The votes are in, and the membership has spoken!

Many thanks to all of you who voted in the recent elections for the 2026-2028 NCIHC Board of Directors. The votes are in, and the successful candidates are:

	President: Andy Schwieter Director, Language Access Services, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH
	Treasurer: Debbie Lesser Director of Interpreter Services, Wellstar Health Services, Atlanta, GA
	Director: Aigerim "Aya" Aliakparova Founder/Director at Spectria LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
	Director: Tatiana Cestari Director of Language Service Advocacy, Equiti Health, Brandon, FL
	Director: Mateo Rutherford Professor at Laney College, Oakland, CA

Congratulations to all who ran!

We hope that those of you who did not win this time around will join or continue to serve on one of the NCIHC committees. This is where the fun work happens!

So, the final board configuration for 2026-2027 is as follows:

President: Andy Schwieter, 2026-2028

Vice President: TBD

Secretary: Yu Aloe Rioux, 2025-2027

Treasurer: Debbie Lesser, 2026-2028

Directors (7):

Aigerim "Aya" Aliakparova, 2026-2028

Tatiana Cestari, 2026-2028

Rosemary Ford, 2025-2027

Fabiola Munafo, 2025-2027

Mateo Rutherford, 2026-2028

Yuliya Speroff, 2025-2027

Indira Sultanic, 2025-2027

The new board will be installed at the NCIHC Annual Membership Meeting. This event is being held online on the evening of Monday, April 27th. See the AMM page for more details.

To view the press release, click on the link below.

Press Release