Committees

UNITED STATES COURT REPORTERS ASSOCIATION® COMMITTEE ROSTER 

STANDING COMMITTEES

AUDIT COMMITTEE – Inspect the books of the Treasurer annually and report their findings at the annual Board of Directors meeting of the Association.
Laura Robinson – Chair
Darlene Fuller
Hannah Cavanaugh
Lori Vollmer

AO COMMITTEE – Track rules and policy changes that may affect federal officials and provide advice to the Executive Committee and Board in addressing those with potential impact on members; for example, J-Net, CRAG, Judicial Conference proceedings, the court reporter manual.
Paul Brandell – Chair
Shirley Hall
Kelli Mulcahy
Jan Davis

BYLAWS COMMITTEE – Review requests for amendments to the Constitution & Bylaws and propose wording for any suggested changes.
Paul Brandell – Chair
Kelli Mulcahy
Laura Griffin
Brenda Fauber

CONVENTION COMMITTEE – Provide site selection and speaker planning for the Midyear and Annual USCRA conventions, complete NCRA continuing education submission following events.
Jill Wells – Chair
Nikki Peters
Candy Potter
Lori Vollmer
Amie First
Lance Steinbeisser
Maryann Casale
April Kurtz
James Pence Aviles
Sharon Pell Velazco

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE – Recruit members to join, communicate with current members regarding renewals, maintain membership database, manage website Private Library passwords, monitor USCRA Facebook page, disseminate electronic communications with members, create and manage electronic registration forms.

Membership Retention and Renewal
Paul Brandell – Chair
Jill Wells
Kristin Kelley
Laura Melton
Jean Ann Hamlin

Membership Database/Private Library
Candy Potter

Facebook/USCRA Messenger
Brenda Fauber – Chair
Laura Robinson
Laura Griffin

Electronic Communication/ Forms
Candy Potter, Lead
Megan Hague
Amy Walker
Nikki Peters

NOMINATING COMMITTEE – Formulate a slate consisting of nominees for each of the offices of the Association.
Nikki Peter – IPP
Jan Davis
Amie First
Jill Wells
Laura Griffin
Alternates: Carol Harrison and Hannah Cavanaugh

REPORTER TESTING COMMITTEE – Create dictation materials, administer all aspects of Federal Certified Realtime Reporter Examination and Tunheim Annual Realtime Speed Contest.
Anne Bowline – Chair
Shirley Hall
Laura Renke
Linda Mullen
Amanda Longmore
Kelli Mulcahy
Brenda Fauber
Cassy Kerr

THE CIRCUIT RIDER – Create and edit content for publication of The Circuit Rider magazine.
Sharon Velazco – Managing Editor
Christine Decker
Amy Walker
Nancy Meyer
Lance Steinbeisser
Cindie Bragg
Carol Naughton
Candy Potter

ADVERTISING
Amie First

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

USCRA HISTORIAN
Brenda Fauber

USCRA WEBSITE
Cindy Nirenberg

USCRA CRAG Representative
Jana McKinney (Expires 12.2024)
Sonja Reeves beginning 12/2024

To contact any committee chair or to volunteer for USCRA committees in the future, please send your email to uscrapresident@gmail.com.