California

AGOURA HILLS

Sandy Eisenberg
Total Recall
Auoura Hills, CA 91301
818-991-2413
818-991-4368(fAX)
sandy2go@earthlink.net

Started CART in: 1992
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, Wedding, funerals and other personal events, Civil events, such as town council meetings, Cultural presentations, such as Broadway shows, Recreation or entertainment events
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video/encoder, Internet CART
Additional Training: Realtime Captioning/CART professional with broad-based experience in educational, business, organizational, and broadcast fields and establishment and coordination of programs.

References:
Richard Ray
RRay@mailbox.lacity.org
213-847-9123

Marilyn Geffeney
marilyn.geffeney@lausd.net
213-241-8225

Leslie Isenberg
LIsenberg@weho.org
323-848-6306

CASTRO VALLEY

Jennifer M. Rodrigues, RPR
P.O. Box 20278
Castro Valley, CA 94546
510-888-9825
510-885-1070(fAX)
Jenniferrod@compuserve.com

Started CART in: 1993
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Civil events, such as town council meetings, Recreation or entertainment events
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video/encoder, Internet CART

CULVER CITY

Lori Byrd Buckner, RPR, CRR
6385 Green Valley Circle, # 322
Culver City, CA 90230
310-649-6363
310-649-6362(fAX)
LoriBBuckner@sbcglobal.net

Primary Area of Business:
Los Angeles, California

Started CART in: 1992
Area of Expertise: Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Conventions Conferences, Remote CART
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Internet CART
Additional Training: Worked on east coast with local, regional and national Neurofibromatosis support groups

ENCINITAS

Renee Cohen, RPR
eCaptions.com
1106 Second Street #282
Encinitas, CA 92024
858-794-6811
760-918-5598(fAX)
renee@ecaptions.com

Primary Area of Business:
San Diego, California
Southern California
International

Started CART in: 1997
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, Banking and investment transactions, Weddings, funerals and other personal events, Civic events, such as town council meetings, Cultural presentations, such as Broadway shows, Recreation or entertainment events, Remote CART
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video/encoder, Internet CART

References:
Richard Becker
rick_becker@hp.com

Christine Aurigemma
christine.aurigemma@pfizer.com

GLENDALE

Elaine M. Cropper, RDR, CRR
Canyon State Reporting, Ltd.
77 East Columbus Avenue, Suite 102
Phoenix, AZ 85012-2351
602-277-8882
602-277-5576(fAX)
e.cropper@cropperccr.com

Started CART in: 1999
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Conventions Conferences, Banking investment transactions, Civic events town council meetings, Cultural presentations, Recreation entertainment
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Internet CART

JAMUL

Mary Jo Varah
Jamul, CA 91935
619-669-0439

Started CART in: 1998
Area of Expertise: Classroom
Display Experience: Laptop only

LOS ALTOS

Laura P. Brewer RDR, CRR, CCP, CBC
Laura P. Brewer
49 Lyell Street
Los Altos, CA 94022-3915
650-949-1900
650-949-1961(fAX)
www.quicktext.com

Started CART in: 1992
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Conventions Conferences, Civic events town council meetings, Other
Other: Any large venue or technical or demanding settings
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video encoder, Internet CART
Additional Training: Highly experienced in providing CART and captioning in the most demanding settings. Experience providing CART worldwide. Experience with technical settings.

References:
Shelley Bergum

Jul Lynn Parsons

Donna Bradshaw

LOS ANGELES

Vicki Turner, RMR, CRR
Turner Captioning Services
7500 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite #9246
Las Vegas, NV 89128
702-242-9263
vt1957@aol.com

Primary Area of Business:
Las Vegas, Nevada
Southern California

Started CART in: 1996
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, Wedding, funerals and other personal events, Civil events, such as town council meetings, Cultural presentations, such as Broadway shows, Recreation or entertainment events, Remote and broadcast captioning services
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Multiple monitors, Remote, Internet
Additional Training: LED Multiple-Line Display sign

References:
Natalie Kaufman
BlueEyed4rmHeavn@aol.com

Chris LaBarca
clabarca@eomega.org

OAKLAND

Jane E. James
CAPtioning Agency Professionals
6031 Girvin Drive
Oakland, CA 94611
510-530-3989
5105304130(fAX)
captioning@earthlink.net

Primary Area of Business:
San Francisco Bay Area
San Jose, California

Started CART in: 1992
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, Wedding, funerals and other personal events, Civil events, such as town council meetings
Display Experience: LCD Projector, Multiple monitors, Video/encoder
Additional Training: I have eight years experience in broadcast closed captioning of City Council meetings and 12 years overall experience in CART/captioning.

References:
Don Ray
donray1@astound.net

Gary Getchell
getchell@sonic.net

Nancy Hammons
hammonsN@aol.com

RIVERSIDE

Antha A. Ward
QuickCaption, Inc.
4927 Arlington Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504
951-779-0787
951-779-0980(fAX)
AWard@QuickCaption.com

Primary Area of Business:
Los Angeles, California
Orange County, California
Inland Empire, California

Started CART in: 1996
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions Conferences, Weddings funerals personal events, Civic events town council meetings, Cultural presentations, Recreation entertainment, Remote CART
Other: VHS & DVD Captioning Services, Verbatim Transcription Services
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video encoder, Internet CART
Additional Training: 10 years of real-time captioning experience in government, corporate, academic, nonprofit, and private entities. Currently utilizing 43 real-time captionists.

References:
Dr. Lynn Mayer
lmayer@chapman.edu

Paul Stuessey
paul@ddtp.org

Amanda Retsek
aretsek@unm.edu

SAN DIEGO

Darla Kmety, RPR
645 Front Street, #2101
San Diego, CA 92101
858-735-4744
619-234-2976(fAX)
dkmety@cox.net

Primary Area of Business: Remotely

Started CART in: 2002
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Conventions and conferences
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Internet CART
Additional Training:

References:
Colleen Smith
clsmith@mail.sdsu.edu

Wendy Maruyama
mamayama@mail.sdsu.edu

Rick Becker
rick_becker@hp.com

SANTA CLARITA

Linda M. Breech, RPR
Linda M. Breech
22573 Seaver Court
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
661-513-0675
661-513-0675(fAX)
LBreech@aol.com

Started CART in: 2002
Area of Expertise: Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions Conferences, Weddings funerals personal events
Display Experience: Laptop only, Multiple monitors
Additional Training: CART provider for L.A. Superior Court for deaf/HOH defendants, jurors, litigants CART provider for Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita, CA

Patricia Ayers, RPR
Citywide Reporters
27273 Blue Spruce Place
Santa Clarita, CA 91354
661-255-5016
citywidereporters@sbcglobal.net

Primary Area of Business:
Riverside, California
Orange, California
Los Angeles, California

Started CART in: 2001
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Civic events town council meetings
Display Experience: Laptop only

SEAL BEACH

Marilyn M. Cicerone, RPR
Captioning Unlimited
4740 Candleberry Avenue
Seal Beach, CA 90740
562-760-8315
562-596-8202(fAX)
marimarcsr@aol.com

Primary Area of Business:
Orange, California
Los Angeles, California
San Diego, California

Started CART in: 1999
Area of Expertise: Business and government meetings, Orange County SHHH, Educational Settings, Classroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, and personal events, town council meetings, and remote CART
Other: Broadcast Captioning and court reporting and transcription
Display Experience: LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Link encoder, Internet CART

References:
Mary Clark, President fo Orange County SHHH
frozsquash@yahoo.com

Lorraine Fanizza
hear@hearpros.com

Walnut Creek

Teri B. Darrenougue, RDR, CRR, CBC, CCP
Brewer & Darrenougue
1003 Rachele Road
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
925-938-3821
925-938-3786(fAX)
teri@quicktext.com

Primary Area of Business:
San Francisco Bay, California
Oakland East Bay, California
Santa Clara Silicon Valley, California

Started CART in: 1990
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Conventions Conferences, Banking investment transactions, Weddings funerals personal events, Civic events town council meetings, Recreation entertainment, Other
Other: Computer/High Tech, Keynotes, International Travel
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Multiple monitors, Video encoder
Additional Training: I was one of only 9 people in the country to pass NCRA's first Certified Realtime Reporter exam in 1992. Along with Laura Brewer, I have given seminars regarding CART at NCRA conventions. See our website, www.quicktext.com, for more details and to see where we have worked internationally.

References:
Jul Lynn Parsons
415-558-6161

Shelley Bergum
510-302-1100

Sara Cox
510-981-6910

Diana M. Kuypers
DIANA M KUYPERS
CART/Captioning & Reporting Services
1262 Sheppard Ct.
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
925-899-5144
dkuypers@sbcglobal.net
dkuypers@sbcglobal.net

Primary Area of Business:
East Bay, California
San Francisco, California
San Jose, California

Started CART in: 1997
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Conventions and conferences, Meetings
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector
Additional Training:

Many of the CART providers listed in this directory offer remote CART services. Please click on the page entitled "Remote CART Providers" to locate such providers.

Changes: Please e-mail address changes and updates to CART@ncrahq.org.