Leadership

 
The 2024-2025 LPI Leadership Team!

Elected Officers

President Donna Day

  • Joined LPI in 1987
  • Member of Alameda County Legal Secretaries Association, Past President
  • Employed by Nixon Peabody LLP in San Francisco as a Team Leader and Practice Assistant to three partners
  • Notary Public

Vice President Bettina Jacobson

  • Joined LPI in 2012
  • Member of Placer County Legal Professionals Association, Governor 2013- 2018
  • Placer County Legal Professionals Association, Treasurer 2018-Present
  • Courtroom Clerk – Probate, Sacramento County Superior Court

Executive Secretary Erika Garduño

  • Joined LPI in 2011
  • Member of Desert Palm Legal Professionals Association, Governor 2015-2023, President of Desert Palm Legal Professionals Association, 2023
  • Employed by Thris Van Taylor, A Law Corporation

Treasurer Larry McGrew

  • Joined LSI/LPI in 2001
  • Past President of San Francisco Legal Professionals Association, 2015-2018 and Vice President 2012-2015
  • Employed by First Legal as Sr. Manager of Learning and Development

Want to get in touch with one of the LPI elected officers? E-mail president@legalprofessionalsinc.org or call (800) 281-2188.

Appointed Officers

LPI’s appointed officers have taken on specific roles for the organization.

Executive Advisor
Rod Cardinale, Jr.

Parliamentarian
Elise Dresser, CCLS

Editor-in-Chief
Linda Lane, CCLS

Editor of The Legal Professional™ Magazine
Ron Ackland

Education Director
Renee Evans, CCLS

Historian
Shannon Quigley

Continuing Education Coordinator
Janice Williams, CCLS

Professional Development Coordinator
Cyndee Sauceda, CCLS

LPI Chairs

LPI’s chairs oversee the organization’s various programs and committees.

2025 Annual Conference Chair
Elizabeth Adame, CCLS

Advertising
Heather Czuelger – Nowak

California Certified Legal Secretary
Vivian Shreve, CCLS

Scholarship
Yolanda Gollaz

Editor, The Legal Professional’s Handbook
Lisa De La O

Editor, Law Office Procedures Manual
Elizabeth Adame, CCLS

Legal Education Instructor
Lynne Prescott, CCLS

Legacy Project Chair/Curator
Heather Edwards, CCLS

Legal Procedure/Blog Editor
Christine J. Flores, CBA

Liaison to the Law Practice Management and Technology Section of the California Lawyers Association
June Hunter

Marketing Committee Coordinator
Bettina Jacobson

Nominations and Elections
Rod Cardinale, Jr.

Career Promotions/Professional Liaison
Leanne Ruesink

Social Media Chair
Benjamin Silowitz

Tech Chair
Dawn R. Forgeur, CCLS

Assistant Tech Chair
George Siambis

Website Chair
Rod Cardinale, Jr.

LPI Administrator
OPEN

Webmaster
Scott Herman of WebEditor Design Services