What's STRONG with us?!?

Stacey Raikes, RMR, CRR, Strong Chairperson, and NCRF Angel, is a 24-year veteran stenographer, both freelance and official, with a passion for all things steno.

Sue A.Terry, is a freelance court reporter from Springfield, Ohio and is a previous President of the NCRA Board. She holds the nationally recognized professional certifications of Registered Professional Reporter (RPR), Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR), and Certified Realtime Captioner (CRC). She is also a Fellow of the Academy of Professional Reporters (FAPR).During her tenure as 2018-2019 NCRA President Terry steered the Association toward a new direction as part of new, three-pillar strategic plan. Accomplishments under her leadership included the launch of NCRA 2.0, an effort to emphasize the Association's advocacy efforts for members, increasing transparency, strengthening our government relations team, and, most importantly, highly valuing its members' voices.

Lisa Migliore Black is the owner of Migliore & Associates®, a freelance court reporting and videography firm located in Louisville, Kentucky. Lisa currently serves as immediate past president for the Kentucky Court Reporters Association, is a member of the NCRA Strong Committee, serves as an NCRA Brand Ambassador, and is co-founder of Court Reporting Reliance.  In the past, she has served on the National Congress of State Associations Governing Committee, Task Force for Contracting, Ethics First, Freelance Community of Interest, and Election Committee for NCRA; the Ethics Committee, Legislative Committee, and Anti-Contracting Committee for KYCRA; and the Public Relations Committee for OCRA. Additional volunteer projects include the A to Z program, TRAIN, Veterans History Project, and pro bono service for the Innocence Project. Lisa has delivered presentations and authored articles on topics ranging from ethics, contracting, digital reporting, automated speech recognition, and cybersquatting for NCRA and many state associations.

You can follow her blog at https://miglioreassociates.com/blog/