​​​​Billy Sanders

Professional Bio

 

As a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter, Billy Sanders is a Communications Consultant with Bridges Consulting, LLC; a company he founded twenty years ago to champion cross-cultural communication through education and empowerment. At present a veteran mentor for College Bound, Board Advisor to Light the Way Foundation, and a Board Member for the Friends of the Buea School for the Deaf [Cameroon, West Africa]. Billy credits his love for serving within the Deaf community to his mother, Debra - who is Deaf. 

 

Having earned both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Science in Public Administration from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Billy is currently a doctoral student in the Community College Leadership Program at Morgan State University. A staunch advocate for education, Billy has taught extensively since the year of 2000 at a myriad of colleges and universities in the subjects of American Sign Language, Signed Language Systems, and Strategies for Cross-Cultural Communication. Aside from living out his passion, Billy loves to spend time with his 19-year old son, Donovan, who is a scholar-athlete attending the University of Virginia.