Board of Directors & Special Advisors
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Corporate Representatives
Kwesi Atta-Krah (Bio)
Compliance Consultant
Delta Dental
Darnella Banks
Sanctions Risk Manager
Square
Renwei Chung
Senior Strategic Advisor
Blue Cross NC
Chelsea Conanan (Bio)
Director & Counsel
Take Two Interactive Software
Joe Lakier (Bio)
Senior Director
FTI Consulting, Inc.
Zachary Oberman
Director & Assistant General Counsel
Bank of America
Julianne Oehlbeck (Bio)
VP Legal & Associate General Counsel
Chobani
Gary Prado (Bio)
Senior Legal Counsel
Fidelity Investments
Linda Maria Wayner
Senior Director of Diversity Initiatives
Lateral Link / Cadence Counsel
Emeritus Board Members
Matthew Iwamaye (Bio)
Associate Director & General Counsel
RBC Law Group – Capital Markets
Nairuby Beckles
Associate
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Isaac Brown
Vice President & Assoc. General Counsel
Fidelity Investments
Aaron Jaroff (Bio)
Partner
McGuireWoods LLP
Yi Han Goh
Associate
Latham & Watkins LLP
Christina Joseph
Counsel
The Coca-Cola Company
John K. Johnson
Global Director, Ethics and Compliance
Anheuser-Busch Inc.
Rodney Simms
Senior Finance Manager (Audit)
Amazon.com
Derek Scott
Senior Associate General Counsel
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Rukayatu Tijani (Bio)
Associate
Quinn Emanuel
Joseph Tillman
Associate General Counsel
The Raine Group
Rico Williams
Legal Counsel
Apple Inc.
Andy Yoo (Bio)
SVP and General Counsel
Savvas Learning Company
Michael Zhang
Associate
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Law Firm Representatives
Mahlet Ayalew (Bio)
Counsel
WilmerHale LLP
Tahir Boykins
Associate
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Hannah Chanoine
Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Gabriela Cahmbi (Bio)
Associate
Hudson Cook LLP
Natasha Cooper (Bio)
Associate
McGuireWoods LLP
Emilie Eschbacher (Bio)
Associate
Lathrop GPM LLP
Devorah Levine
Member
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Ashley Lhérisson (Bio)
Associate
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Derrick Lott
Partner
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Shannon McNeal
Associate
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Khalil Nobles (Bio)
Associate
Gunderson Dettmer
Mayra Suarez
Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Duvol Thompson
Partner
Holland & Knight
2021-23 Executive Board & Committee Chairs
Co-Presidents & Executive Board Chairs
Vice President & Curriculum Committee Chair
- Diana Perez
Vice President, Treasurer, & Finance Committee Chair
- Kwesi Atta-Krah (Bio)
Vice President & Governance Committee Chair
- Mahlet Ayalew (Bio)
Vice President & Outreach Committee Chair
- Joe Lakier (Bio)
Vice President & Social Media Co-Chairs
- Mayra Suarez
- Shannon McNeal
Secretary
- Juli Greenberg (Bio)
Special Advisors
Venetta Amory
Director of Diversity
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Gabrielle Lyse Brown
Executive Director, Diversity & Inclusion
Morgan Stanley
Don Macaulay (Bio)
President & Founder
BARBRI Law Preview
Kyle McEntee (Bio)
Executive Director
Law School Transparency
Alicia Miles (Bio)
Associate Director of Admissions
Villanova University School of Law
Eric Stern
Deputy Director, Career Development
UC, Berkeley School of Law
Hon. Zuberi Williams (Bio)
District Court Judge
Maryland State Judiciary