About Us - Staff

Jennifer Harvey is the Training and Assessment Systems for K-12 Interpreters (TASK12) Project Director with TAESE. She has extensive experience as an American Sign Language interpreter practitioner, trainer, and mentor. She is certified at both the state and national level and holds a Master of Science degree in ASL/English Interpreting Pedagogy. Jennifer has great passion for her work and has seen firsthand the impact a caring mentor can have on the lives of others.

Jennifer Harvey is an approved LTA and is approved for human subjects' research by BTNRH. She coordinates the administration of the EIPA in TASK12 states. TASK12 works closely with the BTNRH EIPA Diagnostic Center to assure that the administration of the EIPA continues to be reliable and accessible.

Jennifer was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. She grew up in a loving and lively home with her parents and 4 siblings. Both of her parents are Deaf which provided the rich experience of being raised in a bilingual, bicultural environment among a community she treasures.

LeeAnn earned her B.S. in Social Work with a Minor in Family, Consumer and Human Development at Utah State University in 2011 and earned a second bachelors in Communicative Disorders in 2019. She started working with TASK12 in January 2012. She handles all of the day-to-day operations of TASK12 including but not limited to organizing testing sites, managing registrations, accounting, data analysis and compilation, and travel coordination. LeeAnn is married and has four beautiful children.