BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Cynthia Peinado
President
Ms. Peinado has ample experience in Business Services as well as Language Access, Cultural Competence, Training and Development. She is also a Website Translation and Localization Certificate Program graduate from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey. Her healthcare interest became a career, more than 20 years ago when she enrolled as a community volunteer in a hometown clinic serving mostly low income families. She then worked as a patient care team member in hospitals including NICU, Pediatrics, ICU, ER, and Mental Health. Her passion for integrating provider services and patient care quality led her to roles within Risk Management, Patient Advocacy, Provider & Staff Training and Development. She continues providing training and consulting for health care providers ensuring continued compliance of development, revision and implementation of operational, training and professional development programs. Her passion for volunteer work has continued throughout her career and currently includes service as Committee Member, Speaker Liaison, Board and Ambassador Member for local and international volunteer community service organizations. She is a Healthcare Quality Consultant, Spanish Translator and Certified Medical Interpreter and owner of English Spanish Consulting. She accounts for 25 years of language access including patient care, health administration, Risk Management, Patient Advocacy, Training and Staff Development. Professional activities include membership with American Translators Association, American Society for Quality, Health Care Compliance Association and Association for Talent Development, former board member with Colorado Association of Professional Interpreters and current board member with International Medical Interpreters Association.
Bruni Trevino Dopatka, MA, BA
Member-at-Large
Bruni Treviño Dopatka has been a certified court interpreter in Tennessee and a member of TAPIT since 2004. She is a medical interpreter certified by CHI. She interprets in Spanish and French. Bruni holds a Bachelor of Arts in French and Master of Arts in German from the University of Wisconsin. She trained as a systems analyst in Germany. She has presented several times at TAPIT. Bruni has been trained as a mediator by the Community Mediation Center. Bruni loves her work. She also enjoys her children and grandchildren. In her free time, she hikes and plays the piano.
Sarah Cawvey, CMI-Spanish
TAPIT Interim President-elect
Sarah is originally from St. Albans, VT and was first introduced to the Spanish language in the third grade. Her family later moved to central Honduras, where they served for years as missionaries. It was there that Sarah really cultivated her language skills and passion for the Hispanic culture. In 2009, Sarah returned to the U.S. and attended Asbury University, where she obtained a B.A. in Spanish and in Biochemistry. Upon graduation, she began working as a professional Spanish medical interpreter, which culminated with her obtaining her national board certification (CMI) in 2015 and becoming a board member of the Tennessee Association of Professional Interpreters and Translators (TAPIT) in 2017.
In total, Sarah possesses over 5 years of professional interpreting experience in places such as Vanderbilt University Medical Center and has worked in a vast array of specialties and environments including trauma bays, emergency rooms, labor and delivery departments, and intensive care and surgery floors. While she is still an active interpreter and TAPIT board member, she also currently works at the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute (TFLI) where she manages and coordinates independent contracting interpreters who serve in medical, legal, and other public service fields.
Hanaa Hamed
Member-at-Large
Hanaa Hamed was born in Sudan where she graduated with a Bachelor´s degree in accounting. She lived in Egypt for two years and then moved to Nashville as a refugee with her husband and one daughter. Shortly after her arrival, she started working with World Relief while taking English classes at Nashville State Community College. Hanaa attended Belmont University and continued working for non-profit organizations as a Refugee Cash and Medical Assistant program manager, an accountant, and an Immigration Assistant. Now Hanaa has four kids, working as an interpreter with Tennessee Foreign Language Institute, First Steps, Siloam clinic and she volunteers with TIRRC while trying to pursue higher education. Hanaa has been active and taking many roles to help immigrants to have a better life and create a healthy community. She joined NICE as a board member in January of 2017 and Nashville Public Library Immigrant Advisory Committee in February of 2017.
Marvyn Bacigalupo-Tipps, Ph.D.
President-emeritus
marvyn.bacigalupo-tipps@tapit.org
Originally from New Jersey, Marvyn settled in Nashville some thirty years ago, initially to teach at Vanderbilt University and subsequently at other local colleges. Later, she was a partner in a successful translation company, became an editor of two trade journals in Spanish, and now works as a freelance ATA Certified Translator of Spanish and as a Certified Court Interpreter in the Federal Courts, and Kentucky and Tennessee State Courts. Marvyn served as President of TAPIT for 3 years, an organization she co-founded in 2002. She is now President-Emeritus.
Heidi Giordano
Member-at-Large
Hello my name is Heidi Giordano, I am a bilingual Spanish and English speaking interpreter. I was born and raised in Southern California. I moved to Tennessee in April of 2015 with my husband and 2 kids and now with our beautiful addition baby girl, we are a family of 5. I attended Northridge Institute of Interpretation and completed an interpreter readiness course. In September of 2016 I became a registered interpreter with the State of Tennessee and am currently on the path to become certified. When I decided to pursue this career of interpreting I was living in California working full- time as a manager not knowing that I would fulfill this dream of mine in Tennessee. I was nominated to be a member at large, I’ve never been a board member for any committee, but non the less I was grateful that I was thought of. I’m ready to explore and see what this whole new experience brings to my career as a person who likes to serve others and be a part of something great. I would love to be part of this committee and be able to offer my services, knowledge, experience, and ideas I might have.