Committee Leadership
Committee Chair
Matthew G. Berard
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Troy, MI
Committee Vice Chair
Stephanie Short
Great American Insurance Group
East Brunswick, NJ
Immediate Past Chair
Tracy Lynn Morris
Starr Adjustment Services Inc
Atlanta, GA
Board Liaison
Michelle Thurber Czapski
Bodman PLC
Troy, MI
DRI for Life Liaison
John Patrick O'Flanagan
Banker Lopez Gassler
Tampa, FL
DRI International SLC Liaison
Leon Beukman
Meridian Law Group
Vancouver, BC
SLC Membership Liaison
Beth A. Lochmiller
Lochmiller Bond
Elizabethtown, KY
Young Lawyer Liaison
Christopher Pate
Banker Lopez Gassler
Tampa, FL
2025 Annual Meeting Chair
Samuel Dearstyne
Bradley Arant
Charlotte, NC
Marketing Chair
Lee C. Schmeer
Victor Rane
Philadelphia, PA
Membership Chair
Daniel L. Bray
Gallagher Sharp
Cleveland, OH
Publications Co-Chair
Jeffrey F. Clement
Brady Connolly & Masuda
Chicago, IL
Publications Co-Chair
John Thomas Rouse
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
Ridgeland, MS
Programming Vice Chair - Podcasts
Christopher Pate
Banker Lopez Gassler
Tampa, FL
Programming Vice Chair - Events
Carmen Weite
Bradley Arant
Birmingham, AL
Steering Committee
James E. Robinson
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Steering Committee
Robert J. Williams
Victor Rane
Pittsburgh, PA
Steering Committee Member
Michael McGrory
Amundsen Davis LLC
Chicago, IL
Steering Committee Member
Michael G. Jones
Martin Pringle Oliver Wallace & Bauer LLP
Wichita, KS