SBLSA: Who We Are

Biographical Information on SBLSA Officers:

Co-President: Elizabeth "Buffy" Kapp, [TO BE POSTED]

Co-President and Treasurer: Mary Carralejo has been a legal secretary since 1979. She has worked for the past 13 years for Michael E. Pfau, a transactional and securities law attorney and a founding partner of the law firm of Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy LLP. Prior to joining the firm, Mary worked for a sole-practitioner bankruptcy specialist for approximately 4 years. Her legal career began as a civil litigation secretary for two local Santa Barbara firms. Mary has been a member of SBLSA since the mid-1980's and is a past-President & Governor of the organization, lending her expertise to assist wherever necessary. Smart, good humored and possessing an infectious laugh, Mary's involvement in the legal community extended to having served as Administrator for the Inns of Court and in the past acting as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for youth in Santa Barbara County.

Co-Vice President: Noemi Vasquez is originally from the Bakersfield area, and moved to Santa Barbara to attend UCSB - she graduated in 1990. Afterwards, she entered the business of collections until she came to work in the legal field with a large firm in Santa Barbara in 1995. Currently, she is the Receptionist at Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy, LLP, where she has worked for the last 11 years. In 2006, she joined the SB Legal Secretaries' Association and has been in charge of ways & means, handling all aspects of the year-end See's Candy sales. Noemi loves to watch old movies, listen to music & spend time with her family here in Santa Barbara and in Bakersfield.

Co-Vice President: Lisa (Bautista) Velez was born and raised in Santa Barbara and attended the local elementary and junior high schools. She graduated from Santa Barbara High School in June 2001, starting her career in the legal field in October 2001 as an employee of Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy, LLP, and is still going strong there. She has been a member of SBLSA for the past 3 years. She is a proud new mommy of a baby boy named Michael Anthony and is very happy to be growing in her career and as a new mother. Her hobbies include knitting and watching sports both on T.V. and attending games, along with spending time with friends & family.

Co-Secretary: Trina MacCosham [TO BE POSTED].

Co-Secretary: Sarah Sisto [TO BE POSTED].
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Governor: [vacant]

Parliamentarian: Linda Nicholson made Santa Barbara her home in 1972 and worked in the banking and real estate industries. Her legal secretarial career began in 1982 and extended through 2005, focusing primarily on corporate, real estate and estate plan areas of the law. Since 1998, she has been the Executive Assistant for Martin Farrell Homes, Inc., a prominent local real estate development company. She also serves as an Administrative Assistant to the Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Energy, Inc., an international oil and gas development company. Linda has been a supportive member of SBLSA and LSI since joining in 1988. Currently, she is SBLSA's Parliamentarian and has previously served as Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, and also chaired a number of committees. Her primary focus is her family, but outside of that and work, she loves to listen to music, dance, garden, watch old movies and exercise at Jazzercise. She also gets great satisfaction from visiting with the residents of local convalescent hospitals.

Executive Advisor: [vacant]