At the 2025 DRI Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, on October 15–17, the DRI Board of Directors elected four individuals to join them as national directors (each serving
three-year terms), as well as the next DRI second vice president and secretary/treasurer. Four new regional directors were also recognized, who will serve three-year terms, and fourteen new state representatives. Learn more in the DRI Election Hub.
Thank you to the Nominating Committee, chaired this year by DRI Past President Emily G. Coughlin, for its work during the 2025 DRI Elections.
Congratulations to the individuals below for their appointments.
Second Vice President
- Ricardo A. Woods, Burr & Forman, Mobile, Alabama
Secretary-Treasurer
- Michael D. Carter, Hall Booth Smith, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
New National Directors
- Imoh E. Akpan, Goldberg Segalla, Baltimore, Maryland
- Fred E. (Trey) Bourn III, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, Jackson, Mississippi
- J. Richard Moore, Bleeke Dillon Crandall, Indianapolis, Indiana
- James E. Weatherholtz, Womble Bond Dickinson (US), Charleston, South Carolina
New Regional Directors
- Mid-Atlantic Region – David A. Anderson
- Northeast Region – Stephen P. Cooney
- Mid Region – Brandon P. Hull
- Pacific Region – Heather L. Mills
New State Representatives
- Arizona – Brian Rubin
- California – Ed Tugade
- Colorado – Hillary Patterson
- District of Columbia – Ben Peoples
- Iowa – Brenda Wallrichs
- Kansas – Ryan Meyer
- Louisiana – Amber Barlow Garcia
- Missouri – Brian Kuhlmann
- Nevada – Michael Lowry
- North Dakota – Courtney Presthus
- Ohio – David Orlandini
- South Carolina – Jennifer Nutter
- South Dakota – Tyler Haigh
- Utah – Dennis Flynn