Capitol Times Newsletter

Austin

Our Corporate team has been joined by Jeffrey Fowler, who will be operating as an apostille and legalization specialist. Jeffrey is originally from San Antonio and attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, receiving his degree in political science. He lives in Austin and when he’s not on the clock, he enjoys cooking, walking, and mystery-solving. At home, he answers to his cat, Budrick Catowski (Buddy for short), who also goes by the name Sir-Lix-Alot.

Josh Corcino has joined us in a unique hybrid position that will allow him to support both our ARMS and Corporate teams as needed. Born in Germany and raised in Texas, Josh is from a military family and has family coast-to-coast. He’s an avid gym-goer, plays piano and guitar, and also enjoys video gaming in his free time. His favorite vacation was a family trip to Puerto Rico, where he enjoyed fully immersing himself among the people and the culture.

Our Legal team welcomes Michael Harris, a cum laude graduate from Seattle University of Law, as Corporate Counsel specializing in data privacy and compliance. His most memorable experience was working in Japan for 2 years as an English teacher, where he made lifelong friends and traveled the country. He enjoys board games with friends, riding his motorcycle, and hiking with his miniature Australian Shepherd, Azula.

Our Registered Agent crew is excited for Carson Clark to join as a change of agent specialist. Originally from Flower Mound, Texas, Carson relocated to Austin this summer looking for a change in scenery. She enjoys thrifting, hiking, reading, listening to music, and spending time with her newly adopted senior cat, Bones.

Ryan Green joins our Accounting team as a controller with over 15 years of prior experience. Ryan was born into a military family and spent his high school years in Virginia, making his way to Austin via The University of Texas. His family includes his wife of 25 years, stepson (33), son (18), and their little dog, Pixie. His favorite vacation was a family excursion traveling to Niagara Falls, then to Toronto, eventually landing in Northern Michigan’s Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island where they celebrated his parents’ golden anniversary during the hotel’s Titanic-themed weekend.

Quentin Reed joins our Registered Agent team as a service of process specialist. Native to Austin, Quentin recently returned to the area after spending 3 years in Dallas attending school and playing professional baseball. His most memorable travel excursion was to Banff, Alberta, where he was awestruck by the majestic view of the beautiful mountains that surrounded him. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his 2 cats, Atlas and Aurora, and dog, Marleaux.

Tiffany Lemieux has come on to our IT team as a project manager. Originally from New Orleans, she came to the Austin-area to escape Hurricane Katrina almost 20 years ago and loved it so much that she now calls it home. Tiffany enjoys piano, reading up on history, exercising, cooking, and spending time in her garden. This die-hard Saints fan (Who dat?) is proud human to Panda, a 10-year-old Shih Tzu.

Our IT team welcomes Badr Idouhli to the group as a business systems analyst. Outside of work, Badr is a fan of soccer and swimming. As a 20-year resident of Austin, he enjoys exploring local cuisine with his family, in particular Austin’s food truck scene. His favorite vacation destinations to date have been Barcelona and Naples.

Dover

Many of you may remember Denisha “Dee” Sewell Embry who returns to us as a member of our Corporate team. Together, Dee and her husband have 4 children, 6 grandchildren, and a 3-year-old Labrador-mix named Vega. She is also very close to her 2 sisters and their parents, who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Memorable experiences include sneaking into the VIP section of an Eddie Griffin comedy show, where they met the comedian and hobnobbed among other famous people!

Sacramento

Jeremy Seims is stepping into a leadership position as our Sacramento branch office manager with a considerable amount of industry experience. He enjoys snowboarding, gardening, and spending time with his 8-year-old dog, a Chihuahua/Mini-Poodle/Dachshund-mix. While he doesn’t have any children of his own, he loves spending time with his nieces, whose sporting events keep his schedule booked and busy. Ask him about the 115 lb Yellowfin tuna he caught while in O’ahu!

Daniel Nelson has joined our Lien Research crew bringing skills accrued while working in the real estate appraisal industry. Daniel is native to the Sacramento area and lives with his dog, Samwise, and several reptilian friends, among them Khal Drogo, a bearded dragon. When he’s not out in the wilderness camping or hiking, he’s probably indoors video gaming, for which he also live-streams to Twitch and creates content for a related YouTube channel. Currently in school studying cybersecurity, he also spends his free time honing his programming skills.

Making Her Mark

Cindy Ward (Austin — Corporate) has been creating for as long as she remembers. Having ample access to craft supplies as a young child, she continues to expand and hone her crafting skills well into adulthood — among them, knitting, crocheting, cross-stitching, jewelry making, woodworking, papercrafting, and sewing. Mostly self-taught from books and online resources, she would eventually find herself on theater and film sets working as a costume designer, learning from talented friends and mentors along the way.

Memorable projects and experiences range in scale. A local musical theater production of The Little Mermaid offered the opportunity to learn foam sculpting. A more personal project was created at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic during the personal protective equipment (PPE) shortage. While working at a retail craft store that sold fabric, she was inspired to design and cross-stitch a depiction of astronaut William Anders’ famous Earthrise photo taken from orbit. “It was a uniquely surreal experience for a lot of reasons. Methodically stabbing at those tiny squares hundreds of times and ultimately making something beautiful was very therapeutic.”

Interested in becoming a maker yourself? She says just do it! With so many resources available on the web, the best way to start is by diving into a tutorial and getting your hands dirty. “Frequently, just learning a new skill is the best part of the process. There’s so much creative problem-solving that goes into a lot of the things I make, especially when I work without a pattern. It’s fantastic mental exercise, and at the end — there’s a new thing!”

“I think as a lot of makers will tell you, there’s no one spark — it’s just sort of an innate drive to *create* things.” – Cindy Ward