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PRESIDENT Geri Mu (she/her) 2023-2024 president@sdcrid.org
Geri Mu, NIC-Master, CI and CT, is currently a freelance interpreter and interpreter educator/mentor. She holds an A.A. in Interpreting from Los Angeles Pierce College, a B.A. in Deaf Studies from California State University Northridge, and an M.A. in Linguistics from Gallaudet University. She has been active in the interpreting field since 1984. On the local level here in San Diego, she has been involved with SDCRID as a Mentorship Co-Chair (2 terms), BIPOC Committee Co-Chair (2 terms), and is currently President. On the National level, she has served on the RID Cultural Diversity in Leadership Committee (member and Chair), Certification Council (member and Chair), and has been involved with testing development with the CI & CT written exam, the NIC, and the CASLI exams. Geri believes in lifelong learning and is a strong supporter of the mentoring process. Always learning herself, she is currently trying to learn Protactile, a language used by DeafBlind individuals to communicate through touch. A resident of San Diego since 2001, she lives with her husband, 2 daughters, and Bernese Mountain Dog.
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VICE-PRESIDENT Annette Miner 2025-2026 vice-president@sdscrid.org
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Secretary Melissa Hatfield 2025-2026 secretary@sdcrid.org |
Treasurer Alex Montgomery 2025-2026 treasurer@sdcrid.org Alex Montgomery, NIC, is a born and raised San Diegan who began his ASL journey at Palomar College to satisfy the language requirement. What he didn't know was he had stumbled into his passion and an extremely fulfilling career. He graduated from Palomar College's Interpreter Training Program in 2017 to then transfer to Western Oregon University (WOU), where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Deaf Studies and Psychology in 2018. Following WOU, he was accepted into RIT's Apprenticeship Program for the year of 2019 before returning back to sunny San Diego in 2020. Alex received his National Certification in 2020 and has worked in almost every setting of interpreting. He began with VRS while freelancing on the side for three years and has now been a full time freelancer for over a year. Alex is passionate about supporting the field of interpreting and newer interpreters which is what led him to want to be more involved in the community and take the role of treasurer at SDCRID. When not interpreting, Alex loves everything sports and being outdoors and active. He also loves reading and expanding his knowledge into any and all topics. He has a 2 year old Husky named Kida and a wife who is also an ASL interpreter! |
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE I : WORKING INTERPRETER Vacant interpreter-rep@sdcrid.org |
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE II: DEAF COMMUNITY
2024-2025 COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE II: DEAF COMMUNITY Razi Hall (he/him) 2023-2025 COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE II : DEAF COMMUNITY Dominic Madriaga-Charfauros 2025-2026 deaf-rep@sdcrid.org |
 COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE III : Vacant 2025-2026 palomar@sdcrid.org |
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE IV : STUDENT - SAN DIEGO MESA COLLEGE Deniz Ilkbasaran 2025-2026 mesa@sdcrid.org Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkiye, Deniz has been living in San Diego since 2007. She comes from a multidiscpilinary background in the fields of Pscyhology (BA), Educational Technology (MA), and Communication (PhD), with a focus on sign language and Deaf studies. After over 20 years of experience in academia, where she got to observe and learn from many amazing interpreters, she became more interested in sign language interpreting, and joined the ASL-English Interpreting program at Mesa College in 2024. She is currently an adjunct lecturer at UC San Diego, Department of Linguistics, where she has also worked as a Project Scientist for many years at the Mayberry Laboratory for Multimodal Language Development. She deeply cares about understanding and supporting Deaf immigrants in our region, and has been volunteering at Deaf Community Services, San Diego (DCS) with their Adult Literacy Program. She is also in touch with Deaf and interpreter colleagues from Turkey, and hopes these collaborations to lead to educational materials and resources in the future. She finds her peace in sculpting, photography and tennis. |
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE V : BIPOC Isaiah Moore 2025-2026 bipoc-rep@sdcrid.org
Isaiah Moore is Deaf and a proud San Diego native. He graduated from Madison High School and played football with the Warhawks team. In addition, he was the first Deaf graduate from Grossmont College majoring in photography. Following his family tradition, he then attended San Diego State University and earned a degree in Television, Film, and New Media. Isaiah goes to the San Diego Comic Con quite frequently because he is a nerd who loves to read comics and meet famous people from TV shows and movies. He loves traveling the world. He has flown to Iceland, Taiwan, and Japan. To be honest, he went to Japan three times already because he grew up and loves to watch anime, read manga, and play video games. To communicate with his friends, Isaiah has learned three additional signed languages from Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Currently, he is working for the San Diego Unified School District as a teacher's aide and specializes in working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students.
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PAST PRESIDENT Nathan Brown (he/him) 2023-2024 past-president@sdcrid.org
Nathan Brown, NIC, is a Black nationally certified ASL Interpreter who has been in the field since 2004 and is a native of San Diego and the deaf community. He is an interpreting instructor at Mesa College and a Program Manager for Heritage Learning, Training and Development at Sorenson. Nathan is also a graduate student at Western Oregon University studying the intersection of race and interpreter education. When not serving the community in these roles, you can find him with his partner Eileen and children Brooke and Aubrey enjoying the sights and tastes of San Diego or wherever else their travels call them. |
SDCRID COMMITTEES
BIPOC INTERPRETERS CO-CHAIR Cielo Gonzalez-Jimenez (she/they) 2025-2026 cobipoc1@sdcrid.org |
BIPOC INTERPRETERS CO-CHAIR Johnny Cruz-Flores 2025-2026 cobipoc1@sdcrid.org |
BY-LAWS
CHAIR
Vacant
bylaws@sdcrid.org
COMMUNICATIONS Jie Yu 2025-2026 communications@sdcrid.org
COMMUNICATIONS Social Media Gina Phan 2025-2026 socialmedia1@sdcrid.org COMMUNICATIONS Jie Yu 2025-2026 communications@sdcrid.org |
FUNDRAISING CHAIR Carla Izaguirre-Simental 2025-2026 fundraising@sdcrid.org
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JEAN KELLY LENDING LIBRARY LIBRARIAN Annette Miner, Ph.D., CI/CT, NIC-M (she/her) 2025-2026 librarian@sdcrid.org Annette Miner, PhD, is an interpreter educator, professional interpreter, and researcher. She received a doctorate in interpretation pedagogy and research from Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. She has published on the topics of curriculum design, experiential and situated learning in interpreter education, and the role of designated interpreters. |
MEMBER SERVICES CHAIR Karina Avila 2025-206 membership@sdcrid.org |
MENTORSHIP CHAIR Vacant mentorship@sdcrid.org |
NOMINATIONS CHAIR Vacant nominations@sdcrid.org |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CO-CHAIR Michael Sullivan (he/him) 2025-2026 |
SCHOLARSHIPS CHAIR Aaron Brewer(he/him) 2024-2025 scholarship@sdcrid.org
Aaron Brewer ended up in an interpreter training program (ITP) by accident, despite knowing no sign language and having never met a Deaf person. Two years later, armed with an AAS in interpreting, he escaped his native Ohio for the bright lights of New York City. There he became nationally certified (CI/CT) and earned a BA in sociology. Thirteen years later he met a man, got married, and was dragged kicking and screaming to sunny San Diego. Aaron believes passionately in the work the SDCRID board is doing to diversify the field of interpreting and is excited to help raise money to make this happen. Please note that if you ever see him interpreting music, he did not know that was part of the assignment before he took it.
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WEB ADMINISTRATOR Bethany Hooten 2025-2026 webadmin@sdcrid.org |
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETER NETWORK (YPIN) CO-CHAIR Riss Rillo 2025-2026 ypin2@sdcrid.org |
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETER NETWORK (YPIN) CO-CHAIR Rebecca Coleman Wilson 2025-2026 ypin@sdscrid.org |
Rachel Rosenstock
2025-2026
ceu@sdcrid.org
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