President
Brenda Bracy, CCLS
Legal Secretary
c/o Downey Brand LLP
621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Work: (916) 520-5464
president@slsa.org
Brenda Bracy is a legal secretary with Downey Brand LLP in their Litigation Department. Brenda has been a member of SLSA since 2014, and was Vice President from 2016-2017 and Secretary from 2015-2016. She has been in the legal field for 30+ years.
Vice President and Treasurer
Marci Frazier
Downey Brand LLP
621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Work: 916-520-5208
treasurer@slsa.org
Marci Frazier is a civil and bankruptcy litigation secretary at Downey Brand LLP. She has been in the legal field for 30+ years and has held several positions including paralegal, office manager and legal secretary. Marci has been a member of SLSA since her move from Chicago to California in 2015.
Secretary
Shannon Kline
Paralegal
secretary@slsa.org
Shannon Kline has been in the legal field for 25+ years. Her focus is in civil litigation and corporate governance. Shannon has been a member of SLSA since 2015, serving as Treasurer from 2016-2017 and Secretary from 2017 to present.
Governor
Corene Rodder
Legal Secretary
c/o Somach Simmons & Dunn
500 Capitol Mall, Ste. 1000
Sacramento, CA 95814
Work: (916) 469-3814
governor@slsa.org
Corene Rodder is a legal secretary at Somach Simmons & Dunn, an environmental law firm. She has been with Somach Simmons & Dunn for 5 years, and has been a legal secretary since 2002. She joined SLSA in 2011, and has enjoyed serving on many committees over the past several years.
Executive Advisor
Crystal Rivera
Legal Secretary
c/o Somach Simmons & Dunn
500 Capitol Mall, Ste. 1000
Sacramento, CA 95814
Work: (916) 469-3813
Crystal Rivera is a legal secretary at Somach Simmons & Dunn, an environmental law firm. She has been with Somach Simmons & Dunn for 15 years, and has been a legal secretary since 1979. She joined SLSA in 2008, was SLSA’s President from 2015-2017, Vice President from 2014-2015, Secretary from 2010-2011, and has served on many committees over the past several years.
executiveadvisor@slsa.org
Parliamentarian
Dawn Willis
Downey Brand
621 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
parliamentarian@slsa.org
Dawn Willis is a legal secretary with Downey Brand LLP in their Trusts and Estates and Tax Department. Dawn has been a member of SLSA since 1980. First elected as Vice President in 2004, she was quickly elevated to President for fiscal year 2004-2005. She has been in the legal field for 40 years.
Past Presidents
| Edna Losser Minze | 1940-41 |
| Gloria Soares Massi | 1941-43 |
| Fern Alameda | 1943-45 |
| Velma Tougaw | 1945-46 |
| Shari Shannon | 1946 ** |
| Margaret F. Purcell | 1946-48 |
| Mavis Brown | 1948-49 |
| Marie D. Stevenson | 1949-50 |
| Katherine Scheetz | 1950-51 |
| Freda Goodwin Collier | 1951-53 |
| Sophronia G. Brigance | 1953-54 |
| Lorena Wangsgaard | 1954-55 |
| Atha Whalen | 1955-56 |
| Julia Dominguez | 1956-57 |
| Bette J. White | 1957-58 |
| Marie Fleckenstein | 1958-59 |
| Doris Thomas | 1959-60 |
| Patricia Elsesser | 1960-61 |
| Shirley Godfrey | 1961-62 |
| Margery Lodi Edmonds | 1962-63 |
| Freda Goodwin Collier | 1963-64 |
| Jacqueline A. Goldsmith | 1964-65 |
| Joan Cossick | 1965-66 |
| Gloria Soares Massi | 1966-67 |
| Anna Gainsley | 1967-69 |
| Hazel Allenbach | 1969-70 |
| Doris Vota | 1970-72 |
| Atha Whalen | 1972-73 |
| Alma Pritchard | 1973-74 |
| Barbara Butler | 1974-75 |
| Catherine L. Stroh | 1975-77 |
| Diana Penny | 1977-78 |
| Marvelene Breech | 1978-80 |
| Elizabeth Wilson | 1980-82 |
| Jane R. Schluter | 1982-84 |
| Teresa Mironchik | 1984-86 |
| Jacquelyn Ferguson | 1986-88 |
| Judy Ramey | 1988-90 |
| Paula Hefley, CCLS (Grenz) | 1990-91 |
| Linda Partmann | 1991-93 |
| Tamara Martin | 1993-94 |
| Barbara Dilling | 1994-96 |
| Sherri Lee Caplette, CCLS | 1996-98 |
| Debbie Frias, CCLS | 1998-00 |
| Mary-Ann Andrews | 2000-02 |
| Janice M. Ainsworth | 2002-04 |
| Leesa R. Estey, CCLS | 2004 |
| Dawn Willis | 2004-05** |
| Astrid B. Furstner, CCLS | 2005-07 |
| Cyrene Farrell, CCLS | 2007-08 |
| Elicia Allen, CCLS | 2008-09 |
| Jennifer Rotz | 2009-10 |
| Astrid B. Furstner, CCLS | 2010-11 |
| Dawn R. Forgeur, CCLS | 2011-13 |
| Lynne Prescott, CCLS | 2013-15 |
| Crystal Rivera | 2015-17 |
** Finished incomplete term