Committee Leadership
Committee Chair
Sandra J. Wunderlich
Tucker Ellis LLP
Saint Louis, MO
Committee Vice Chair
C. Meade Hartfield
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Birmingham, AL
Immediate Past Chair
Marie E. Chafe
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP
Boston, MA
Board Liaison
Renée Welze Livingston
Livingston Law Firm
Walnut Creek, CA
Law Institute Liaison
J. Richard Moore
Bleeke Dillon Crandall
Indianapolis, IN
Marketing Chair
Ashley Brathwaite
Ellis & Winters LLP
Raleigh, NC
Marketing Vice Chair
Jennifer L. Steinmetz
Tucker Ellis LLP
Cleveland, OH
2024 Program Chair
Sarah E. Thomas Pagels
Laffey Leitner & Goode LLC
Milwaukee, WI
2025 Program Chair
Bethany N. White
Arnett Law Group LLC
Chicago, IL
2025 Program Vice Chair
Kristen E. Dennison
Littleton Joyce Ughetta & Kelly LLP
Merritt Island, FL
Sponsorship Chair
Kelsey Brudvig
Collins & Lacy
Columbia, SC
Sponsorship Vice Chair
Shauna Askins
KnightHawk Engineering
Houston, TX
Online Programming - Podcast Chair
Laura Emmett
Strigberger Brown Armstrong LLP
London, ON
Online Programming - Opportunity Calling Vice Chair
Tracey L. Turnbull
Porter Wright Morris
Cleveland, OH
Publications Chair
Kirsten E. Small, CIPP/US
Maynard Nexsen PC
Greenville, SC
Online Community Chair
Ericka Esposito
Littleton Joyce Ughetta & Kelly LLP
Radnor, PA
Social Media Chair
Lorena Valle
Porter Hedges LLP
Houston, TX
Social Media Co-Chair
Maggie Ogletree
Norman Wood Kendrick & Turner
Birmingham, AL
Panel Counsel Chair
Kate M. Dickenson
Husch Blackwell LLP
Saint Louis, MO
Networking Events Chair
Quyen Thi Le
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
San Francisco, CA
Panel Counsel Co-Chair
Julia M. Beckley
Dentons LLP
Dallas, TX
Asbestos Litigation SLC Liaison
Amber Barlow Garcia
Deutsch Kerrigan LLP
New Orleans, LA
Drug and Medical Device SLC Liaison
Ashley Brathwaite
Ellis & Winters LLP
Raleigh, NC
Retail and Hospitality Law SLC Liaison
Kelsey Brudvig
Collins & Lacy
Columbia, SC
Trial Tactics SLC Liaison
Catherine G. Bryan
Connell Foley LLP
Newark, NJ
DRI International Law SLC Liaison
C. Meade Hartfield
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Birmingham, AL
Workers' Compensation SLC Liaison
Jennifer Morris Jones
Cranfill Sumner LLP
Raleigh, NC
Trucking Law SLC Liaison
Edwina V. Kessler
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Trial Tactics SLC Liaison
Pamela Newsom Lee
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP
Atlanta, GA
Trial Tactics SLC Liaison
Pamela Newsom Lee
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP
Atlanta, GA
Fidelity and Surety SLC Liaison
Diane Hastings Lewis
Brown & Ruprecht PC
Kansas City, MO
Alternative Dispute Resolution SLC Liaison
B. Rose Miller
ADR Solutions Group
Atlanta, GA
Asbestos Litigation SLC Liaison
Ana T. Reeg
Hawkins Parnell & Young
San Francisco, CA
Product Liability Fire Science Liaison
Kathryn A. Regier
Sandberg Phoenix
Kansas City, MO
Law Practice Management SLC Liaison
Melissa Thompson Richardson
Richardson Law Group
Lexington, KY
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy SLC Liaison
Kirsten E. Small, CIPP/US
Maynard Nexsen PC
Greenville, SC
Product Liability SLC Liaison
Kristin L. Wedell
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote
Cleveland, OH
SLC Membership Liaison
Renée Welze Livingston
Livingston Law Firm
Walnut Creek, CA
Employment Law SLC Liaison
Anne Regina Yuengert
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Birmingham, AL
DRI for Life Liaison
Kristie S. Crawford
Brown & James PC
Springfield, MO
DRI Cares Liaison
Carolyn M. Husmann
Sinars Slowikowski Tomaska
Saint Louis, MO
Young Lawyer Liaison
Ericka Esposito
Littleton Joyce Ughetta & Kelly LLP
Radnor, PA
Young Lawyer Liaison
Maggie Ogletree
Norman Wood Kendrick & Turner
Birmingham, AL
Young Lawyer Vice Liaison
Laura O'Hara
Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull
Conway, AR
Steering Committee Member
Diane Fleming Averell
Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC
Morristown, NJ
Steering Committee Member
Elizabeth Sorenson Brotten
Foley Mansfield
Minneapolis, MN
Steering Committee Member
Catherine G. Bryan
Connell Foley LLP
Newark, NJ
Steering Committee Member
Heather A. Bub
Amundsen Davis LLC
Saint Louis, MO
Steering Committee
Evelyn Fletcher Davis
Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP
Atlanta, GA
Steering Committee Member
Heidi B. Friedman
Thompson Hine LLP
Cleveland, OH
Steering Committee Member
Karen R. Glickstein
Jackson Lewis PC
Overland Park, KS
Steering Committee
Kimberly Kay Hardeman
Lederer Weston Craig PLC
Cedar Rapids, IA
Steering Committee Member
Stephanie Holcombe
Porter Hedges LLP
Houston, TX
Steering Committee
James D. Holland
Page Kruger & Holland
Jackson, MS
Kristina Hultman
Barton Gilman
Providence, RI
Steering Committee Member
Lynne O. Ingram
Campbell Conroy & O'Neil PC
Berwyn, PA
Jennifer Morris Jones
Cranfill Sumner LLP
Raleigh, NC
Karen K. Karabinos
Chartwell Law
Norcross, GA
Steering Committee Member
Kristina C. Lemanski
State Bar of Wisconsin
Middleton, WI
Steering Committee Member
Bianca Graziela Liston
McDonald Toole Wiggins PA
Orlando, FL
Substantive Law Committee Liaison Vice Chair
Denise Smith Motta
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Louisville, KY
Steering Committee Member
Jennifer F. Nutter
Hood Law Firm LLC
Charleston, SC
Steering Committee
Lana A. Olson
Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC
Birmingham, AL
Steering Committee Member
Taylor Poncz
Chartwell Law
Atlanta, GA
Steering Committee
Shoshana Schiller
Manko Gold Katcher & Fox
Bala Cynwyd, PA
Kirsten E. Small, CIPP/US
Maynard Nexsen PC
Greenville, SC
Steering Committee Member
Angela A. Steffen Meyer, Ph.D., PE
Meyer Vorst Consultants
Denton, TX
Steering Committee Member
Sharon D. Stuart
Attorneys Insurance Mutual of the South
Hoover, AL
Steering Committee Member
Sarah E. Thomas Pagels
Laffey Leitner & Goode LLC
Milwaukee, WI
Steering Committee
John C. Trimble
Lewis Wagner LLP
Indianapolis, IN
Steering Committee Member
Sara M. Turner
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
Birmingham, AL
Steering Committee Member
Peggy Urbanic
Clawson & Staubes LLC
Charleston, SC
Steering Committee Member
Aleksandra Zivanovic
SGI Canada
Toronto, ON