The National SLPI:ASL Leadership Board members are followed by local coordinators in the US and Canada.
The National SLPI:ASL Leadership Board (NSLB) members below guide and monitor SLPI teams in the US. They also provide SLPI evaluator training workshops. Workshops are conducted over four days, and trainers are paid a $4,000 stipend for their work.
Sharon Lott, NSLB Coordinator
and ASL Training and Evauation Coordinator
National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
sjlnod@rit.edu
(585) 286-3484 vp
John Rushton, ASLTE Staff Assistant
National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
If any corrections are needed, please let me know at jsrnod@rit.edu.
For remote SLPI services via videophone, contact:
nationalslpiasl@gmail.com
The following list of local SLPI teams is organized geographically: East/Northeast, South/Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West, and Canada
East/Northeast
Sharon Lott
ASLTE Coordinator
National Technical Institute for the Deaf</strong>
Rochester Institute of Technology
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, New York 14623-5604
585-286-3484 (VP)
sjlnod@rit.edu
Pam Rohring
St. Mary's School for the Deaf
2253 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14214
(716) 335-9380
prohrign@smsdk12.org
Adele Agin, LCSW
Executive Director, SCPI Coordinator
Lexington Vocational Services Center, Inc.
Lexington Center for Mental Health Services
30th Avenue & 75th Street
Jackson Heights, New York 11370
718-350-3110 (V/T), x3072 (Fax), x3031 (VP)
aagin@lexnyc.org, adeleagin@aol.com
St. Francis De Sales
Sign Language Dept.
260 Eastern Pkwy
Brooklyn, New York 11225
718-636-4573 ext. 112
Department of Deaf Education
Canisius College
2001 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14208-1098
716-888-2261, 716-888-3142 (Fax)
SLPI Coordinator
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
150 Mt. Vernon Street, Suite 550
Boston, Massachusetts
Kim Arrigo
Staff Interpreter
New Jersey School for the Deaf
320 Sullivan Way
West Trenton, New Jersey 08628
kim.arrigo@mksd.org
609 498 7948 VP
609 530 2332 voice
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (WPSD)
300 Swissvale Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15218-1469
Contact: Todd Behanna
(570) 309-0173 - VP; (412) 244-4211 - Fax
South/Southeast
Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf
1311 U.S. HWY 301 South
Wilson, NC 27893
Jimmy Peterson, Executive Director
Georgia Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
4151 Memorial Drive, Suite 103-B
Decatur, GA 30032
404-292-5312
jpeterson@gcdhh.org
www.gcdhh.org
Billy Gulley Jr
SLPI Coordinator
Kentucky School for the Deaf
303 South Second Street
PO Box 27
Danville, KY 40423-0027
859-755-4611 VP
billy.gulleyjr@ksd.kyschools.us
http://www.ksd.k12.ky.us
SLPI Coordinator
West Virginia School for the Deaf
301 East Main Street
Romney, West Virginia 26757
304-822-4860
Kathy Campbell CI & CT
Interpreter Coordinator/SLPI:ASL Coordinator
kathy.campbell@vsdb.k12.va.us
ASL Instructor/Specialist
Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
PO Box 2069 Staunton, Virginia 24441
April Haggard
Administrative Coordinator/Technology Specialist
Center on Deafness/PEPNet-South
University of Tennessee
239 Bailey Education Complex
1122 Volunteer Blvd.
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3442
(865) 238-0722
akirby1@utk.edu
Nick McClure
Director of Interpreter Services
Florida School for the Deaf & the Blind
207 North San Marco Avenue
St. Augustine, Florida 32084
mccluren@fsdb.k12.fl.us
904-827-2930 (V), X2506 (Fax)
904-201-4775 (VP)
And
Katie Bechtold
bechtoldk@fsdb.k12.fl.us
904-827-2223 (V), X2506 (Fax)
904-201-4493 (VP)
Charlene Crump
State Coordinator, Interpreting/Communication Access
Office of Deaf Services
Alabama Department of Mental Health
P. O. Box 301410
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
charlene.crump@mh.alabama.gov
www.mhit.org
334-353-7415 (voice)
334.242.0796 (fax)
And
Shannon Reese
shannon.reese@mh.alabama.gov; 334-239-3780 VP
Alla Tarasyuk
SLPI Coordinator
Louisiana School for the Deaf
2888 Brightside Lane
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821
VP (225)341-6528
atarasyuk@lalsd.org
SLPI:ASL Coordinator
Illinois School for the Deaf
125 Webster Ave
Jacksonville, Il 62650
VP (217)303-8201
Craig.Kuhn@illinois.gov
Mary Cashman-Bakken
Director/Specialist
Minnesota Resource Center: Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
Division of Special Education
615 Olof Hanson Drive
Fairbault, Minnesota 55021-0308
800-657-3936 (V/T)
866-575-1105 (VP), 507-332-5494 (Fax)
mary.cashman-bakken@state.mn.us
Amy Amundsen
SLPI Coordinator/Interpreter
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
615 Olof Hanson Drive
Faribault Minnesota 55021
507-384-6665 V; 507.412.5082
amy.amundsen@msad.state.mn.us
Sharon Egbert
Communication Supervisor
Missouri School for the Deaf (MSD)
505 East 5th Avenue
Fulton, Missouri 65251
(866) 412-0497 (VP)
(573) 592-2522 (V)
(573) 592-2570 (fax)
sharon.egbert@msd.dese.mo.gov
Southwest
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services
26 Corporate Hill Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
501-686-9688 v/tty
501-686-9685 fax
Licensing & Certification Coordinator
Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (ACDHH)
100 N. 15th Avenue, Suite 104
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
602-542-3323 v/tty
West
Cindy Woodrum
California State Bilingual Coordinator
10186 Atlantis Drive
Elk Grove, California 95624
cwoodrum@mac.com
(916) 548-1459
Chad A. Ludwig, MSW, ADAC, DI
Director, Research and Resource Center with Deaf communities (RRCD)
Richard Woodcock Education Center
Western Oregon University
(503) 468-5724 Fax-(503) 838-8228
ludwigc@mail.wou.edu
www.WOU.edu/rrcd/rsla
Canada (Nova Scotia and New Brunwsick)
Amy Parsons
Educational Interpreter Consultant
Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority (APSEA)
5940 South Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1S6
aparsons@apsea.ca