Kelly Linkowski, who has worked as a captioner since 1993, holds the nationally recognized professional certifications of Registered Professional Reporter (RPR), Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR), and Certified Realtime Captioner (CRC). She has worked from the comforts of home and around the world, providing verbatim transcription and instant speech-to-text accessibility using the power of stenography.
At the national level, Linkowski has been an active volunteer, contributing to articles for publication, presenting seminars, and encouraging students through mentoring and as an advisory member of stenography programs. She has been involved with numerous NCRA committees, including the Student Community of Interest, National Outreach Committee, Court Reporting Program Advisory Committee (Student Liaison), Council on Approved Student Education, Intersteno Task Force, National Congress of State Associations (Regional Representative), Strategic Planning Task Force (Captioning Segment Chair), Nominating Committee, Captioning Committee (Chair), and Certified Realtime Captioner (CRC) Certification Committee.
At the state level, Linkowski began her service with the Ohio Court Reporters Association as a Director and Student Liaison in 2012 and completed her term as immediate past president in 2021.