Board of Directors & Special Advisors

Corporate Representatives

Carolina Acosta
Senior Counsel – Litigation
Cboe Global Markets Inc.

Mahlet Ayalew (Bio)
Exec. Dir. and Asst. General Counsel
JP Morgan Chase

Sharmila Bharwani
Assistant General Counsel
Citi

Darnell Clayborn (Bio)
Counsel
AbbVie

Juli Greenberg (Bio)
Counsel
General Motors

Emilie Eschbacher Halversen (Bio)
Corporate Counsel
Enterprise Mobility, Inc.

Zachary Oberman (Bio)
Director & Assistant General Counsel
Bank of America

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Retired Board Members

Renwei Chung
Senior Strategic Advisor
Blue Cross NC

Gary Prado (Bio)
Senior Legal Counsel
Fidelity Investments

Julianne Oehlbeck (Bio)
VP Legal & Associate General Counsel
Chobani

Shannon McNeal
Associate
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Kwesi Atta-Krah (Bio)
Compliance Consultant
Delta Dental

Hannah Chanoine
Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Joe Lakier (Bio)
Senior Director
FTI Consulting, Inc.

Chelsea Conanan (Bio)
Director & Counsel
Take Two Interactive Software

Darnella Banks
Sanctions Risk Manager
Square

Mayra Suarez
Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

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

Linda Maria Wayner
Senior Director of Diversity Initiatives
Lateral Link / Cadence Counsel 

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

Jorge Aviles
Associate
Hunton Andrews Kurth

Tahir Boykins
Associate
Steptoe & Johnson

Elizabeth Briones (Bio)
Associate
Troutman Peppers LLP

Gabriela Chambi (Bio)
Associate
Hudson Cook LLP

Anthony Le (Bio)
Partner
McGuireWoods LLP

Devorah Levine
Member
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

Ashley Lhérisson (Bio)
Counsel
WilmerHale LLP

Derrick Lott
Partner
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Christina Martin
Associate
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Janiel Myers
Associate
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Khalil Nobles (Bio)
Senior Associate
Wilson Sonsini

Redwan Saleh (Bio)
Associate
O’Melveny

Duvol Thompson
Partner
Holland & Knight

Kelsey Watkins
Associate
Cooley

Yuliya Zahoroda
Associate
Milbank

Government Representatives

Natasha Cooper (Bio)
Assistant U.S. Attorney (NDGA)
United States Attorney’s Office

Shreya Patel (Bio)
Attorney Advisor
U.S. Treasury Department

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School Representatives

April Love
Policy Analyst, SDFR Policy Center
Alcorn State University

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Executive Board (2021-23)

Natasha Cooper, Co-Director (Bio)

Ashley Lhérisson, Co-Director (Bio)

Juli Greenberg (Bio)

Mahlet Ayalew (Bio)

Sharmila Bharwani

Tahir Boykins

Michael Buffardi

Emilie Halvorsen

Shreya Patel

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Special Advisors

Don Macaulay (Bio)
President & Executive Director

Eric Stern
Deputy Director, Career Development
UC, Berkeley School of Law

Hon. Zuberi Williams (Bio)
District Court Judge
Maryland State Judiciary