Alan Peacock, FAPR, RDR, CRR, CRC, began his reporting career in 1987 after he attended Biggers College of Court Reporting in New Orleans, La. In 1991, when captioning was in its infancy, Alan moved to Atlanta, Ga., to work with Judy and Mike Brentano to provide live captioning on site at WXIA, one of the first stations to provide realtime captioning.While in Atlanta, Alan also trained as a CART provider, even using a 286 DOS computer. He also was one of the first reporters to provide realtime CAT in the deposition setting in Atlanta, Ga. Since that time, Alan has continued to stay focused in all three disciplines of stenography - captioning, CART, and realtime reporting. He is past president of the Alabama Court Reporters Association and currently serves on the Alabama Board of Court Reporters, the governmental licensing body in Alabama, as well as Chair of the Technology Committee for NCRA.

Kelli Ann Willis has been reporting since 1983 and realtiming since 1994. She freelanced for many years, becoming an international realtime reporter for 10 years before taking her current position as an official federal stenographer in the Northern District of Texas for the Hon. Brantley Starr.

Denee Vadell is an experienced court reporter and realtime captioner. She has been providing CART for six years, captioning for four years, and protecting the record for three years.  She graduated from Stenotech Institute in Fairfield, N.J., in 2012. Her first job out of school was CART for Rutgers University. She provided CART for multiple college classes and events including accounting, masters social work classes, for the United Nations in New York, HBO, and the National Action Network.  She then went on to pursue a captioning career at VITAC, the largest captioning company in the country. She captioned for a variety of television networks including CNN, QVC, NHK Japan, and MSNBC to name a few.

After captioning for VITAC, Vadell decided to take the official court reporter test for New York State and began her career as an official at Bronx Criminal Court in 2018. She is a consummate professional and has a strong commitment to promoting her profession and inspiring others to graduate from court reporting school because it has changed her life for the better.

Vadell is a member of NCRA and serves on the Technology Committee and the Brand Ambassadors Committee. She is an advocate of living a life of service and giving back to her profession.

Brent Young is the founder of Attachmore, a file delivery services that has served the court reporting community since 2007. He is a veteran of the online storage industry and was a founding member of the Internet's first online backup solution back in 1999. He has started and operated a number of online storage related companies during his career and will bring a fresh perspective to the dull topic of file sharing and online storage.

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.

Phyllis Craver Lykken is a freelance reporter and agency owner from Yakima, Wash. She began her reporting career in 1980 and holds the nationally recognized certification of Registered Professional Reporter (RPR). She is also a Fellow of the Academy of Professional Reporters (FAPR).  

Currently an NCRA Director, Craver Lykken served as chair and member of the NCRA STRONG Committee and served on the National Congress of State Associations (NCSA) Governing Board as an NCRA regional representative and on many other committees.  She has also presented at NCRA’s Annual Conference & Expo, at several state association seminars, and via webinar.

At the state level, Craver Lykken held many positions with the Washington Court Reporters Association (WCRA), including serving as president on three occasions and once as co-president. She has been a fierce legislative advocate, serving as WCRA’s Legislative Committee Co-chair for many years. She has also appeared before the Washington Supreme Court to brief a proposed court rule amendment. She played an instrumental role in enacting an emergency order (in addition to helping draft a court rule amendment) to allow for remote oath administration. Craver Lykken currently serves on the Washington State Bar Association’s Character & Fitness and LLLT Boards.

Ian Hardy is an internationally-recognized Global Deposition Expert and President of Optima Juris, the world’s first and only agency specialized in deposition services for U.S. legal matters abroad. With over eighteen years of experience organizing depositions throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania, Ian is a leading expert in global deposition consulting and services. Ian started work as a legal videographer in Paris, France. Over time, his experience and expertise has made him a go-to source for understanding the issues and requirements for successfully arranging depositions outside of the U.S. As a valued and active member of the international legal community, Ian regularly consults for law firms, domestic reporting agencies, and in-house legal departments on how to successfully set up and conduct legal depositions globally. He proudly serves over 70% of the world’s top-100 law firms and provides consulting for the largest national court reporting agencies. He gladly lends his expertise and guidance free of charge to court reporters, legal videographers, and fellow deposition services professionals in national and regional forums across the United States.