Translation Center Staff

	Görkem Cilam, Assistant Director Görkem Cilam holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College in Economics and German Cultural Studies. She is fluent in Turkish, English and German. In addition to her passion for languages, she brings to the Translation Center financial expertise from her prior engagements as a business manager and a management consultant. Most recently, she became a finalist in the EntreClub / Mass Ventures Business Competition. She also works with the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages, developing a web site with language learning materials for Turkish.
	Shawn Lindholm, Project Manager Shawn Lindholm holds a BA in French from Rutgers University and has trained in conference interpretation with Professor Dan Martin at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In addition to French, she has knowledge of Spanish and Russian. She has five years of administrative experience in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
	Río Hernández, Project Manager Rio Hernandez holds a BA in History and Asian Studies from Cornell University and an MA in Translation Studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is a native speaker of Spanish with knowledge of Japanese and Thai.
	Hyongrae Kim, Assistant Project Manager Hyongrae Kim is a PhD candidate in the Comparative Literature Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He received his BA in English Interpretation and Translation and his MA in Conference Interpreting and Translation from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea. He is a native speaker of Korean and English.