John has been informally interpreting since he was a child and is a firm believer in the far-reaching benefits of language access for all members of a community. John has seen, and experienced first-hand, the profoundly impactful, life-changing, and often life-saving, benefits of language access and professional interpreting.

In his role as Director of Cross Cultural Communications (CCC), John works to instill a profound understanding of the need for a standards and ethics driven approach to interpreting cantered on a deep understanding of the central principle of interpreting: communicative autonomy.