Board of Trustees

Executive Committee

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Nadira Clarke
Nadira Clarke
President, Baker Botts

Board Member Since 2018

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Jennifer Levy
Jennifer Levy
Vice President, Kirkland & Ellis

Board Member Since 2013

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Kwaku Akowuah
Kwaku Akowuah
Secretary, Sidley

Board Member Since 2016

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Scott Nemeroff
Scott Nemeroff
Treasurer, Ernst & Young

Board Member Since 2022

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Philip Bartz
Philip Bartz
Bryan Cave

Board Member Since 2014

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Jessica Hough
Jessica Hough
Skadden

Board Member Since 2019

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Joan E. McKown
Joan E. McKown
Immediate Past President, Jones Day

Board Member Since 2012

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Jonice Gray
Paul Hastings

Board Member Since 2014

Nominating Committee

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Anthony T. Pierce
Anthony T. Pierce
Akin Gump

Board Member Since 1998

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Sheila Cheston
Sheila Cheston
Northop Grumman

Board Member Since 2015

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Rajesh De
Rajesh De
Mayer Brown

Board Member Since 2020

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Philip W. Horton
Philip W. Horton
Arnold & Porter

Board Member Since 1997

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Shawn Wright
Shawn Wright
Blank Rome

Board Member Since 2020

Board Members

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Chioma Achebe
Chioma Achebe
The Carlyle Group

Board Member Since 2021

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Deborah Baum
Deborah Baum
Pillsbury

Board Member Since 1997

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Mary Borja
Mary Borja
Wiley Rein

Board Member Since 2019

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Mel Bostwick
Mel Bostwick
Orrick

Board Member Since 2021

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Randall A. Brater
Randall A. Brater
Arent Fox

Board Member Since 2016

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Kara Brockmeyer
Kara Brockmeyer
Debevoise & Plimpton

Board Member Since 2018

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Steve D. Brody
Steve D. Brody
O’Melveny & Myers

Board Member Since 2010

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David Brown
Latham & Watkins

Board Member since 2023

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John T. Byrnes
John T. Byrnes
Cooley

Board Member Since 2012

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Michael Calhoon
Michael Calhoon
Baker Botts

Board Member Since 2015

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Ashely Joyner Chavous
Covington

Board Member Since 2023 

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Vincent Cohen
Vincent Cohen
Dechert

Board Member Since 2021

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Annemargaret Connolly
Annemargaret Connolly
Weil

Board Member Since 2014

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David Dantzic
Latham & Watkins

Board Member Since 2010

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Brad Fagg
Brad Fagg
Morgan Lewis

Board Member Since 2018

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Allison Foley
Allison Foley
Venable

Board Member Since 2020

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Steven Herman
Steven Herman
Zuckerman

Board Member Since 2021

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Daniel G. Jarcho
Daniel G. Jarcho
Alston & Bird

Board Member since 2004

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Valerie Kelly
Valerie Kelly
Fried Frank

Board Member Since 2021

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Rakesh Kilaru
Rakesh Kilaru
Wilkinson Stekloff

Board Member Since 2021

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Sarah Kirkpatrick
Sarah Kirkpatrick
Williams & Connolly

Board Member Since 2017

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M. Alexander Koch Headshot
M. Alexander Koch
King & Spalding

Board Member Since 2023

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Andrew Lacy
Andrew Lacy
Goodwin Procter

Board Member Since 2024

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Emily Loeb
Emily Loeb
Jenner & Block

Board Member Since 2024

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Bradley S. Lui
Bradley S. Lui
Morrison & Foerster

Board Member Since 2013

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John McCarthy
John McCarthy
Crowell & Moring

Board Member Since 2018

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Jane O’Brien
Jane O’Brien
Paul Weiss

Board Member Since 2021

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Kimberly A. Parker
Kimberly A. Parker
WilmerHale

Board Member Since 2015

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Leah Quadrino
Leah Quadrino
Steptoe & Johnson

Board Member Since 2019

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Sara Razi
Sara Razi
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Board Member Since 2019

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Rena Reiss
Rena Reiss
Marriott International

Board Member Since 2022

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John P. Relman
John P. Relman
Relman, Dane & Colfax

Board Member Since 2010

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Kurt Richter
Kurt Richter
Cushman & Wakefield

Board Member Since 2008

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Jason Rubinstein Headshot
Jason Rubinstein
Gilbert LLP

Board Member since 2022

Debodhonyaa Sengupta
Dentons

Board Member Since 2023

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Mary Lou Soller
Mary Lou Soller
Miller & Chevalier

Board Member Since 1992

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Peter S. Spivack
Peter S. Spivack
Hogan Lovells

Board Member Since 2010

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Christie Grymes Thompson
Christie Grymes Thompson
Kelley Drye

Board Member Since 2017

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Alexandra Walsh
Alexandra Walsh

Board Member Since 2018

Presidents Council

The Presidents Council consists of all living former presidents of Legal Aid DC.

Deborah B. Baum
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Caswell O. Hobbs
G. Philip Nowak
David Dantzic
Latham & Watkins
Philip W. Horton
Arnold & Porter LLP
Deanne M. Ottaviano
American Psychological Association
C. Stanley Dees
Daniel G. Jarcho
Alston & Bird LLP
Thomas C. Papson
Legal Aid of the District of Columbia
Michael S. Helfer
Citigroup
Kenneth Klein
Mayer Brown
Anthony T. Pierce
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Michael J. Henke
Martin Klepper
Fengate Capital Management
Barbara M. Rossotti
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Stephen S. Hill
The Law Office of Stephen S. Hill
Joan McKown
Jones Day