Welcome to the OKRID Come Together 5 Conference of 2009!
This years conference is going to be held in Ada, OK at East Central University and will take place January 16th and 17th 2009.
Gino Gouby,
CDI, CLIP-R - is currently the Eastern Region Professional Development Trainer for Sorenson Communications, who he has been affiliated with for four years now. A native of Arizona, Gino brings to Sorenson VRS over 15 years of experience as an interpreting trainer and practitioner. He has presented on local and national level. He received his Certified Deaf Interpreter certification in 2001 and his Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit – Relay certification in 2002. He also previously worked as the Instructional Development Coordinator for the Distance Opportunities for Interpreting Training Center (DO IT Center) in Denver, Colorado. He is also a member of Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and Conference of Interpreter Trainers.
Keith Gamache,
Jr. is a native Californian and is well-traveled through the states. He is Deaf of Deaf parents and has a large number of deaf relatives. He graduated from California School for the Deaf in Riverside. He received his bachelor's degree in history from Brigham Young University and a master's degree in teaching from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He holds a professional ASLTA certification and has taught courses in ASL, Deaf Studies, and Interpreting for more than ten years. He has given numerous workshops and presentations. He was recently employed as a professional development trainer with Sorenson Communications based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is married with four children.
Amie Seiberlich
Amie holds a Master's degree in Communication from the University of Denver, a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Marquette University and an Associate's degree in Sign Language Interpreting from Front Range Community College. Outside of professional circles and in her free time Amie can be found in the Rocky Mountains on her motorcycle or in her kayak, and enjoying time with her family. In addition, Amie has developed coursework for the University of Northern Colorado's DO IT Center and Regis University, and is currently teaching courses she developed in leadership, supervision and interpreting.
Maria Ruiz-Williams,
Maria was introduced to music at a very young age via both her maternal and paternal grandmothers. As the oldest child of deaf adults (CODA) she was given ample freedom to explore that passion by being exposed to all genres of music. As she grew older her mother often times asked her “What are they singing about?” It was the idea of her mother being left out of the musical realm that led Maria to explore the limitless possibilities of what Visual Music would “sound” like. Through many hours locked up in her bedroom with cassette tapes, she poured over lyrics searching for ways to make the music as powerful for her mom and the deaf community as it was to her.