Our Board of Trustees
Board Leadership
Sneha Desai, Esq., Chair
Chief Legal Counsel, Global Litigation & Employment, Stryker
Judith McCarthy, Esq., Vice Chair
Attorney, Cheshire Law Group
Matthew Clements, Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Columbia Bank
Kaitlyn E. Stone, Esq., Secretary
Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Members
Daniel D’Alessandro, Esq.
Partner, McCarter & English, LLP
Jennifer Eppensteiner, Esq.
Counsel, Reed Smith, LLP
Wendy Feldman, Esq.
Vice President, Regulatory Intelligence and Compliance, Hippo Insurance
Catherine Fitch, Esq.
Managing Counsel, Patents, Merck
Michael Golden, Esq.
Asst. VP-Senior Legal Counsel, AT&T
Mala Ahuja Harker, Esq.
Partner, Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP
Cathy Keenan, JD (ex officio)
Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyers for Justice
Kelly Lloyd Lankford, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Commercial Litigation, AbbVie
Naju R. Lathia, Esq.
Partner, Day Pitney LLP
Howard Menaker, Esq.
Jodi Moskowitz, Esq.
Vice President, Regulatory Law, Deputy General Counsel, PSEG
Tricia O’Reilly, Esq.
Partner, Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP
Jennifer Prioleau, Esq.
Of Counsel, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Tracey Salmon-Smith, Esq.
Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Eric Schwimmer, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw
Stacey Slater, Esq.
President and Founder, Pro Bono Strategies
Peter Slocum, Esq.
Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Catherine A. Trinkle, Esq.
VP and Deputy General Counsel, BASF
Kevin Weber, Esq.
Partner, FBT Gibbons LLP
Melissa F. Wernick, Esq.
Member, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
Amy Woltman, Esq.
Head of Legal and Compliance for Japan, Prudential Financial
EMERITUS TRUSTEES
David Bershad (ret.)
Michael R. Griffinger, Esq.
Generation Now Committee
Generation Now Committee members are early-career professionals (less than 12 years out of school) passionate about VLJ’s mission and giving back in a meaningful way.
Jordynn Jackson, Esq.
Associate, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Lauren B. Jones, Esq.
Associate, Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins
Leonard V. Jones, Esq.
Associate, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Thomas Zelante, Esq.
Associate, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
Abigail M. Luhn, Esq., Co-Chair
Associate, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
Brandon Lee Wolff, Esq., Co-Chair
Brandon DeJesus, Esq.
Associate, Dasti & Staiger, P.C.
Yvette Donaldson, Esq.
Associate, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Robert Holup, Esq.
Associate, Riker Danzig LLP
To join VLJ’s Board of Trustees, contact Saranya Thana.
To join VLJ’s Generation Now Committee, contact Emerald Sheay.