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Nadira Clarke
President, Hogan Lovells
Board Member Since 2018
Board of Trustees
Executive Committee
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Jennifer Levy
Vice President, Kirkland & Ellis
Board Member Since 2013
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Kwaku Akowuah
Secretary, Sidley
Board Member Since 2016
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Scott Nemeroff
Treasurer, Ernst & Young
Board Member Since 2022
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Philip Bartz
Bryan Cave
Board Member Since 2014
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Jessica Hough
Skadden
Board Member Since 2019
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Joan E. McKown
Immediate Past President, Jones Day
Board Member Since 2012
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Jonice Gray
Paul Hastings
Board Member Since 2014
Nominating Committee
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Anthony T. Pierce
Akin Gump
Board Member Since 1998
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Sheila Cheston
Board Member Since 2015
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Rajesh De
Mayer Brown
Board Member Since 2020
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Philip W. Horton
Arnold & Porter
Board Member Since 1997
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Shawn Wright
Blank Rome
Board Member Since 2020
Board Members
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Chioma Achebe
The Carlyle Group
Board Member Since 2021
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Lukman Azeez
Wiley
Board Member Since 2024
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Deborah Baum
Pillsbury
Board Member Since 1997
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Mel Bostwick
Orrick
Board Member Since 2021
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Randall A. Brater
ArentFox Schiff
Board Member Since 2016
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Steve D. Brody
O’Melveny & Myers
Board Member Since 2010
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David Brown
Latham & Watkins
Board Member since 2023
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Katharine Burke
Baker Botts
Board Member Since 2024
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Ashley Joyner Chavous
Covington
Board Member Since 2023
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Alanna Clair
Dentons
Board Member Since 2024
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Annemargaret Connolly
Weil
Board Member Since 2014
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Brad Fagg
Morgan Lewis
Board Member Since 2018
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Allison Foley
Venable
Board Member Since 2020
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Daniel Grooms
Cooley
Board Member Since 2024
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Steven Herman
Zuckerman
Board Member Since 2021
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Daniel G. Jarcho
Alston & Bird
Board Member since 2004
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Valerie Kelly
Fried Frank
Board Member Since 2021
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Rakesh Kilaru
Wilkinson Stekloff
Board Member Since 2021
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Sarah Kirkpatrick
Williams & Connolly
Board Member Since 2017
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M. Alexander Koch
King & Spalding
Board Member Since 2023
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Andrew Lacy
Goodwin Procter
Board Member Since 2024
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Emily Loeb
Jenner & Block
Board Member Since 2024
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Bradley S. Lui
Morrison & Foerster
Board Member Since 2013
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Jane O’Brien
Paul Weiss
Board Member Since 2021
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Kimberly A. Parker
WilmerHale
Board Member Since 2015
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Leah Quadrino
Steptoe & Johnson
Board Member Since 2019
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Sara Razi
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Board Member Since 2019
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Rena Reiss
Marriott International
Board Member Since 2022
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John P. Relman
Relman, Dane & Colfax
Board Member Since 2010
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Kurt Richter
Cushman & Wakefield
Board Member Since 2008
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Jason Rubinstein
Gilbert LLP
Board Member since 2022
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Mary Lou Soller
Miller & Chevalier
Board Member Since 1992
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Peter S. Spivack
Hogan Lovells
Board Member Since 2010
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Christie Grymes Thompson
Kelley Drye
Board Member Since 2017
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Alexandra Walsh
Board Member Since 2018
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Jeremy Zucker
Dechert
Board Member Since 2024
Legal Aid Ambassadors also work alongside the Board and staff to promote Legal Aid's mission. Learn more about the Ambassadors.
Presidents Council
The Presidents Council consists of all living former presidents of Legal Aid DC.
Deborah B. Baum
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Caswell O. Hobbs
G. Philip Nowak
David Dantzic
Latham & Watkins
Philip W. Horton
Arnold & Porter LLP
Deanne M. Ottaviano
American Psychological Association
C. Stanley Dees
Daniel G. Jarcho
Alston & Bird LLP
Thomas C. Papson
Legal Aid of the District of Columbia
Michael S. Helfer
Citigroup
Kenneth Klein
Mayer Brown
Anthony T. Pierce
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Michael J. Henke
Martin Klepper
Fengate Capital Management
Barbara M. Rossotti
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Stephen S. Hill
The Law Office of Stephen S. Hill
Joan McKown
Jones Day