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Janet joined GoAmerica in June 2008 after GoAmerica’s acquisition of Sign Language Associates the company Janet founded and where she held the position of President & CEO. Prior to founding SLA the nation’s oldest and largest private interpreting firm. Prior to joining GoAmerica Janet’s work history included positions at the National Association of the Deaf and Gallaudet University. Janet was in private practice when she joined forces with other DC area interpreters to help establish SLA. Janet is a pioneer in the field of performing arts interpreting where she earned her SC:PA in 1979. A certified member of RID since 1977 Janet served on the RID Board of Directors from 1990 - 95 (as Secretary Treasurer and President) where she served two terms as President of RID. Janet continues to serve on the NAD/RID National Council on Interpreting which has responded to the national interpreter shortage supported the revision of the new joint Code of Professional Conduct and has developed and launched the new joint national interpreter certification (NIC). Janet also serves on the RID Professional Standards Committee and was an active member of RID’s ad hoc Video Interpreting Committee tasked with the first standard practice paper on VRS. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of Deaf REACH and sits on the advisory committees of several Interpreting Programs.
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