Interim Manager
Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind
Deaf-Blind Program - Staff Bios
INTERPRETING SERVICES
Richelle Frantz
Interim Manager
Richelle (Hammett) Frantz, MA, CI, CT, received her undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and her master’s degree in Human Resource Management at the College of Management & Technology at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Formerly the Director of the Wisconsin Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Richie supervised six regional offices around the state. In 1999, she moved from Wisconsin to New Mexico to set up the New Mexico Deaf-Blind Program.
From 2001 until 2006, she had the opportunity to assist the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind in establishing Deaf-Blind Services there.
Richie joined the Seattle Lighthouse in July 2006 as a staff interpreter and has been actively involved in the Deaf-Blind community since her arrival. She is the new Vice Chair for the Deaf-Blind Member Section of the RID. She is also currently serving on the National Task Force on Deaf-Blind Interpreting.
When not working, you might find Richie traveling, exploring, playing in the garden or reading a good book.
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