Women Who Lead: Honoring the Brilliant Minds Shaping the Notary Industry

There are moments in history when progress feels steady. And then there are moments when it feels fragile.

Women know this rhythm.

We also know something else: while the world debates our place in the room, we are busy running it.

This Women’s History Month, I want to shine a light on three women who are not just participating in the notary industry; they are shaping it. They are raising standards, building infrastructure, and mentoring thousands of professionals along the way. Not loudly. Not for applause. But with competence, conviction, and credibility.

Let’s honor them.

Marcy Tiberio

The Executive Who Pulls Back the Curtain

As the 2025 National Notary Association Notary of the Year and owner of Professional Notary Services, Inc., Marcy represents a powerful shift in our industry. She operates at the signing service level, meaning she sees the ecosystem from the top down. Vendor management. Compliance. Communication standards. Risk mitigation. Professional expectations. And instead of guarding that knowledge, she shares it. When she speaks about best practices, she demystifies how signing services evaluate notaries. She encourages professionalism, clarity, and operational excellence. She challenges notaries to think beyond the next assignment and build reputations that last.

That is leadership. Marcy is proof that women are not just participating in high-level business conversations. We are driving them.

Laura Biewer

The Authority Who Elevated Estate Plan Signings

For decades, Laura has been the steady authority in estate plan signings.

Before “trust delivery” became a serious business model, she was doing the work. Quietly. Consistently. Professionally. You may know her as the GOAT because she is the greatest!

Laura's influence goes far beyond documents. She elevated the positioning of the notary in estate planning. She helped professionals understand that this work requires confidence, clarity, and high standards. She modeled what it looks like to charge appropriately, communicate effectively, and operate with calm authority in sensitive family situations.

Laura’s contribution to the industry is not flashy. It is foundational. She helped shift the narrative from volume to value. That matters. Because when women teach other women how to price properly, position themselves confidently, and build sustainable businesses, that is economic empowerment in action.

Nicola Jackson

The Educator Behind the Standards

As Director of Training and Education at the National Notary Association, Nicola Jackson plays a role many notaries may not fully see, but almost all benefit from. She oversees training development, supports instructors, and helps ensure that notaries across the country understand evolving laws and professional responsibilities. You may also recognize her as "Notary Nicola" from Instagram. That is influence at scale. She represents something powerful: women shaping how the profession is taught.

Education is infrastructure. Standards are infrastructure. Support systems like the Notary Hotline are infrastructure. Nicola stands behind that structure. And structure creates stability.

Why Women Leaders Matters Right Now

There are seasons when it feels like conversations about women’s value, women’s authority, and women’s leadership are being minimized. History has shown us something important.

Access can expand. Access can contract. But capable women do not disappear.

In the notary industry, women sit at the intersection of real estate, healthcare, estate planning, and financial transactions. We witness life transitions. We administer oaths. We verify identity. We protect integrity.

Those are not small responsibilities.

Economic independence matters. Professional credibility matters. Women setting their own fees matters. Women running companies that employ other notaries matters. This is not about politics. It is about presence.

Women Belong at the Table

Marcy leads at the executive level. Laura elevates professional positioning. Nicola builds educational standards.

Different lanes. Same impact.

They represent what happens when women do not wait for validation. They build expertise. They build systems. They build opportunities for others. And perhaps most importantly, they model what is possible.

This Women’s History Month, let us not just look backward. Let us recognize the women actively shaping this profession today. Women belong in the room. Women belong at the signing table. Women belong running the business.

And if history teaches us anything, it is this: When the landscape shifts, women do what we have always done. We lead anyway.

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