Professional Spanish- English Conference Interpreter

RON ZELLON

Professional Spanish- English Conference Interpreter

4425 N. ALVERNON WAY TUCSON, AZ 85718

TEL. (520) 881-9092 Mobile (520) 360-8246 FAX (520) 881-1399

Clients:- Agencia Consular de Mexico

- American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

- American Music Awards

- Aquaculture America 2006

- Arizona Department of Health Services

- Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind

- Arizona Supreme Court

- Arizona-Sonora Border 2012 – Various Task Forces

- Arizona/Sonora La Paz Subgroups for Hazardous Waste & Enforcement

- Arizona-Sonora Commission

- Black & Decker

- Border Governor’s Conference

- Border Mayor’s Forum

- Border Health Foundation

- Border Partnership Action (PACT)

- CANENA – Council for Harmonization of Electro technical Standards

- Castrol, Inc.

- CCC Information Services, Inc.

- Caterpillar

- Catholic Relief Services

- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

- Challenger Farming Equipment

- Conference of Western Attorneys General of the United States of America

- Consortium of North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC)

- Emerson Electronics

- Francis Curry Tuberculosis Center – San Francisco

- Global Neuroscience Summit – Canadian and Latin American Meeting

- Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals

- Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS)

- Healthy Border – Healthy Gente 2010

- Instituto del Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Sonora (IMADES)

- International Association of Chiefs of Police

- Liebert Electronics

- Mexican National Conference of Attorneys General

- National Captioning Institute

- National Speaking of Women’s Health Foundation

- New Mexico Environment Department, Hazardous Waste Bureau (Through Gandy Marley, Inc. Triassic Park Waste Management Facility)

- Office of the Governor of Arizona

- SEMARNAT

- Sonoran Table Grape Grower Association

- Southeastern Arizona and Northeastern Sonora Mayors Forum

- Tohono O’odham Nation

- Tucson Foundry & Manufacturing, Inc.

- U.S. – Andean Free Trade Agreement Negotiations

- U.S. Customs & Border Protection

- U.S. Department of Agriculture

- U.S. Department of State

- U.S. Department of Labor

- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

- U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service

- U.S.- Mexico Border Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies

- USDA - ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center and the Semi-Arid Land-Surface-Atmosphere (SALSA) Research Program.

- Weiser Lock

Professional Interpretation Services provided for:

- Vicente Fox, President of Mexico

- Bruce Babbitt, U.S. Secretary of the Interior

- Carlos Alberto de Icaza, Mexican Ambassador to the U.S.

- Louis Freeh, Director of the F.B.I.

- John Glenn, U.S. Senator

- Jane Hull, Governor of the State of Arizona

- Eduardo Bours, Governor of the State of Sonora, Mexico

- Janet Napolitano, Governor of the State of Arizona

- Jorge Luis Ibarra Mendivil, President - Universidad de Sonora, - Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General

- Richard Teerlink, C.E.O. - Harley Davidson Motor Company

- Dr. Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University

- Doug Parker, CEO, US Air

Background:

- Team Lead Rater for Federal Court Interpreter Certification Exam

- Faculty, Spanish Translation and Interpretation, Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona 2008

- Faculty, Agnes Haury Institute for Interpretation at the University of Arizona. 2007 - Present

- Faculty, State Bar of Arizona Continuing Education Seminars 2007-

- Federally Certified Court Interpreter:

Anchorage, AK; Birmingham, AL; Tucson AZ; Indianapolis, IN; Cedar Rapids, IA; Sioux City, IA; Indianapolis, IN; Missoula, MT; Kansas City, MO; Lincoln, NE; Omaha, NE; Las Cruces, NM; Cleveland OH; Columbus OH; Rapid City, SD; Chattanooga TN; Knoxville TN; Nashville, TN; Casper WY; Cheyenne WY. 1997 - Present

- Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts - University of Arizona, 1992, 1989

- Editor of “El Independiente” - The Official Bilingual Newspaper of the City of South Tucson, published by The University of Arizona Department of Journalism. 1990- 91

- Pima Community College: Spanish Language Instructor –Downtown Campus Community Campus , Desert Vista Campus, West Campus.

1985 -1993

- Third Language: Portuguese