TRID 50th Anniversary Conference

HOTEL INFORMATION:

Holiday Inn: Knoxville West - Cedar Bluff Rd

9134 Executive Park Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37923

We have a group rate of $115.00 per night.  You can make your reservations one of two ways:

(this information is from the hotel)

Option 1:

Call the hotel directly at 865-342-3420
Make your reservation using the group block "TN Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf"

Option 2:

Use the group booking link:  TRID Growing Together 2019
Fill in your stay dates April 26-28, 2019
Hit the green submit button, this will take you to the page that shows the option to book the double rooms and gives you the group rate of $115.00 per night.
Continue making your reservation on line by inputting your information and confirming
You will receive a confirmation email once completed with your confirmation number for your records

TRID Growing Together 2019

PRESENTERS:

Anna McDuffie, B.S., CI & CT, NIC, SC: L

A native of Atlanta, graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Interpreting for the Deaf. After graduation, she moved to Boston where she worked as a staff interpreter at the Learning Center for Deaf Children, a bilingual/bicultural school for the Deaf. She also worked part time at Boston University as an interpreter for various graduate programs. Anna returned to Atlanta in 1999 and has been working as a freelance interpreter for the past 19 years. She earned a Certificate of Interpretation and Certificate of Transliteration from RID in 1999, the Specialist Certificate: Legal from RID in 2008 and the National Interpreter Certification from RID in 2011. Anna began teaching medical interpreting workshops along with her co-presenter, Heather Brown, in 2008 and is very passionate about standardizing best practices for medical and legal interpreting. Additionally, they published an article in a nationally peer reviewed medical journal entitled Health Care Providers and the Americans with Disabilities Act in the Journal of the American Association of Physician Assistants in January of 2011. She also teaches workshops on legal interpreting.  Anna currently lives in Marietta, Georgia, with her husband, Eric. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her step-daughter, Cece, her fur kids, Lola and Pippa, traveling, and playing tennis.

Other presenters to be announced.