Current NALSC Committees

Executive Committee

Nominations Committee

  • Mary Clare Garber (Chairs)
  • Connie Rinaldi
  • Mitch Satalof
  • Esther Alpert
  • Jennifer Gillman

Newsletter Committee

  • Jennifer Gillman (Chair)
  • Melissa Peters
  • Natalie Thorsen Harris
  • Jordan Abshire
  • Kevin Bacon

Ethics Committee

  • Dan Binstock (Chair)
  • Melissa Peters
  • Ethel Badawi
  • Mitch Satalof

Audit/Risk Committee

  • Ross Weil (Chair)
  • Dan Binstock
  • Stuart TenHoor

Governing Documents Committee

  • Ethel Badawi (Chair)
  • Dan Binstock
  • Esther Alpert
  • Kevin Bacon

Website/Social Media Committee

  • Stuart TenHoor (Chair)
  • Jordan Abshire
  • Natalie Thorsen Harris
  • Kevin Bacon

Events Prep Committee

  • Erin Kessler
  • Bahareh Samanian
  • Jeff Patterson

Belonging and Inclusion Committee

  • Arthur Polott (Chair)
  • Esther Alpert
  • Ethel Badawi
  • Natalie Thorsen Harris
  • Katie McMahon
  • Gary Miles
  • Patrick Moya
  • Melissa Peters
  • Kathy Richardson
  • Connie Rinaldi
  • Regina Robbins
  • Bahareh Samanian
  • Stuart Tenhoor

Strategic Planning Committee

  • Jordan Abshire (Chair)
  • Mary Clare Garber
  • Mitch Satalof
  • Ross Weil
  • Esther Alpert
  • Kevin Bacon
  • Ethel Badawi
  • Stuart Tenhoor
  • Connie Rinaldi
  • Jennifer Gillman

Law Firm Advisory Committee

  • Shannon Davis – Chief Legal Recruiting and Integration Officer at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (Chair)
  • Dyana Barninger – Senior Director of Legal Talent Acquisition at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • Lindsay A. Callantine – Director of Attorney Affiliations at Vedder Price P.C.
  • Laura DeRise – Director of Attorney Recruiting at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
  • Rhonda M. Fulginiti – Manager–Legal Recruiting at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
  • Jessica Grayson – Director of Practice Management & Lateral Growth at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
  • Deverie Hart – Senior Manager, Lawyer Talent Acquisition, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • Yedida Hiller – Director, Lateral Associate Recruitment at Goodwin Procter LLP
  • Carmen Kelley – Global Director of Lateral Attorney Recruiting at Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • Benjamin Y. Lieber – Managing Partner at Potomac Law Group, PLLC
  • Bridget Salazar – Sr Manager, Lateral Partner Integration at Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • Susan Schonfeld – Senior Director, Lateral Partner Recruiting and Integration at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP
  • Adino Shimunova – Director of Lateral Partner Recruiting at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
  • Lauren Symington – Chief Talent Officer at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
  • Arlynn Villanueva – Manager, Lateral Partner Recruiting at Goodwin Procter LLP
  • Donna Yergeau – Director of Legal Recruiting at Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP