Traci Ison, NIC, NAD IV
Member-at-Large
memberatlarge@rid.org
Hi, my name is Traci Ison and I am a Coda and certified sign language interpreter. I obtained certification from NAD in 2000 and from RID in 2009. I began my professional interpreting career in the Northern Kentucky/ Cincinnati metro area as a community freelance interpreter, and then discovered “designated interpreting” in the Washington, D.C. metro area where I get to work with talented Deaf leaders and business professionals.
I have had the honor of serving in community organization leadership roles in Maryland and Washington, D.C. for the last seven years. Most recently I served on the Board of Directors for the Potomac Chapter of RID (Maryland and Washington, D.C. joint RID chapter, PCRID) where I recently completed my term as president between PCRID’s first Deaf president in 2018 and PCRID’s first Black male president in 2021. I stand for community cohesion and partnership with the Deaf and Interpreter communities, and I am committed to Deaf leadership being realized in the world.
I am an entrepreneur at heart and passionate about ontological learning. I am a program leader with Landmark Worldwide global personal and professional training and development company, and I am currently pursuing a business leadership certificate from Harvard Business School online. I am currently building my dream home in Northern Kentucky where I will be living with my spouse who is also my business partner, and our teenage daughter.