Board of Directors ...
President |
... | Alysse Rasmussen |
Vice President |
... | Rose Adams
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Secretary |
... | Linda Combee |
Treasurer |
... | Bill Cooper |
Newsletter Editor |
... | Cynthia Dupont |
Director |
... | Lori Cimino
|
Director |
... | Jer Loudenback |
Director |
... | Cindy D'Angelo |
Past President |
... | Cheryl Zuckerman |
Bios of Board Members...
Alysse Rasmussen teaches ASL 1 & 2 at Valencia Community College in Orlando. She holds 2 BAs in Linguistics & Spanish from UW-Madison (1978). In addition she has Graduate Certificates in Teaching ASL & Interpreting from Colorado University at Boulder (2001) and Teaching Interpretering Educators & Mentors from Northeastern University, Boston (2003). In early 2004, she completed her MA in Learning & Technololgy from Western Governors University. She has been a member of ASLTA & FASLTA since 1989.
Rose Adams began teaching ASL in 1980 while attending Nazareth College of Rochester. There were many requests for Rose to teach ASL. Upon graduation, Rose taught ASL in the homes of parents with Deaf children on Long Island. After moving to Florida in 1991, she was asked to replace a Deaf teacher at IRCC in Port St. Lucie. Rose taught at IRCC for ten years. In 1997, she developed and started an ASL program at Lincoln Park Academy High School. Rose now teaches ASL levels 1 – 4 at a local HS.
Linda Combee teaches ASL I & ASL II at University of South Florida, Lakeland campus. This is her 8th year. She also teaches community-based and church sign classes. She was a substitute interpreter and teacher in Deaf Ed classes in the 1980s and a member of ASLTA/FASLTA since 1996. Linda currently has ASLTA Qualified certification. She is the owner of Sign Language Communications in Lakeland, Fl. and the current vice-chair of AFBID (Association of Florida Baptist Interpreters of the Deaf). Linda holds a BA in Speech and Hearing Sciences from USF (2000) and a Certificate in Teaching ASL & Interpreting from Colorado University at Boulder (2001).
Lori Cimino, M.Ed. teaches American Sign Language at Florida Community College at Jacksonville. She is a native of Miami, Florida and attended Florida International University on an athletic scholarship earning a B.S. in Special Education: Emotionally Handicapped/Varying Exceptionalities in 1995. She then relocated to Jacksonville, Florida to attend the University of North Florida on a partial athletic scholarship for coaching. In 1997, she received a M.Ed. in Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing and made north Florida her home. Lori has been working in the field of education for over ten years and has a passion for learning and teaching. Additional education and training include graduate coursework in teaching English as a Second Language (ESOL) as well as several courses in Applied Behavior Analysis. In addition, she has continually participated in conferences and trainings regarding teaching American Sign Language and working with individuals with unique learning and behavioral challenges. Prior to her current position Lori worked as an Educational Coordinator at the University of Florida – Center for Autism and Related Disabilities; as Behavior Specialist for the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind; and as a teacher of American Sign Language and Deaf/Hard of Hearing at the high school level. More recently, Lori has transitioned from direct teaching and intervention with the deaf/hard of hearing population to sign language interpreting. She earned a Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf – QA Level 3 screening. She is also pursuing her ASLTA (American Sign Language Teacher’s Association) and NIC (National Interpreter Certification) certification and will always remain connected to her passion of working with individuals with unique learning and behavioral needs.
Jer L. Loudenback, M.Ed is a native of Seattle, Washington, the only deaf child in his family. Jer was educated in both oral schools and schools whose teachers used American Sign Language. He earned B.A. in Theatre Arts from Gallaudet University and a M.Ed. in Deaf Education from Lewis & Clark College. He has been teaching American Sign Language and Early Education for a decade. He also worked in numerous Deaf theatre productions including the National Theatre of the Deaf. Jer is the pre-lingual deaf recipient bilateral cochlear implants You may know Jer as Mr. Dennis Bravo of the Sign Enhancers, Inc. Bravo Family© videotapes. He lives with his family in Jacksonville, Florida.
Cindy D'Angelo is currently an adjunct faculty at FCCJ in Jacksonville, FL.
Cheryl Zuckerman, M.Ed. is teaching all levels of ASL at Dillard HS in Fort Lauderdale. This is her 8th year. She previously taught in a Deaf Ed program for 2 years, and has taught continuing education classes in ASL at Broward Community College. She holds an M.S. in Education (1997), a Certificate in Teaching ASL from Colorado University at Boulder (2003), and Florida DOE ASL endorsement. Cheryl teaches community education ASL classes, and is a current EIE evaluator for the Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (FRID).