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Jill Shepherd, RPR, CSR, CLR
President
Jill received her court reporting training in Southern California at Whitley College of Court Reporting. She has over 10 years' experience in the field. Jill was also certified in the U.K. and spent three and a half years working in the Crown Court in Cardiff, Wales. She currently holds her RPR and California, Massachusetts and New Hampshire CSRs and is pursuing her RMR. Jill was appointed to the Board of Directors in April 2007. |
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Lisa A. Moreira, RDR, CRR
Immediate Past President
Lisa graduated in 1988 from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island with an associate's degree in court reporting. She began working in Boston immediately and has been here ever since. Lisa has over 20 years of experience in the field. She was appointed to the Board in 2005. |
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Michelle Kaczynski, CSR, RPR
Vice President
Upon completion of her court reporting degree, Michelle began her career at Chapa & Giblin, a freelance agency in Detroit, and then opened Kaczynski Reporting in Boston in 1993. In 1995, she graduated with honors from Emerson College, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In 2008, she received her Master of Science from Boston University. She was appointed to the MCRA Board in 2006. |
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Norma Flynn Borelli, CSR, RPR
Secretary
Norma graduated from Mass Bay Community College in 1978 with an Associate's Degree in Court and Conference Reporting. After working in Boston for several years, in 1984, she became an agency owner of what is now Flynn Reporting Associates, located in Downtown Worcester. This is her third appointment to the MCRA Board of Directors. |
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Loretta Hennessey, RPR, RMR, RDR, CRR
Treasurer and Immediate Past President
Loretta received her court reporting education at Touch Shorthand Academy in Boston, Massachusetts and has been reporting in the freelance field since 1977. She became the owner of Hennessey Corp. d/b/a Robert H. Lange Company in December of 1999. Loretta has been on the MCRA Board of Directors since 2000 and has served as Treasurer since 2001. |
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James Gibbons, CSR, RPR, RMR
Director
Jim obtained his court reporting education from Massachusetts Bay Community College and under the tutelage of Mr. John "Jack" Loynd. He reported in the freelance field from 1982 to present. In addition, Jim is the First Circuit Representative for the United States Court Reports Association, serving on several USCRA committees since 2002. He has served on the MCRA Board of Directors since 2002. |
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Sue Garvin, CSR, RPR
Director
Sue obtained her degree in Court Reporting from Johnson & Wales, Providence, RI in 1983. She has been an Official Court Reporter in Massachusetts Superior Court since 1985. She was first appointed in Western MA, followed by Suffolk Superior and now reports in Worcester. She has been a previous member of the MA Superior Court Examination Committee and served on the MCRA Board as both Director and President (1996-97). |
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Marianne Kusa-Ryll, CSR, RPR, RMR, RDR, CRR
Director
Marianne received her associate's degree in Court and Conference Reporting from Mass. Bay Community College in 1979 and was a freelance reporter until 2004 when she became a federal official court reporter in the U.S. District Court in Worcester. Marianne was appointed to the board in 2009. |
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Jill Kourafas, CSR
Director
Jill is a 1985 graduate of Massachusetts Bay Community College where she obtained an Associates Degree in Court/Conference Reporting. Jill was a freelance reporter for several Boston reporting firms until she formed Reporters, Inc. located in Quincy, MA.
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Kathleen Mullen Silva, CSR, RPR, CRR
Director
Kathy received her court reporting training from Connecticut Stenographic Institute in New Britain, Connecticut, graduating in 1980. She began her career in Western Massachusetts and has been working in the Boston area in the freelance field since 1984. Kathy also holds a CSR from the State of New Hampshire. She was appoint ed to the board in 2011.
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Lorreen Hollingsworth, RPR, CSR
Director
Lorreen graduated from Massachusetts Bay Community College in 1987 with an Associate's Degree. Since then she has been a freelance reporter in the Boston area. Lorreen also owns rental properties and dabbles in real estate. She is the wife of Jon and the mother of Sarah, Brad, and Emily. |
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Stacie Reiser
Executive Director
Stacie came on board as Executive Director for MCRA in the Fall of 2007. She has worked with MCRA on their annual convention since 2005 and eagerly accepted the offer to assist the association in this role. She has over 15 years of experience managing meetings, events and conferences and holds a degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst.
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