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Organisational Structure

Members of the National Council Executive

Branch Delegates to the National Council

State Branches

AUSIT emerged as a national association, out of the federation of state chapters, in 1987. 

You can get involved in AUSIT by contacting your local branch:

ACT Branch

Chair: Dave Deck
Secretary: Kristina Wolf
Treasurer: [vacant]
Branch Delegate: Dave Deck
Membership Liaison Officer: Kristina Wolf
PD Coordinator: Jialiang (Jessie) Huang

Committee members: Henry (Ta-Yuan) Chen, Vesna Cvjeticanin, Yingying (Rachel) Wu, Ling Jin, Adam Young, Elena Yudina

NSW Branch

Chair: Camille Lapierre
Deputy Chair: Issa He

Secretary: Christine Ji
Treasurer: [vacant]
Branch Delegate: Camille Lapierre
Deputy Branch Delegate: Issa He

Membership Liaison Officer: Mohammed Reza Shariflou
PD Coordinator: Rebeca Paredes Nieto

Committee members: Marion Gevers, Hania Geras, Silvia Martinez, Joanna Alice, Min (Elaine) Wu

QLD Branch

Chair: Carina Mackenzie
Secretary: Andrea Dallape
Treasurer: [vacant]
Branch Delegate: Carina Mackenzie
Membership Liaison Officer: Eyal Chipkeiwicz Assa
PD Coordinator: Eyal Chipkeiwicz Assa

Committee members: Nancy Guevara, Sam Berner, Joanne Ellis, Christine Le, Racheal Tamehana, Elisabeth Kissel, Kunyang Zhu, Karim Sanders, Patricia Evelin Arguello de Avila

SA/NT Branch

Chair: Joe van Dalen
Secretary: Sudas Abdul-Jadier
Treasurer: [vacant]
Branch Delegate: Joe van Dalen
Deputy Branch Delegate: Alicia Rex
Membership Liaison Officer: Alicia Rex
PD Coordinator: Rossana Mora
NT Representative: David Moore

Committee members: Tets Kimura, Ludmila Berkis, Marina Morgan, Suque Fa Lai, Shahin Entesari-Tatafi, Thomas Kruckemeyer

TAS Branch 
Chair:Qiusi (Echo) Zhang
Secretary: Frances Madden
Treasurer: Martin Blackwell
Branch Delegate:Qiusi (Echo) Zhang
Membership Liaison Officer: Sara Guerrini
PD Coordinators: Martin Blackwell

Committee members:
 Saeed Khosravi, Tial Siang, Amir Khankeshipour, Madhi Ibrahim, Mehrangiz Tabatabaei, Asmika Shrestha, Rabia Bilal

 

VIC Branch 
Chair:Karine Bachelier
Secretary: Debbie Thomas
Treasurer: Kenichiro Nagato
Branch Delegate:Karine Bachelier
Membership Liaison Officer: Henry Lam
PD Coordinators: Jess Shepherd, Dillane Pierro-Zago, Stella Tulloch
Communications Officer: Elvira Bianchi

Committee members:
 Epperly Zhang, Fatih Karakas, Shammi Ferdousi, Shahinoor Akter, Miriam Chiu, Inke Sieloff, Vicky Smith, Chawannuch Uthayan

 

WA Branch 
Chair:  Catherine Pfammatter
Secretary: Elisa Michelini
Treasurer:  [vacant]
Branch Delegate: Catherine Pfammatter
Membership Liaison Officer: Mary Street
PD Coordinator: vacant
 
Committee members: Corinne Perrin, Kamran Afshar, Hawra Latif, Francika Roberts, Mariam Ashrat, Aida Oye Gomez, Zijun (Zoe) Zhou, Rongrong (Liberty) Shi, Fabiola Kely Pinheiro

AUSIT National Council

Chair (and National President): Carl Gene Fordham
National Secretary: Dr Miranda Lai
National Treasurer:
Han Xu
Immediate Past President:
Dr Erika González
National Vice President (Events & Professional Development):
Issa He
National Vice President (Ethics & Professional Practice)Saaed Khosravi
National Vice President (Communications & Public Relations)Rosario Lázaro Igoa

Branch Delegates: Dave Deck (ACT), Camille Lapierre (NSW), Carina Mackenzie (QLD), Joe Van Dalen (SA/NT), Karine Bachelier (VIC), Quisi (Echo) Zhang (TAS)

National Committees

Professional Development
Committee 

Chair (& National Vice President, Events & PD): Issa He
National PD Coordinator: Epperly Zhang


Branch PD Coordinators:
Jialiang (Jessie) Huang (ACT), Rebeca Paredes Nieto (NSW), Eyal Chipkeiwicz Assa (QLD), Rossana Mora (SA/NT), Martin Blackwell (TAS), Jess Shepherd, Dillane Pierro-Zago, Stella Tulloch (VIC)   [WA position is currently vacant]

Communications
Committee 

Chair (& National Vice President, Communications & PR): Rosario Lázaro Igoa
Member Benefits Contact: Carina Mackenzie

Committee members: Corinne Perrin, Candice Lu, Candela Malizia, Eirlys Chessa, Claudia Zhou, Feier (Vivian) Chen, Larysa Owen, Kunyang Zhu, Marcela Vanega

Education
Committee 

Chair & National Education Coordinator: Nicola Thayil
National Vice President, Events & PD: Issa He

Committee members: Melissa McMahon (NAATI), Nicole Zhou (Babel International College), Adelis Huang (Macquarie University), Shani Tobias (Monash University), Ya Ping Kuo & Miranda Lai (RMIT University), Marshall Wei (Sydney Institute of Interpreting and Translating), Marina Morgan (TAFE SA), Ning Zhang (University of Adelaide), Yu Hao (University of Melbourne), Alisa Tian (University of New South Wales), Dr William Gatherer (University of Queensland), Anna Gadd (University of Western Australia), Kenny Wang (Western Sydney University)

Observer: Xuran Guo (Chair, Students’ Committee)

Ethics and Professional
Practice Committee (EPPC)

Chair: Dr Jim Hlavac

National Vice President, Ethics & PP: Saeed Khosravi

Committee members: Dr Miranda Lai (Academic Rep), Jacqueline Skewes and Anna Grogan (Practitioners’ Reps), Sebastien Robin (NAATI Rep), Lily Cheung (RTO Rep), Giuseppina Pungitore (PA Rep)

Liaison
Committee 

Chair: Karine Bachelier
National Vice President, Comms & PR: Rosario Lázaro Igoa


Committee members:
Emma Yeung, Kim Houillon

TERMS of REFERENCE to be advised

Students'
Committee 

Chair: Xuran Guo
Mentor: Qiusi (Echo) Zhang

Committee members: Manzila Tayier, Emma Yeung, Jean Christie, Hye Rin (Irene) Shim

Editorial Committee,
In Touch magazine  

Chair and T&I Editor: Hayley Armstrong


Committee members:
Elvira Bianchi, Vera Gu, Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan, Jemma Ives, Sophia Ra, Cristina Savin, Tania Pineda-Stuart, Xiaoxing (Amy) Wang

Interpreters’ Feedback on RNS Implementation Committee (I-FRIC)

Chair: Carl Gene Fordham
Deputy Chair: Vacant

Secretary: Magdalena Rowan

Committee members:  Biserka Surla, Aisha Kenawy, Silvia Martinez, Mikoto Araki, Vicky Wong (NAATI observer)

Advocacy
Committee 

Chair: Patricia Avila


Committee members:
Carina Mackenzie, Pedro Telleria Teixeria, Erika González Garcia

Language Divisions

Language Divisions are a great way to network with practitioners in the same working language and organise professional development on topics of most relevance to your language community. All AUSIT members are eligible to join a Language Division in their working language. 

If you would like to set up a new Language Division, email AUSIT’s National President to find out how. 

If you would like to join an existing Language Division, email the delegate via the links below.

Spanish Language Division 

DelegateCintia Lee

Deputy Delegate: Nancy Guevara


Support Committee Members: Carina Mackenzie, Marcela Vanega, Joanne Ellis.

 

TERMS of REFERENCE to be advised

German Language Division  

Delegate: Peter Zauner
Deputy Delegate: Felicity Mueller

AUSIT's Past Presidents

1987–89:  Luciano Ginori
1989–91:  Bob Filipovich 
1991–93:  Mary Gurgone 
1993–95:  Armand von Stein 
1995–96:  Klaus Hermes 

1997–99:  Marta Barany
1999–2000:  Skender Bregu 
2000–02:  Moreno Giovannoni 
2003–05:  Yveline Piller 
2005–06:  Chris Poole 

2006–07:  Uli Priester 
2007–09:  Sarina Phan 
2009–10:  Sam Berner 
2010–11:  Daniel Muller 
2011–14:  Annamaria Arnall 

2014–17:  Sandra Hale
2017–19:  Rocco Loiacono
2019–22:  Erika Gonzalez
2022–24:  J. Angelo Berbotto
2024:  Erika Gonzalez

Submission form

for court interpreters to report incidents or issues that occur in court interpreting assignments.

Purpose and function of this information submission form.

This form enables you to report issues or problems that you encounter in the course of court interpreting assignments. These issues and problems will be collected by AUSIT to report to the JCCD (the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity) to monitor the implementation of the Recommended National Standards. The reporting of these issues and problems enables AUSIT to work with the JCCD to suggest steps to address these issues and to avoid the repetition of these problems in the future.

  • Details of interpreter and court interpreting assignment

    (These details will be retained by AUSIT only. These details will not be passed on to JCDI):

  • MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Your interpreting assignment experience

    (These details may be shared with JCDI. If you do not wish for a specific piece of information to be made available to the JCDI, please make this clear.)

  • Give details of what you wish to report on in chronological order below (NOTE: you can access the Recommended National Standards here)
  • Thank you for taking the time to report your experience. It will assist us in advocating for interpreters to be treated as the skilled and experienced professionals that we are. Your feedback is welcome.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

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