Board Member Spotlight
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President
Portland, Oregon
Doug Friend became of member of NCRA in 1975. He is certified in Oregon, Washington and Nevada. Doug is a shareholder in Beovich Walter & Friend, Inc., in Portland, Ore., where he holds the official titles of Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer.
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President-Elect
Lansing, Michigan
Tami Smith has been a court reporter since 1988 and an official reporter for the 37th Circuit Court in Battle Creek, MI since 1990. She has served on numerous MAPCR committees, their Board of Directors, and was the President of MAPCR for the 1999/2000 term.
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Vice President
Worcester, Massachusetts
Nancy Varallo is the owner of The Varallo Group LLC, which offers court reporting, business development, and administrative support services to reporters and reporting firms. She began her court reporting career in 1979 and worked as a freelancer, a court reporting educator, and as a CART provider.
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Secretary-Treasurer
Cleveland, Ohio
Bruce A. Matthews has been a reporter for 37 years - 20 as a freelance reporter and 17 years as an official court reporter. Currently, Bruce is chief court reporter for the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Ohio.
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Immediate Past President
Wheaton, Illinois
Melanie L. Humphrey-Sonntag is a realtime reporter and president of Sonntag Reporting Service, Ltd., in suburban Chicago, Illinois, having previously worked as an official, freelancer, and firm owner in Wyoming and Colorado.
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Director
Monument, Colorado
Pat Graves is president of Caption First, Inc., where she works as lead realtime captioner. She has also worked as a freelance court reporter in New York, South Carolina, and Illinois.
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Director
Jefferson, Ohio
Sarah Nageotte currently works as an official court reporter for the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Prior to her current position, she had been an official reporter in the Common Pleas Courts of both Pennsylvania and Ohio since 1998.
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Director
Riverside, Calif.
Toni O’Neill, RPR, is a supervising court reporter with Riverside Superior Court in California. She has worked as an official since 1990. She previously worked as a freelancer, was part-owner of a firm, and taught at a court reporting school.
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Director
Helotes, Texas
Glyn Poage is an official court reporter in the 166th District Court, Bexar County, Texas. He has worked as a federal official, a freelance court reporter, and as a court reporting instructor.
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Director
Trenton, New Jersey
Mark H. Renzi is the president and owner of Guy J. Renzi & Associates Court Reporting and Legal Technology located in Trenton, N.J., where he has also worked as a freelance reporter since 1996. Mark currently is a member of NCRA’s Firm Owner’s Community of Interest.
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Director
Atlanta, Georgia
Heidi C. Thomas has been a court reporter since 1978, and a CART provider/captioner since 1989. She has served on the faculty/training staff for NCRA, and was on the Realtime Certification Committee at NCRA for 6 years.
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Director
Rothschild, Wisconsin
Chris Willette has been a freelance reporter in Wisconsin since 1985 and is currently the owner of Willette Court Reporting, LLC. She has been a member of NCRA since 1984 and has served on the NCSA Governing Board.
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Director
Long Valley, New Jersey
Viola S. Zborowski a freelance court reporter, became a certified court reporter in New Jersey in 1981, a Registered Professional Reporter in November 1980, a Registered Merit Reporter in May 1983, and a Certified Realtime Reporter in October 1994.
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Director
Canandaigua, New York
Stephen A. Zinone, RPR, is an official court reporter from Pittsford, N.Y., who started out freelancing in 1985, working as a stenographer in the Monroe County Town courts and in the deposition arena.
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Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer
Vienna, Virginia
Mark J. Golden has thirty-years experience managing and leading professional and trade associations. Before joining the NCRA staff in December 1998, Mr. Golden spent eight years with the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA), Washington, D.C., and 12 years with the Association of Telemessaging Services International, Alexandria, Virginia.
