Our Team

Respond Crisis Translation is a coalition of language practitioners fighting to dismantle systemic language rights violations.

We use our voices and language skills to enable access to legal support, social services, healthcare, and all other human rights. We mobilize to provide both acute emergency response and long-term ongoing language access support.

Meet the Team - Leadership Team - Board of Directors - Interpreters and Translators

Leadership Team

**Ariel Koren**
*Executive Director; Co-Founder*

**Aymeric Felt**
*Western European Languages Project Manager*

**Danielle Josyle**
*Haitian Creole Co-Lead; French Co-Lead*

**Demeke Akalu**
*South + East African Languages Lead*

**Diana Ghebrezadik**
*East African Languages Project Manager*

**Dudu Kone**
*Central + West African Languages Co-Lead*

**Franciso López**
*Operations Associate*

**Jack Carew**
*Director of Academic Partnerships + Public Health*

**Jersey Noah**
*Communications Director*

**Kal Walker**
*UX Designer & Researcher*

Co-Director of Policy — **Leila Lorenzo**
*Policy Director, SWANA Regional Director*

**Machaela Parkin**
*Eastern European + Central Asian Languages Lead*

Head of Greek Team — **Maria Kastani**
*Greek Lead*

**Meg Sears**
Director of Operations;
Co-Founder

**Mohamed Fenzari**
*Arabic Project Manager*

**Muhammad Yaseen Sharifzai**
*Afghan Languages Project Manager*

Gopalakrishnan Raghavan - Hindi Team Co-Lead — **Radhika Gopalakrishnan**
*South Asian Languages Co-Lead*

**Ralph Olivier Pierre**
*Haitian Creole Co-Lead*

Raman is the Kurdish Language lead at Respond Crisis Translation — **Raman Salah**
*Kurdish Lead*

**Reema Goyal**
*South Asian Languages Co-Lead*

Dahir - Somali Team Lead — **Siham Dahir**
*East African Languages Project Manager*

Head of Spanish Team, Co-Lead of Training Team — **Tatiana García**
*Training Lead; Spanish Lead*

Head of Afghan Languages Team — **Uma Mirkhail**
*Afghan Languages Lead*

Portuguese Team Co-Lead — **Vanessa C. Ferreira**
*Portuguese Co-Lead*

Head of Less Frequent and Marginalized Languages Team — **Valentina Callari Lewis**
*Operations Associate; Community Manager*

Board of Directors

Dr. Alex Hanna

Rhonda Jarrar

Fernanda de Oliveira

Juan Camilo Mendez

Nina Papachristou

Tony Wood

Watch this video to meet the team:

Respond Interpreters and Translators around the globe

Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Belgium, France, India, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK, North America (mostly Toronto).
Algeria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Mexico, Palestine, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Syria, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, UK, U.S., Yemen.
Australia, Austria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Poland, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Spain, The Netherlands, Togo, UK, USA, Zimbabew
Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, USA
Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Taiwan, UK, USA
Argentina, Armenia, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Cote D’Ivoire, Czech Repubic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Haiti, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, UK, U.S.
Brazil, Canada, Haiti, Mexico, USA
Germany, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Turkey, UK
Brazil, Chile, Spain, Turkey, USA
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Crimea, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Khazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, USA
USA
Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, U.S., UK, Spain, Nicaragua, Mexico, Italy, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Chile, Canada, Palestine, UAE, Germany, Venezuela, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine
Austria, Bangladesh, France, India, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, UK, USA
Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, UAE, USA, Vietnam
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Turkey, UK, USA
Canada, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malaysia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, UK, USA
Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Morcco, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, UK, USA, Venezuela
Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, The Netherlands, Ukraine, UK, USA

Our Team

Respond Crisis Translation is a coalition of language practitioners fighting to dismantle systemic language rights violations.

Leadership Team

Board of Directors

Dr. Alex Hanna

Rhonda Jarrar

Fernanda de Oliveira

Juan Camilo Mendez

Nina Papachristou

Tony Wood

Watch this video to meet the team:

Respond Interpreters and Translators around the globe

Afghan Languages ∼55 translators

Arabic ∼161 translators

Central + West Africa ∼92 translators

Indigenous Languages ∼11 translators

Chinese ∼49 translators

French ∼263 translators

Haitian Creole (Krèyol) ∼27 translators

Kurdish ∼31 translators

Portuguese ∼24 translators

Russian ∼407 translators

Sign Languages ∼17 translators

Spanish ∼385 translators

South Asia ∼65 translators

Southeast Asia ∼143 translators

Southwest Asia + North Africa ∼40 translators

South + East Africa ∼68 translators

Western Europe ∼243 translators

Ukrainian ∼136 translators

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