The ASL/EI Department has a 14 member advisory board comprised of Deaf Community members and professionals in various fields. This group meets each year to discuss relevant news and updates, and to provide feedback on the ASL/EI program at Mount Aloysius College.
Advisory Board Members include:
Katherine Chen, NIC, AOPC, Ed K-12 - PA State Registered Interpreter
Bobbie Duffy, M. Ed. - Assistant Professor, Mount Aloysius College and Deaf Community Member
Jacquelyn Friday - Deaf Community Member
Danielle Filip Gregor, MBA, NIC-Advanced - Chief Executive Office & Owner, Sign Language Interpreting Professionals
Joyce Gallagher, CI/CT, AOPC - Operations Manager, Sign Language Specialists of Western PA
Amy Hart, MSW- President & CEO, Center for Hearing and Deaf Services Inc.
Melissa Hawkins, MS, M.H.R. - Director, Pennsylvania Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Sue Ann Houser, M.A., EIPA-5.0 - Educational Consultant, The Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN)
Laurel Keyer, M.S. - Program Director, Assistant Professor of ASL, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Violet Petrick, A. A. - Mount Aloysius College Alumni & Deaf Community Member
Sarah Reed, NIC - President, Pennsylvania Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (PARID)
Anita Roelke - Deaf Community Member
Craig Shield, M.S. - District Administrator, Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Josh Waterhouse, NIC - Interpreter/Assistant to the Superintendent, Western PA School for the Deaf
Rodney Watson - Freelance Performer and Deaf Community Member