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Board Officers

Elected Directors

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Jo Ann Engelhardt

Bessemer Trust
Palm Beach, Florida 
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Hon. Dolly M. Gee

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Los Angeles, California
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Jimmy K. Goodman

Special Advisor to the Board

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Ellen M. Jakovic

Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis
Washington, DC
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Hon. Eileen A. Kato (Ret.)

Seattle, Washington
Shayda Zaerpoor Le

Shayda Zaerpoor Le

Barran Liebman LLP
Portland, Oregon
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Darrell G. Mottley

Suffolk Law School
Boston, Massachusetts
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J. Anthony Patterson, Jr.

Whitefish, Montana
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Paul M. Smith

Campaign Legal Center
Washington, DC

Ex-Officio Directors

American Bar Association (ABA) Ex-Officio Directors

William "Bill" Bay

William R. Bay

President, American Bar Association

Thompson Coburn LLP
St. Louis, MO
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Michelle Behnke

President-Elect, American Bar Association

Boardman Clark
Madison, Wisconsin
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Jonathan Cole

Chair, ABA House of Delegates

Baker Donelson
Nashville, Tennessee
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Orlando Lucero

ABA Fund for Justice and Education

FNF Family of Companies
Albuquerque, New Mexico

American Bar Endowment (ABE) Ex-Officio Director

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Hon. Lora J. Livingston (Ret.)

President, American Bar Endowment

Austin, Texas

Fellows of the American Bar Foundation Ex-Officio Directors

Frank X. Neuner

Frank X. Neuner, Jr.

Chair of the Fellows

Neuner Pate
Lafayette, Lousiana
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Jennifer L. Parent

Chair-Elect of the Fellows

McLane Middleton
Manchester, New Hampshire
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Mario L. Barnes

Secretary of the Fellows

University of California, Irvine
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Laura V. Farber

Immediate Past-Chair of the Fellows

Hahn & Hahn LLP
Pasadena, California

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Ex-Officio Director

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Hari M. Osofsky

Dean, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, Illinois

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