Language Assistance Advisory Committee Members

The Language Assistance Advisory Committee (LAAC) is a charter-mandated advisory group that plays a vital role in developing and implementing the CEC's poll site language assistance program and advancing language justice.

Currently serving as the 2025 Language Assistance Advisory Committee members are:

Ivie Bien-Aime – Haitian Creole

Rubén Darío Cruz

Abdourahamane Diallo - French and Fulani

Somia El-Rowmeim

Thekra El-Rowmeim - Arabic

Erum Hanif

Audu Kadiri - Yoruba

Mariya Markh

Laura McKenna

Dr. Darling Miramey - Polish

Marina Meyster – Russian and Spanish

Jin S. Moon - Korean

Noor Muhammad

Shivani Parikh – Gujarati and Bangla

Giulia Prestia – Italian

Andrea Salazar - Spanish

Muhammad Shahidullah – Bengali and Urdu

Aleksandra Slabisz - Polish

Samuel M. Stern

Winton Tran – Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)