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because of its members,
who volunteer their time to
advance the profession.
In closing, I thank you
for your consideration and
sincerely hope you'll give me
the opportunity to serve on
ATA's Board of Directors.
serve as the president of
the Midwest Association of
Translators and Interpreters,
an ATA chapter.
Throughout my
Christina Green, CT
christina@greenlinguistics.com
It's truly a great honor to
have been nominated to run
for a position on ATA's Board
of Directors.
I began my career over 25
years ago, after graduating
from the Universidad Central
de Venezuela with a degree in
translation and interpreting
in English and French. Since
then, I've been a full-time
translator and interpreter.
My first ATA Annual
Conference was in 2000,
in Los Angeles, the year I
moved to the United States.
I had worked in Venezuela,
Italy, and France, where I
gained valuable experience as
a language professional.
To the Board, I bring
my experience from
having served one prior
term on the Board, and
as the former chair of the
Membership Committee,
assistant administrator of
the Educators Division, and
assistant administrator of
the Interpreters Division.
I'm also on the Honors and
Awards Committee and
professional career, I've
focused on providing
language services in different
sectors, mainly in the
education, legal, medical,
and entertainment fields.
I've also provided services
to the most marginalized
populations with dignity
and respect. My work as a
volunteer interpreter for
nonprofit organizations has
shown me what the world
looks like for those who
don't speak English.
If elected to the Board,
these are the specific areas in
which I want to contribute:
y Increase exposure and
visibility of our members:
This has always been
at the forefront of my
agenda. We often forget
that the most important
people in our association
are our members. And
we can do more for
them. Many customers
don't know what ATA is,
what our contributions
are, how we help shape
language policies, or even
what we stand for. As a
professional association,
we must have a more
effective outreach with
our external customers.
y Student outreach,
specifically at colleges
and universities: We
need to attract younger
generations to our
profession and to our
association. During my
tenure as chair of the
Membership Committee,
we created an e-book for
translation students that
remains unpublished. By
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creating tools for students
to understand what our
profession entails and
what skills are needed
to succeed, we can steer
more people toward
studies in translation
and interpreting, while
paving the way for future
generations and increasing
our dwindling numbers.
y More active social media
presence: Undeniably,
social media plays a
key role in today's
communication. During
my tenure as assistant
administrator for the
Interpreters Division, I've
led the social media team
where we have used all
platforms not so much to
send messages, but to have
meaningful conversations
with our members. This
could attract new members
to our association and
could result in greater
membership numbers.
There is so much we can
do, and this is just a brief
description of my ideas.
I'm available to expand
on these subjects with
anyone interested. I would
be honored to become your
director and your voice.
of ATA director. I've been
serving on the Board for
the past year after being
co-opted following the last
election, and it would be
my privilege to be elected
by my peers to my first full
term this year. I would like
to continue my work as
director and help ATA keep
moving forward.
I've been an ATA member
since 2016 and owe my
professional success in large
part to this community,
which works tirelessly to
support, professionalize,
and advance the careers of
language professionals
I'm a Mandarin>English
and ATA-certified
French>English translator
and copywriter based in Long
Beach, California. I specialize
in corporate and marketing
communications and user
experience.
Ben Karl, CT
ben@bktranslation.com
I'm honored to have been
nominated for the position
In addition to currently
serving as director, I also
serve ATA in other ways.
I've chaired ATA's Advocacy
Committee since fall 2021,
leading a team of dedicated
members who are working
to monitor and respond to
issues important to ATA
members and empower us
all to be better advocates.
We've issued calls to action
to members, drafted official
ATA position statements,
contacted legislators and
policymakers, signed letters
on behalf of the Association,
and participated in legislative
action days on Capitol Hill.
I've also served on ATA's
Membership Committee
since 2018 and as the
Membership Committee
representative to ATA's
Government Linguistic
Outreach Task Force. During
my time on the Membership
Committee, I've helped roll
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