Cathy Penniston

Cathy Penniston is a teacher and independent broadcast captioner from Waukee, Iowa. Penniston spent 30 years working as an official court reporter for the state of Iowa before transitioning into her broadcast captioning career. She has also worked as a freelancer and a CART provider. Cathy currently teaches stenographic reporting at the Des Moines Area Community College in Newton, Iowa.

Penniston served as president, vice president, and secretary of the Iowa Court Reporters Association. She has been a volunteer for National Court Reporters Foundation phone-a-thon fundraising campaign. Penniston received the Roy Voelker Memorial Award for Distinguished Service for the court reporting profession of the state of Iowa. She also received the Indian Hills Community College Vision Award Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014.