National Council on Interpreting in Health Care announces New Board of Directors

WASHINGTON - May 12, 2015 - PRLog -- The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) announced the results of its 2015 Board of Director elections.  The successful candidates are as follows:

Vice-President:

Maria Hadjioannou Waters, JD

Directors-at-Large:

Sasha Carrillo, CHI

Kevin Cunningham

Martine Pierre-Louis

Dijana Rizvanovic

NCIHC, a multidisciplinary organization whose mission is to promote and enhance language access in health care in the United States, formalized in 1998 after a series of working group meetings that began in 1994.

“We are thrilled to see board members growing in their commitment to the Council, as well as the increased diversity in terms of race, gender, and stakeholder background on the board,” said NCIHC President Enrica Ardemagni.  “We have always maintained that the NCIHC is a multidisciplinary organization and the results of this year’s elections highlight that point.”

The investiture of the incoming Board members will take place on June 5, 2015 at the 9th Annual NCIHC Membership Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

To learn more about NCIHC, or to register for the event, visit http://www.ncihc.org.