Board of Directors & Advisory Board

Board of Directors

Rob Nolan (He/Him)

Board Chair

Partner| Duane Morris LLP

Sirena Castillo (She/Her)

Vice Chair & Secretary

Partner & Pro Bono Director| Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Christian Abasto (He/Him)

DEIA Committee Chair and Governance & Nominating Committee Vice Chair

Legal Advocacy Unit Director| Disability Rights California

Benjamin Adams (He/Him)

Resource Development Committee Chair

Chief Legal Officer| Western Union

Judi McManigal (She/Her)

Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair

Owner| Voyages & Vines

Rachel Williams (She/Her)

Governance & Nominating Committee Chair

Pro Bono Counsel| Morrison & Foerster

Matthew Werdegar (He/Him)

Immediate Past Chair

Partner| Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP

Reyhan Bilici (She/Her)

Senior Corporate Counsel, M&A Legal – Integration | Cisco

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Karla Chalif (She/Her)

VP, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel | Public Counsel

Danielle Coleman (She/Her)

Director & Assistant General Counsel – Global Litigation| VMware

Andrea Fitanides (She/Her)

Pro Bono Counsel| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

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Vanessa Frank (She/Her)

Owner| Law Office of Vanessa Frank

David Leeb (He/Him)

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary| Box

Michelle Leung (She/Her)

SVP, General Counsel & Secretary | SurveyMonkey

Laura McMahon (They/Them)

Executive Director | Legal Aid of Marin

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Max Ochoa (He/Him)

Vice President & Corporate Counsel | Iridium

Cindy Pánuco, Esq. (She/Her)

Of Counsel | Perez & Perez

Pablo Ramirez (He/Him)

Executive Director | Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino

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Toby Rothschild (He/Him)

TJRLAW

Advisory Board

Laura Safdie (She/Her)

Board Chair

COO & General Counsel | Casetext, Inc.

Miguel Molina (He/Him)

Board Co-Chair, Commercial Counsel

Commercial Counsel | Heap

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Edward Son (He/Him)

Pro Bono Chair

Senior Counsel | Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Ramy Shweiky (He/Him)

Governance Chair

Partner | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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Stephanie Tennant (She/Her)

Development Co-Chair

Associate General Counsel | Meta

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Joshua Meltzer (He/Him)

Development Co-Chair

Principal Counsel, Education Affairs | University of California, Office of the President

Jon Adams (He/Him)

Senior Director | LinkedIn

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Allison Day (She/Her)

Attorney | Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP

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Kei Nishimura Drake (She/Her)

AGC | Plenty Unlimited

Xavier Frank (He/Him)

Associate | Fenwick & West LLP

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Zachary Fayne (He/Him)

Partner | Arnold & Porter

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Christopher Ford (He/Him)

Counsel | Debevoise & Plimpton

Stephen Mao (He/Him)

Patent Counsel | Apple Inc.

Lauren Golnaz Nikkah (She/Her)

Corporate Counsel, Employment | BILL

Jeremy Reuf (He/Him)

Associate | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

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Genessa Stout (She/Her)

Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel | Tally Inc.

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Christopher Sun (He/Him)

Partner| Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP

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Jennifer Tran (She/Her)

Corporate Counsel | Google

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Brock Seraphin (He/Him)

Attorney | Nixon Peabody LLP