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efsli Presidents

Liz Scott Gibson (Scotland): 1993 - 1997

Griet Geysels (Belgium): 1997 - 2002

Marco Nardi (Italy): 2002 - 2006

Maya de Wit (Netherlands): 2006 – 2009

Maya de Wit (Netherlands): 2009 re-elected

Annual Activity Report 2009-2010

Name
Marinella Salami
Office
Vice president
Department
Training and Development
 

Marinella Salami was born and raised in Piacenza, Italy.

After becoming a Certified Italian Sign Language Interpreter in 1990, she has been working as a free-lance interpreter in Italy and abroad ever since. Her working areas are conferences, liason interpreting, performing arts and high education. Her clients include national and international corporations, no-profit foundations, Deaf associations, Universities, local and national governmental institutions and many others. She interpreted the morning News on the National Italian TV Channel Rete 4 for seventeen years until the service was cancelled in 2010.

She is also an interpreter coordinator and a trainer with a focus on ethics and professional practice. She is currently training at the University of Venice.

She is an active member of ANIOS, the National Association of Italian Sign Language Interpreters. She was a member of ANIOS’s Examination Committee for seven years (2003-2010).

In September 2007 she was elected as a Board member of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli) and served as head of the training department for three years. In 2010 she was re-elected and now she is also vice-president of efsli.

Marinella holds a B.A. in literature and language. She graduated cum laude at the University of Milan with a thesis on the representation of deafness in 19th Anglo-American literature.