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Health Care Interpreting Advisory Committee

Our Advisory Committees provide expert advice on a variety of issues to ensure that students earning degrees or certificates from JCCC are prepared to enter the workforce and become immediately productive.

Melanie Allmayer    
Certified Healthcare Interpreter

Isabel Mendez Martinez
Spanish/English Heath Care Interpreter and Translator at Hickman Mills C-1

Alicia Ponte
Senior medical interpreter at Children's Mercy Hospital
NCHICm CCHI AHA. Certified

Ivonne Rocha-Payan
Children’s Mercy Hospital and Saint Luke’s Hospital
Interpreter/Translator/Instructor

Maria Salas, MHA, CPB, CPCO
Sunflower Health Plan
Director, Health Equity

Ileana Simpson
Interpreter

Paul R. Spacek
Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
Senior Medical Interpreter

Eli Vasquez
Language Services Supervisor

Christina Wolff
Non-Voting Member
Supervisor, HCI Program at JCCC