Biographical Information on SBLSA Officers:
President: Elizabeth Kapp, best known as Buffy to family and friends, is legal secretary to Bruce McRoy and Drew Simons at Reicker, Pfau. Born and raised in Iowa, Buffy moved to California in 1965, starting her legal secretary career as a trainee at the law firm of Crawford, Schwartz, Wood & Otero in 1966. She subsequently worked for numerous Santa Barbara private practice attorneys and law firms before joining Reicker, Pfau. Buffy is the proud mother of three daughters and enjoyed being an active parent in the schools, providing teacher support, typing school newsletters and serving on the Board of Directors at Marymount and many PTA Boards. Her hobbies include a life-long love of the arts, especially dance, playing piano, singing and painting with pastels.
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 15 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. She attended local elementary and junior high schools, graduating from Santa Barbara High School in June 2001. Lisa began her legal career in October 2001 as an office clerk for Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy, LLP and she has worked her way up the ladder to her present position as a legal secretary for two attorneys! Lisa has been a member of SBLSA for five years and served as co-vice president for the last three years. She is a proud mommy of two boy's, Michael Anthony, 4 years old, and Matthew Joseph, 9 months old, and is thrilled to be growing professionally and personally (as a new mother!). Her hobbies include knitting and watching sports (both on TV and attending games), along with spending quality time with family and friends
Governor: Denise Goldstein is an 18-year member of LSI and started her involvement with the Conejo Valley chapter as the chairperson of various committees, and then followed-through with officer positions, making her a Past President and Past Governor of CVLPA. She transferred her membership to Santa Barbara after relocating to the area and now serves the Santa Barbara chapter as Governor.
Secretary: Vacant
Treasurer: Terry Utterback is secretary to Eric Hvolboll, Ken Pontifex and Sam Zodeh at Price, Postel & Parma. A native of California, Terry was born in San Mateo, attended grade school in Arcadia and Pomona, high school in Claremont and graduated from Newport Harbor High in Newport Beach. Terry graduated from UCSB with a degree in art and subsequently went to work as a legal secretary for Schramm, Raddue & Seed. She became a stay-at-home mom for many years, raising two wonderful children, joining PTA and other nonprofit groups, and operated a sole proprietorship selling promotional advertising for 22 years. She returned to work in a law firm in 1999 and continues to this day. She has served on the alumni board of her college sorority Alpha Phi for many years. She enjoys playing golf (time permitting), reading, painting, antiquing, car shows, etc.
Executive Advisor: Linda Nicholson moved to Santa Barbara from Long Beach in 1972 and worked in the banking and real estate industries. Her legal secretarial career began in 1982 and extended through 2005, focusing primarily in the corporate, real estate and estate plan areas of law. From 1998 to 2010, she worked as an executive assistant for a local real estate development company. Currently she is employed as an executive assistant/office manager for Ivanhoe Energy Latin America Inc., an international oil and gas development company. Linda has been a supportive member of SBLSA since 1988. She is the current executive advisor of SBLSA and previously served as vice president, secretary and treasurer, in addition to chairing a number of committees. Her hobbies include gardening, music, watching old movies and dancing..
Parliamentarian: Mary Carralejo has been a legal secretary since 1979, and a member of SBLSA since 1983. She is a past president of SBLSA and has also served as SBLSA'S governor and treasurer. Mary C. is currently employed at the firm Reicker Pfau Pyle & McRoy, working for Mike Pfau in the firm's transactional department. Her past legal experience includes working for civil litigation and bankruptcy attorneys. Her hobbies include gardening and growing orchids.
