary: CM Hall
Treasurer(s): Dawn Hankwitz
Fundraiser: Angela Lampiris-Piteris
Honorary Past Chair: Susan Morgan Morrow
Region I Representative:  Joan Pellerin
Region II Representative:  Michelle Pearson
Region III Representative:  Jeanette Gladstone
Region IV Representative:  Vacant
Region V Representative:  Mala Poe
 

Interpreter Service Managers
Chair: Kathleen Pilus
Co-Chair: Stephanie Nichols
Co-Chair: David Scholls
Past Chair: Wendy Mogg

Interpreters and Transliterators of Color
Chair: Jenny Blake
Co-Chair: Erica West Oyedele

Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Intersexed, Transgendered Interpreters/Transliterators
Chair: CM Hall
Vice-Chair: Dylan Geil
Region I Co-Representative: Nick Dionne
Region I Co-Representative: Ryan Kraft
Region II Co-Representative: Debbie Mandigo
Region II Co-Representative: Angela Johnson
Region III Representative: David Evans
Region IV Represenatie: Cody Francisco
Region V Co-Representative: Alonna Lamb
Region V Co-Representative: Bob LoParo

Video Interpreters
Chair: Judith A. Kroeger
Co-chair: Loycene Sollman
Secretary/Treasurer: Elizabeth LaFlamme-Baker
Trilingual (Spanish) Representative: Norma Villegas 
Region I Representative: Erin O'Brien
Region II Representative: Katie Bonneville
Region III Representative:  Amanda Forry 
Region IV Representative: Gretchen Whitney
Region V Representative: Eliza Greenwood 

Interpreters in Healthcare
More information coming soon

Student Section
Chair:  Ryan Kraft
Vice Chair:  Nick Dionne
Secretary:  Christina Stevens