Board of Directors
Board Officers
Elected Directors
Jo Ann Engelhardt
Bessemer Trust
Palm Beach, Florida
Hon. Dolly M. Gee
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Los Angeles, California
Jimmy K. Goodman
Special Advisor to the Board
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ellen M. Jakovic
Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis
Washington, DC
Hon. Eileen A. Kato (Ret.)
Seattle, Washington
Shayda Zaerpoor Le
Barran Liebman LLP
Portland, Oregon
Darrell G. Mottley
Suffolk Law School
Boston, Massachusetts
J. Anthony Patterson, Jr.
Whitefish, Montana
Paul M. Smith
Campaign Legal Center
Washington, DC
Ex-Officio Directors
American Bar Association (ABA) Ex-Officio Directors
William R. Bay
President, American Bar Association
Thompson Coburn LLP
St. Louis, MO
Michelle Behnke
President-Elect, American Bar Association
Boardman Clark
Madison, Wisconsin
Jonathan Cole
Chair, ABA House of Delegates
Baker Donelson
Nashville, Tennessee
Orlando Lucero
ABA Fund for Justice and Education
FNF Family of Companies
Albuquerque, New Mexico
American Bar Endowment (ABE) Ex-Officio Director
Hon. Lora J. Livingston (Ret.)
President, American Bar Endowment
Austin, Texas
Fellows of the American Bar Foundation Ex-Officio Directors
Jennifer L. Parent
Chair of the Fellows
McLane Middleton
Manchester, New Hampshire
Mario L. Barnes
Chair-Elect of the Fellows
University of California, Irvine
Michael J. Hernandez
Secretary of the Fellows
Franczek P.C.
Chicago, Illinois
Frank X. Neuner, Jr.
Immediate Past Chair of the Fellows
Neuner Pate
Lafayette, Lousiana
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Ex-Officio Director
Hari M. Osofsky
Dean, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, Illinois