Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment®
EIPA
State Contacts - Local Test Administrators
To find out how to register for the EIPA evaluation, contact the individual
Local Test Administrator in your area.
Alaska
See TASK-12
5530 E. Northern Lights
Phone: (907) 742-4265
Email: pifer_tracy@asdk12.org
TASK12- Assessment System for K-12 Educational Interpreters (including AK, AL, AZ, IA, ID, KS, MT, NE, NM, OK, OR, UT, WY)
Bernhardt Jones, Ed.D. CSC,
Director, TASK12 Project
TAESE at Utah State University
1780 North Research Parkway Suite 112
North Logan, Utah 84341
Phone: 435-797-9045
Fax: 435-797-9018
www.task12.org
Email: bern.jones@usu.edu
Registration through website: http://www.taese.org/cms/index.php/task12
Alabama
See TASK-12Judy Robertson
Troy University
Troy, AL 36082
Phone: 334-808-6331
Email: jjones6026@troy.edu
Arizona
See TASK-12Arkansas
California
Phil Carmona
Riverside, CA
951-565-4422x101
eipa@riseinterpreting.com
http://riseinterpreting.com/interpreters/eipa-testing
Antonina Cardinalli
Clovis Unified School District
831-524-1984
Clovis, CA 93612
antoninacardinalli@att.net
Patty Ivankovic
Burbank, CA
Email: EIPAPatty@gmail.com
Brad Haskell
Riverside, California
(951) 682-9839
Riverside County Office of Education
bhaskell@rcoe.us
Dawn Herrick
Roseville, CA
916-677-6170
DHerrickEIPA@gmail.com
Lisalana Lewis
Santa Maria, CA
tripterp@yahoo.com
Ann Marie Stout
Riverside, CA
951-565-4422
AnnMarie@RISEinterpreting.com
Duane Rumsey
drumsey@avc.edu
Lancaster, CA
Juti Seshie
LTA4U@yahoo.com
Anaheim, CA 92806
Denise Vanderstoel
aslterp_denise@yahoo.com
San Marcos, CA
Cathy Wilson,
Red Bluff CA,
Email: cwilson@tehamaschools.org
Canada
Amanda Frumkin
Durham District School Board
400 Taunton Road, East
Whitby, Ontario, L1R 2K6
frumkin_amanda@durham.edu.on.ca
Preference will be given to DDSB EIs but will provide testing for EIs in
other locations if space is available
Darlene Karran
Alberta School for the Deaf
6240 - 113 Street
Edmonton, AB T6H 3L2
CANADA
Email: Darlene.Karran@epsb.ca
Bonita Squires
APSEA
5940 South Street
Halifax
NS, Canada
B3H
bonisqui@gmail.com
Colorado
Patricia Himes
Liberty Middle School
21500 East Drycreek Rd
Aurora, CO 80016
Phone: (720) 886-2444
Email: phimes@cherrycreekschools.org
DELAWARE
Pamela WhitneyStatewide Programs for Deaf, HH, Deaf Blind
630 East Chestnut Hill Road
Newark, DE 19713
Phone: 302-454-2301
Email: whitneyp@christina.k12.de.us
Florida
Constance Kalish
Phone: 754-321-7180
Email: cjkalish@aol.com
Maryjo Lawson
Citrus Hearing Impaired Program Services
352-795-5000
mjlawson@embarqmail.com
Shannon Simon
Educational Interpreter Project
Phone: 904-392-8348
Email: shannon.simon@unf.edu
Georgia
Dr. Frank Nesbit, Ed: K-12
*Will test Georgia Interpreters only*
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Consultant
Special Education Services
Georgia Department of Education
1870 Twin Towers East
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
404-844-8741
770-344-4457 Fax
fnesbit@doe.k12.ga.us
Kelly Spell
Valdosta State University
Access Office
1500 N. Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA 31698
229-245-2498
kmspell@valdosta.edu
Jodi Upton
Heritage High School
3960 Poplar Springs Road
Ringgold, GA 30736
jodieipa@gmail.com
Hawaii
Jan Fried
DO IT Center/University of Hawaii Kapiolani Community Center
4303 Diamond Head Rd
Honolulu, HI 96816
Phone: (808) 295-0645
Email: janfried@gmail.com
Idaho
Marcie Bowers
ISU: CSED Box 8116
Pocatello, ID 83209-8116
Phone: (208) 282-4038
E-mail: bowermarc@isu.edu
Julie Melton
ISU: CSED Box 8116
Pocatello, ID 83209-8116
Phone: (208) 282-3077
E-mail: meltjuli@isu.edu
Joelynne Ball
Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind
1450 Main St.
Gooding, ID 83330
Phone: (208) 901-1308
Email: joelynne.ball@iesdb.org
See TASK-12
Illinois
Amy Gibson
Bloomington, IL
(309) 750-1646
AmyGibson71@gmail.com
Center for Sight & Hearing
8038 MacIntosh Lane
Rockford, IL 61107
Ann Grondlund
Donna Smith
To schedule call: 815-332-6800 or
Email: dsmith@centerforsighthearing.org
Susan Sotnick
sotnicks@gmail.com
Chicago, IL
Indiana
Diane Jones
Vincennes University ASL Program
1200 E. 42nd Street
Indianapolis, IN
(317)446-3018
djones5231@comcast.net
Iowa
Kansas
See TASK-12
Kentucky
Susan Waterbury
Eastern Kentucky University
Lexington, KY
susan.m.waterbury@gmail.com
Louisiana
Shari Bernius,CSC
Administrator
Deaf Action Center
Catholic Charities Archdiocese
of New Orleans
1000 Howard Ave
New Orleans, LA 70113
504-615-7122 (voice/text)
sbernius@ccano.org
Daniel Burch
Sign Language Services International, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA
Email: slsi@signlanguageservices.com
Phone: 225-273-3396
Denise Crochet
Semantikos, LLC
Email: crochet@tulane.edu
Phone: 504-578-6380
David Hylan
Deaf Action Center-Shreveport
601 Jordan St.
Shreveport, LA 77101
Phone: (318) 425-7781 x205
Email: david@deafactioncenter.org
Dawn Melendez
Baton Rouge, LA
Dawn.melendez.la@gmail.com
Maine
Judy Shepard-Kegl
University of Southern Maine
68 High Street
Portland, ME 04101
Phone: (207) 780-5957
Email: Kegl@usm.maine.edu
Anna
Bangor
Phone: (207) 843-7905
Email: annaperna55@gmail.com
Maryland
Name: Elizabeth Ann Monn, Ph.D.
Special Note:
To obtain test dates and availability, please contact Dr. Monn. Email address
is below.
Test Site: Center for Technology Education
John Hopkins University
6740 Alexander Bell Drive
Columbia, MD
Email: eipainmd@gmail.com
Massachusetts
Michele Ovalles
Somerset, MA
508-951-7748
Mcowell0108@gmail.com
Diane Stains
Mass. Commission for D/HH
105 East Grove St.
Middleboro, MA 02346
Phone: (774) 930-4024
Email: d.stains@worldnet.att.net
Michigan
Stacy Guthrie
Low Incidence Outreach
Michigan Dept. of Education
GuthrieS@michigan.gov
517-241-6476
Nancy Mosher
Low Incidence Outreach
Michigan Dept. of Education
mosherrana@yahoo.com
Beth Rice
Low Incidence Outreach
Michigan Dept. of Education
Riceb3@michigan.gov
517-241-5234
Minnesota
Kristi M. Hilton
Moorhead MN
(701)361-1390
Kristi.hilton@minnesota.edu
Kimberly Konerza
St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud MN
763-272-2148
gkhobbyfarm@live.com
Missouri
Marsha Campe
Sedalia, MO
660-826-8087
campem@sedalia200.org
Montana
See TASK-12
Nebraska
See TASK-12Nevada
Caroline Bass
College of Southern Nevada
6375 W Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89164
702-651-7683
Caroline.bass@csn.edu
J. Farrell Cafferata-Jenkins
Carson City, NV
775-720-8829
ASL Training, LLC
Email: f.cafferatajenkins@asltraining.com
Debbie Glab
College of Southern Nevada
Building C, Room 169
6375 W. Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89146
702-205-8109
Email: ddglab@hotmail.com
New Hampshire
Kevin L Bohlin
Northeast Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
56 Old Suncook Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 290-5099 stat
Email: kbohlin@ndhhs.org
Kim Pelkey
Phone: (603) 369-9788
Email: nheipa1@gmail.com
New Jersey
Silvia Coelho-yi
Union County College
232 East Second St.
Plainfield, NJ 07060
Phone: (908) 791-4952
Email:coelho-yi@ucc.edu
New Mexico
See TASK-12
New York
Rob Hills
LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, NY
Email: roberth@lagcc.cuny.edu
718-482-5307
Michael Rizzolo
Rochester, NY
Phone: (585) 235-7500
Email: mrizzolo@interpretek.com
North Carolina
Lee M. Williamson
NC Div of Svs for the D-HH
1100 Navaho Drive, GL-3
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: 919-874-2267
Email: lee.williamson@dhhs.nc.gov
North Dakota
North Dakota School for the Deaf
Bismarck, ND 58501
Work: (701)328-3988
Email: renae.bitner@sendit.nodak.edu
Lilia Bakken
ND School for the Deaf
Phone: (701) 665-4400
Email: Lilia.bakken@sendit.nodak.edu
Lori Kuball
Phone: (701) 730-2537
Email: kuballl@fargo.k12.nd.us
Ohio
Lynda McChesney
and Kelly Huff
Ohio School for the Deaf
500 Morse Road
Columbus, OH 43214
Phone: (614) 260-7767
Email: mcchesney@osdb.oh.gov
Oklahoma
Oregon
Erin Trine
Salem, OR
503-858-7174
trinee@wou.edu
See TASK-12
Pennsylvania
Scott Dougherty
412-826-6840
sdougherty@pattan.net
Pittsburgh, PA
PaTTAN
Jane Freeman
PaTTAN
Harrisburg, PA 17112-2764
Phone: (717) 541-4960
jfreeman@pattan.net
Sue Ann Houser
PaTTAN
King of Prussia, PA 19406-1904
Phone: (610) 265-7321 x7243
shouser@pattan.net
Brian Smith
Philadelphia Area
Phone: 610-805-7446
signinterp@verizon.net
South Carolina
Steve Fitzmaurice
Clemson University
225 S. Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville, SC 29607
Phone: (864) 431-7778
Email: canucks@bellsouth.net or sfitzma@clemson.edu
Susie Zoah Spainhour
Clemson University
University Center of Greenville
225 S. Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville, SC 29607
zspainh@clemson.edu
South Dakota
Christa Gunderson, M. Ed., NIC
Augustana College
Email: cgunderson@augie.edu
Tennessee
Charis S. Davis
Knoxville, TN
865-579-2500
cdavis@tsd.k12.tn.us
Phone: (865) 579-2429
Email: tinap@tsd.k12.tn.us
Texas
Susan Tiggs
Education Service Center, Region 11
1451 S. Cherry Lane
White Settlement, TX 76108
(817)-740-7580
stiggs@esc11.net
Utah
See TASK-12
Virginia
Laurie B. Malheiros
Phone: (804) 356-6450
Email: vaeipa@verizon.net
Ruth McLachlan
Baton Rouge, LA
rmclachla@radford.edu
April Warren
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
(757)472-2991
acwarren74@gmail.comt
Elaine Ziehl
Virginia Department for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Richmond, VA
Email: Elaine.ziehl@vddhh.virginia.gov
Phone: 804-274-0028
Washington
Email: pbert@harbornet.com
Christy Camarata
400 E University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Phone: (509) 963-1670
Email: camaratc@cwu.edu
Carol Carrothers
State Coordinator of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Svs
Phone: (590) 963-1131
Email: carolc@cwu.edu
West Virginia
Janelle St. Martin
West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
(304) 641-4806
wesign2@gmail.com
Wisconsin
For Wisconsin Educational Interpreters Only
Maryann Barnett
WESP-DHH Outreach
309 W. Walworth Ave.
Delavan, WI 53115
Phone: 262-728-7194
Email: maryann.barnett@wesp-dhh.wi.gov
Wyoming
See TASK-12
