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
Mason Ji
Perkins Coie
Seattle, Washington
Hon. Eileen A. Kato (Ret.)
Seattle, Washington
Shayda Zaerpoor Le
Special Advisor to the Board
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
Michelle Behnke
President, American Bar Association
Boardman Clark
Madison, Wisconsin
Barbara J. Howard
President-Elect, American Bar Association
Barbara J. Howard Co., L.P.A.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Jonathan Cole
Chair, ABA House of Delegates
Baker Donelson
Nashville, Tennessee
Howard T. Wall III
Chair, ABA Fund for Justice and Education
Epstein Becker Green
Nashville, Tennessee
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
Zachary D. Clopton
Interim Dean, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, Illinois