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Kelly Linkowski has been captioning since 2003 from both the comforts of home and around the world. She believes passionately in communication accessibility, with captions being a part of the universal planning of all events, conferences, and entertainment — not as an accommodation but as equal access. Linkowski has been a stenographic reporter since 1993. "Our career has offered me the opportunity to schedule work around our family's schedules and needs, never having to figure out how to schedule things with work as the epicenter. I love this profession." Linkowski served as the 2019-2020 Ohio Court Reporters Association President and volunteers on caption-related committees for NCRA.

Lindsay Stoker is a freelance deposition reporter and realtime captioner with more than 13 years' experience. Her specialties include remote, broadcast, and technical captioning – with a particular focus on clients in the technology sector – and has presented on captioning best practices at many state and national conventions. She lives in Orange County, Calif., with her husband and their four sons, ages 13, 13, 9, and 7.

Becky Tallarico has been captioning since 1999. She enjoys the traveling opportunities and diversity that captioning offers as well as the chance to learn something new every day through this exciting career. Tallarico serves as District 7 director for the Pennsylvania Court Reporters Association, on the Advisory Board for Luzerne County Community College, and on the Test Writing Committee for NCRA. She also enjoys mentoring court reporting students. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering with the homeless, traveling, kayaking, and skiing with her husband and two daughters.

Thomas has been a court reporter since 1978 and a captioner since 1989. At the national level, Thomas served for six years on the NCRA Realtime Certification Committee, which developed the Certified CART Provider (CCP) and Certified Broadcast Captioner (CBC) certifications. She was also part of the team that developed the Certified Realtime Captioner (CRC) certification. She also served as a member of the NCRA Captioning Regulation and Captioning Committees. Since 2008, she has been a member of NCRA’s Council of the Academy of Professional Reporters (CAPR), which deals with certification and education issues. Thomas has served for many years on the faculty/training staff of NCRA.