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Board Members
President
Summer Chappell Waldrip
Recently married to her partner George, she lives and works out of Oxford, MS. She has been working as a certified sign language interpreter for over 20 years. Summer is a native user of American Sign Language and holds a master’s degree in counseling from The University of Memphis. In addition to being a professional interpreter, she is also a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor. She has provided training to law enforcement, sign language interpreters, counselors, and community members on various topics over the last 15 years. Summer is the former President of both Children of Deaf Adults, Inc. (CODA International) and the Tennessee Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Vice President
Corey Blount
Corey is a licensed (MS QA Level III) interpreter living in the Oxford area. He is the sole proprietor of Blount Interpreting Agency, LLC in north MS and primarily works in higher education, medical, community settings, and VRI. He graduated from Hinds Community College’s ITP in 2004. He earned his undergraduate degree in 2012, and master’s degree in 2015 in linguistics. He is working on his PhD in Applied Linguistics. Corey is an adjunct instructor and interpreter at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). He previously served as Member-at-Large and President of MSRID. Corey and his husband, Kurt, live in Water Valley, MS. They enjoy taking care of their small farm, kayaking, and spoiling the family’s children.
Secretary
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Catherine Maenzo
Cat grew up in New England in a large Deaf family with a parent that was one of the first RSC's (Deaf interpreter). She has been RID certified since 1996 and has worked in a variety of settings including K-12, University/collegiate, medical, legal, performance, VRS and currently VRI. As someone with mixed indigenous heritage she has also volunteered with IDC (Intertribal Deaf Council) and Native peoples for years. She has lived in the Southern states for over 25 years and now permanently calls Northern Mississippi home with her husband and 2 dogs.
Treasurer
Theresa Delgado
Theresa is from Vicksburg, MS and she is excited to be your MSRID treasurer for this term! She grew up in a small town in Louisiana with her parents, brother and sister. Her older sister by eighteen months, Kelly, is deaf and attended LSD. Due to her mom's firm belief in full access to communication in the home for all family members, she does not ever remember not signing. Tragically, her sister unexpectedly passed away at a young age of 22. Sadly, being in a small, isolated area they were not rooted in the Deaf community and the language she had always taken for granted, American Sign Language, lay dormant and unused for 20+ years. With the encouragement of her husband and daughter she sold her accounting business and enrolled in the Hinds Community College ITT program in August 2019 to fulfill a lifelong dream to become an interpreter and reconnect with that part of herself that she had lost for over two decades. Theresa graduated from HCC in May 2021. She worked at MSD as a teacher's assistant for a short time and has been interpreting at Hinds Community College since Feb 2022. She is passionate about this profession and the community she serves. “I consider it a blessed honor EVERY TIME I get the opportunity to facilitate communication.”
Member at Large
Alyna Ginn
Aly is a dedicated ASL interpreter with over 15 years of signing experience and 5 years of professional interpreting. She specializes in educational interpreting and is expanding her expertise into medical interpreting and family gatherings. Aly's primary passion is her family; her children and husband followed closely by her love for ASL. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time on the water with her family, riding jet skis and inner tubes.
Member at Large
Julie Seawright
Julie has been an ASL Interpreter since 2005 working in various K-12, medical, and university settings. She graduated from Hinds Community College with an associate’s degree in Interpreting in 2005. She obtained a B.S. in Business Administration from Ole Miss in 2023. She started learning ASL at nine years old in 1993. She has a deaf grandmother, who has since passed, she has a deaf aunt that uses home signs and listening and spoken language to communicate She also has a son who is unilaterally deaf. He was born after she started her interpreting career. She serves as the Assistant Director of MS Hands and Voices, a parent driven, non-profit organization dedicated to providing unbiased support to families with children who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing. Currently, she is the Coordinator of Communication Access at the University of Mississippi. When not at work, she can be found napping, reading, and spending time with her husband, two sons, two dogs and one cat.
Member at Large
Bethane Holland
Bethane was born and raised in Central Mississippi and moved to the Gulf Coast in 2017. She graduated with her associates degree from MGCCC in 2023. She is currently working as an Educational Interpreter as well as pursuing her bachelor's degree. Her goal is to continue growing her knowledge and skills as she prepares for the EIPA, and eventually the NIC. Bethane also has a career as a respiratory therapist and is excited to take her love for the medical profession into her interpreting career. In her free time, she loves spending time with her husband and four children. Between sport games, musical concerts, and academic competitions, there is never a dull moment in her household.
Student Representative
