Image
Nadira Clarke
President, Hogan Lovells
Board Member Since 2018
Board of Trustees
Executive Committee
Image
Jennifer Levy
Vice President, Kirkland & Ellis
Board Member Since 2013
Image
Kwaku Akowuah
Secretary, Sidley
Board Member Since 2016
Image
Scott Nemeroff
Treasurer, Ernst & Young
Board Member Since 2022
Image
Philip Bartz
Bryan Cave
Board Member Since 2014
Image
Jessica Hough
Skadden
Board Member Since 2019
Image
Joan E. McKown
Immediate Past President, Jones Day
Board Member Since 2012
Image
Jonice Gray
Paul Hastings
Board Member Since 2014
Nominating Committee
Image
Anthony T. Pierce
Akin Gump
Board Member Since 1998
Image
Sheila Cheston
Board Member Since 2015
Image
Rajesh De
Mayer Brown
Board Member Since 2020
Image
Philip W. Horton
Arnold & Porter
Board Member Since 1997
Image
Shawn Wright
Blank Rome
Board Member Since 2020
Board Members
Image
Chioma Achebe
The Carlyle Group
Board Member Since 2021
Image
Deborah Baum
Pillsbury
Board Member Since 1997
Image
Mary Borja
Wiley Rein
Board Member Since 2019
Image
Mel Bostwick
Orrick
Board Member Since 2021
Image
Randall A. Brater
ArentFox Schiff
Board Member Since 2016
Image
Kara Brockmeyer
Debevoise & Plimpton
Board Member Since 2018
Image
Steve D. Brody
O’Melveny & Myers
Board Member Since 2010
Image
David Brown
Latham & Watkins
Board Member since 2023
Image
Katharine Burke
Baker Botts
Board Member Since 2024
Image
Ashley Joyner Chavous
Covington
Board Member Since 2023
Image
Alanna Clair
Dentons
Board Member Since 2024
Image
Annemargaret Connolly
Weil
Board Member Since 2014
Image
Brad Fagg
Morgan Lewis
Board Member Since 2018
Image
Allison Foley
Venable
Board Member Since 2020
Image
Daniel Grooms
Cooley
Board Member Since 2024
Image
Steven Herman
Zuckerman
Board Member Since 2021
Image
Daniel G. Jarcho
Alston & Bird
Board Member since 2004
Image
Valerie Kelly
Fried Frank
Board Member Since 2021
Image
Rakesh Kilaru
Wilkinson Stekloff
Board Member Since 2021
Image
Sarah Kirkpatrick
Williams & Connolly
Board Member Since 2017
Image
M. Alexander Koch
King & Spalding
Board Member Since 2023
Image
Andrew Lacy
Goodwin Procter
Board Member Since 2024
Image
Emily Loeb
Jenner & Block
Board Member Since 2024
Image
Bradley S. Lui
Morrison & Foerster
Board Member Since 2013
Image
Jane O’Brien
Paul Weiss
Board Member Since 2021
Image
Kimberly A. Parker
WilmerHale
Board Member Since 2015
Image
Leah Quadrino
Steptoe & Johnson
Board Member Since 2019
Image
Sara Razi
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Board Member Since 2019
Image
Rena Reiss
Marriott International
Board Member Since 2022
Image
John P. Relman
Relman, Dane & Colfax
Board Member Since 2010
Image
Kurt Richter
Cushman & Wakefield
Board Member Since 2008
Image
Jason Rubinstein
Gilbert LLP
Board Member since 2022
Image
Mary Lou Soller
Miller & Chevalier
Board Member Since 1992
Image
Peter S. Spivack
Hogan Lovells
Board Member Since 2010
Image
Christie Grymes Thompson
Kelley Drye
Board Member Since 2017
Image
Alexandra Walsh
Board Member Since 2018
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