Board of Directors
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President
Early Langley, CSR, RPR, RMR, serves as a director for CCRA and chair of the Deposition Advisory Committee. She is a senior staff court reporter at Aiken Welch Court Reporters located in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a member of NCRA and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California Berkeley. She has published articles in legal journals in California and testified before a Senate subcommittee, both relating to the court reporting profession. Early currently lives in Bay Area with her husband. She is an avid runner and photographer.
early.langley@cal-ccra.org
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Vice President - Officials / President Elect
Kristi Garcia, CSR, has worked as an official reporter for Fresno Superior Court for the past ten years covering a variety of assignments. Prior to joining the courts she enjoyed being a freelance reporter for nine years. Kristi has been involved in her local union and has held the positions of vice president and secretary/treasurer. She currently lives in Clovis with her wonderful husband Ray. Golfing and scrapbooking are what Kristi enjoys in her leisure time.
kegarcya@comcast.net
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Vice President - Freelance
Kim Thayer, CSR, RPR, CRR, began her career in court reporting in 1990 working for a small court reporting firm in her hometown of Hanford, California. Shortly thereafter, Kim began to broaden her horizons by taking on court work in Tulare County Superior Court and eventually in Fresno in the Eastern District Court of California along with freelancing in the deposition world. Kim purchased Audrey Hill & Associates in 2005 and is now operating as Kim Thayer & Associates. Kim has continued to build her company under her motto of "committed to court reporting excellence." This commitment is what brought Kim to her leadership position on the CCRA board. Kim is proud of her profession and wants to keep the profession alive and respected. Kim has been married to her husband and biggest cheerleader Robert for 18 years. They are the proud parents of their two sons, 15-year-old Robbie and 11-year-old Payton, and their one and only daughter, 8-year-old Kaitlin.
kim.thayer@cal-ccra.org
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Secretary / Treasurer
Therese Claussen, CSR, CMR, CRR, has been an Official Court Reporter for the Los Angeles Superior Court for almost 25 years. She worked in both the freelance field and official field an additional 10 years in the state of Kansas and Florida. Therese has been involved with Los Angeles County Court Reporters Association as a board member and has held officer positions as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President and President. She has been married for 30 years and has a one son. Therese enjoys cycling, swimming, working out, reading, gardening, friends and family. She strives to preserve the court reporting profession by staying involved in association work and advocating the profession both legislatively and with the public.
tkclau@aol.com
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Immediate Past President
Debby Steinman, CSR, CRR, RDR, CMRS, CPE, has been a reporter for 36 years and has worked both as a freelancer and official. Presently she is an official at the Orange County Superior Court and works in a civil department. For the past 17 years, she has taught theory, speed classes and depo and court procedures. She taught at California School of Court Reporting in Santa Ana, and is now a part-time teacher at Cypress College teaching court procedures. Debby has been an NCRA chief examiner for the RPR, RMR, CRR/CBC/CCP exams, and is a past member of the NCRA Test Advisory Committee. Debby's the past president of the Orange County Court Reporters Association, and has been involved with testing and hiring of new reporters. One of her favorite activities is mentoring new reporters. She's a member of a Bible class at work; a proud stepmother of Allison and Scott, Allison's husband; and mom to Bucket and Bandit, her two Old English Sheepdogs and she absolutely loves driving her husband, Dave, crazy. Debby enjoys playing pool and Ping-Pong, keeping up on politics, and reading her Kindle.
debby.steinman@cal-ccra.org
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Director
Linda J. Hart, CSR, RMR, CRR, began reporting in 1979 at the age of 19. In 1984, she opened L.J. Hart & Associates, a full-service court reporting firm, in Sacramento. She is a past treasurer and past president for NCCRA, 2009/2010, she has served on the Bryan College Program Advisory Committee for realtime reporting, 2011, and she has served as a proctor for the California CSR exam. She has two sons, Eric & Jeremy, who are her pride and joy, and she loves to travel, snow ski, and have fun in the sun.
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Director
Pam Katros, CSR, decided it was time for a change and decided to go to court reporting school after working for Pacific Telephone for 15 years, Four long years later, she became a CSR in 1991. Pam has worked for Placer County as a pro tem reporter and then an official reporter since 1994. Pam enjoys being a board member on CCRA's board. The best part is working with all the great reporters around the state, both freelance and official. She also enjoys mentoring students and speaking at schools to encourage students to achieve their goals. In her free time she is constantly working on her passion: golf. She's a member of the EWGA (Executive Women's Golf Association) and enjoys watching her handicap getting lower as her game gets better.
pam.katros@cal-ccra.org
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Director
Erin F. Robinson, CSR, RPR, CRR, has been a freelance reporter since 1999. She started her freelance career working for Verbatim Reporters in San Diego, and has been a staff reporter at Aiken & Welch Court Reporters in Oakland for 11 years. She graduated from Bryan College of Court Reporting in San Francisco. Erin received her Bachelor of Science in Court Reporting from Humphreys College in Stockton. She is currently working on her Master of Arts in English Literature and Creative Writing at California State University East Bay. Erin is a member of NCRA. Erin is passionate about encouraging her fellow court reporters to provide realtime and to stay abreast of our ever-changing technology. She lives in Pleasanton with her husband Daniel. She and Daniel are active in their church community, teaching Sunday school and singing in their choir every week. Erin and Daniel are in the process of adopting their first child.
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Director
Brooke Ryan, CSR, has held the position of director with the California Court Reporters Association for the past year. She currently volunteers as the Vice Chair within her bargaining unit for United Public Employees for five and a half years. She has served as president for the Sacramento Official Court Reporters for a total of four years. She, along with Jeremiah Van Etten, a Public Defender for Sacramento County, are raising their 2-year-old son, Oliver. Promoting the innovative skills of real-time court reporters is her passion.
burgundy.ryan@sbcglobal.net
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Director
Christine Taylor, CSR, RPR, CRR, is an official with the Los Angeles Superior Court in a criminal assignment since 1998. She began her career as a deposition reporter after completing court reporting school in 1983. She has been a member of NCRA since her student days and believes strongly in continuing education, as well as an avid proponent of Realtime. This past year, she served with the Los Angeles County Court Reporters Association. Christine is married to Bill, and is mom to daughters Jennifer and Kirsten. She has two grand-daughters from her stepson. In her spare time, she enjoys attending plays with her husband, spending time with the grand-daughters, and shopping with her daughters.
christine.taylor@cal-ccra.org
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Director
John Terry, Jr., CSR, began his career as a court reporterin 1994, working per diemin the Fresno County Superior Court. He was then hired as an extra help reporter and in 1999 he was hired as an Official in Fresno County. In his career he has worked in numerous assignments in State and Federal Courts. John has his real estate licenseand enjoys helping clients find their dream home. He enjoys bowling and loves to travel with Jeff whenever they get the chance. One of the joys in John's life is spending time with his great niece Jocelyn.
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Executive Director
Jerry Packer holds a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from California State University, Fullerton. Jerry is currently vice president and co-owner of The Droz Group, an association management company based in Laguna Beach, CA. Previously, Jerry was co-owner of EXHIBITCORP, a Los Angeles based company specializing in the design, manufacturing, and logistics of exhibits and trade show displays worldwide.
jerry.packer@cal-ccra.org
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