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Committee Chair

Helen R. Holden
Spencer Fane LLP
Phoenix, AZ

Committee Vice Chair

Eric E. Kinder
Spilman Thomas & Battle
Charleston, WV

Immediate Past Chair

Gordon Hill
Hill Ward Henderson
Tampa, FL

Board Liaison

Catherine Ava Leatherwood
Rogers Townsend
Columbia, SC

Law Institute Liaison

Mark A. Fahleson
Rembolt Ludtke
Lincoln, NE

2025 Annual Meeting Co-Chair

Sandy L. Morris
Valentine Austriaco & Bueschel PC
Chicago, IL

2025 Annual Meeting Co-Chair

Kimberly A. Ross
FordHarrison LLP
Chicago, IL

2025 Program Chair

Sandy L. Morris
Valentine Austriaco & Bueschel PC
Chicago, IL

Membership Co-Chair

Jeff Wilcox
Hill Ward Henderson
Tampa, FL

Ambassadors/Membership Orientation and Retention Co-Chair

Michael Henthorne
Ogletree Deakins
Columbia, SC

Ambassadors/Membership Orientation and Retention Vice Chair

Robert Carter Lockwood
Lockwood & Associates Inc
Huntsville, AL

Membership Vice Chair

Justin Ruedaflores
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Online Programming Chair

Scott F. Gibson
Denton Peterson Dunn PLLC
Mesa, AZ

Online Programming Vice Chair

Jill Stricklin
Pierson Ferdinand LLP
Winston Salem, NC

2026 Program Chair

Brian H. Leinhauser
MacMain Leinhauser PC
West Chester, PA

2026 Program Vice Chair

Sarah Sloan Batson
Maynard Nexsen PC
Greenville, SC

Publications Chair

David E. Renner
Pierson Ferdinand LLP
Moon Township, PA

Publications Vice Chair

Alejandro Perez
Pierson Ferdinand LLP
Phoenix, AZ

The Brief Case, Vice Chair

Robin E. McGuffin
Stites & Harbison
Lexington, KY

The Brief Case, Chair

Kevin Joseph O'Connor
Peckar & Abramson
River Edge, NJ

The Voice Chair

Tara Tesmer Paulson
Rembolt Ludtke
Lincoln, NE

Online Community Chair

Kimberly A. Ross
FordHarrison LLP
Chicago, IL

FLSA Chair

Karan C. Ciotti
Ciotti Law PC
Houston, TX

IADC Liaison

Mark A. Fahleson
Rembolt Ludtke
Lincoln, NE

FDCC Liaison

Paul M. Finamore
Pessin Katz Law
Columbia, MD

Employee Safety Subcommittee Chair

Stephen E. Irving
Peckar & Abramson
Houston, TX

Legislative Updates Chair

Michael S. Kalt
Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP
San Diego, CA

Counsel Meeting Co-Chair

Robert A. Luskin
Chartwell Law
Atlanta, GA

Litigation Tactics Co-Chair

Peter D. Muller
Goodman McGuffey LLP
Savannah, GA

Trial Tactics Subcommittee Chair

Jeffery M. Wells
Williams Kastner
Seattle, WA

FDCC Vice Liaison

Robert Carter Lockwood
Lockwood & Associates Inc
Huntsville, AL

Litigation Tactics Vice Chair

Anandhi S. Rajan
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP
Atlanta, GA

Legislative Updates Vice Chair

Nicholas S. Ruble
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice
Kansas City, MO

Labor Law/NLRA Chair

Reginald W. Belcher
Turner Padget Graham & Laney
Columbia, SC

EPLI SLG Chair

Joseph M. Gagliardo
Laner Muchin
Chicago, IL

ADA/FMLA Co-Chair

Jill Pedigo Hall
Von Briesen & Roper
Madison, WI

SLC Membership Liaison

Dessi N. Day
Pierson Ferdinand LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Retail and Hospitality SLC Liaison

Marie Trimble Holvick
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
San Francisco, CA

Litigation Skills SLC Liaison

Laurie E. Meyer
Amundsen Davis LLC
Milwaukee, WI

State/SLDO Liaison

Stacy Linn Moon
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Birmingham, AL

DRI Cares Liaison

Scott F. Gibson
Denton Peterson Dunn PLLC
Mesa, AZ

DRI Cares Vice Liaison

Helaina Chinn
Chinn Smith Winters LLP
Lake Oswego, OR

DRI Cares Vice Liaison

Duncan J. Forsyth
Halloran & Sage LLP
Hartford, CT

Diversity and Inclusion Liaison

Jill Pedigo Hall
Von Briesen & Roper
Madison, WI

Women in the Law SLC Liaison

Anne Regina Yuengert
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Birmingham, AL

Advisory Board

Steven Gerber
Barton Gilman
Red Bank, NJ

Young Lawyer Liaison

Hayley Hollis
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC
Portland, OR

Young Lawyer Liaison

Emily G. Tate
Watkins & Eager
Jackson, MS

Young Lawyer Vice Liaison

Anthony Lyons Jr.
Stewart Law Group
Dallas, TX

Young Lawyer Vice Liaison

Khaleed Mawji
McMillan LLP
Toronto,

Advisory Board

Mark A. Fahleson
Rembolt Ludtke
Lincoln, NE

Advisory Board

Karen R. Glickstein
Freeman Martin McKee LLC
Kansas City, MO

Advisor

Jaime Walker Luse
Tydings & Rosenberg LLP
Baltimore, MD

Advisory Board

Amy L. Miletich
Miletich PC
Denver, CO

Advisory Board

Franklin G. Shuler Jr.
Turner Padget Graham & Laney
Columbia, SC

Advisory Board

Sidney R. Steinberg
Pierson Ferdinand LLP
Philadelphia, PA

Advisory Board

Sheryl J. Willert
Williams Kastner
Seattle, WA

Steering Committee Member

Laura Bassett
Leitner Williams Dooley
Brentwood, TN

Steering Committee Member

Christopher Callanan
Callanan Law LLP
Boston, MA

Steering Committee Member

Dessi N. Day
Pierson Ferdinand LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Steering Committee Member

Christy C. Dunn
Young Moore and Henderson
Raleigh, NC

Steering Committee Member

Stanley E. Graham
Holland & Knight
Nashville, TN

Steering Committee Member

Sarah E. Hansen
Burden & Hansen LLC
Buffalo, NY

Steering Committee Member

Jimmie Lee Pinkham III
Baird Holm LLP
Omaha, NE

Steering Committee Member

David R. Stone
WVU Health System
Morgantown, WV