Our Board of Trustees

VLJ's 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.