Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council
Leadership
Honorable Adrienne Nelson, Chair
David Douglass, Vice-Chair
Diversity Advisory Council Staff
Selina Thomas, Interim-Managing Director
Catherine “Cat” Shieh, Associate Director
Katrina “Kat” Donaldson, Marketing Specialist
Ashton Klein, Office Administrator
ABA Entities
Affordable Housing & Community Development Law (Forum)
Randall Shorr
Karol Robinson
Air & Space Law (Forum)
TBD
Antitrust Law (Section)
Jaime "Jim" Taronji, Jr.
Bar Services (Division)
Greg Conyers
Business Law (Section)
Sylvia Chin
Civil Rights and Social Justice (Section)
Lacy Durham
Criminal Justice (Section)
Sarah Redfield
Disability Rights (Commission)
Robert “Bob” Dinerstein, Chair
Amy Allbright, Director
Dispute Resolution (Section)
TBD
Diversity In The Educational Pipeline (Council)
Cal Gonzales, Chair
Selina Thomas, Director
Energy, Environment & Resources (Section)
Marisa Blackshire
Franchising (Forum)
Bethany Appleby
Earsa Jackson
Government And Public Sector Lawyers (Division)
Sylloris Lampkin
Gun Violence (Standing Committee)
TBD
Health Law (Section)
Michelle "Missy" Apodaca
Stephanie Dorvil
Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities (Commission)
Jason Goitia (Chair designee to Adv. Council)
Betty Torres, Chair
Skip Harsch, Director
Homeless and Poverty (Commission)
TBD
Immigration (Commission)
TBD
Infrastructure and Regulated Industries (Section)
Noelle Coates
Intellectual Property Law (Section)
Azuka C. Dike
International Law (Section)
Margaret "Peggy" Taylor
Judicial (Division)
Hon. Diana Song Quiroga
Labor and Employment Law (Section)
Pamela Devi Chandran—Union/Employee
Joseph J. Torres—Management
Law Practice (Division)
Natalie Kelly
Law Student (Division)
Zoila Alvarez Hernandez
Legal Opp. Scholarship Fund
TBD
Litigation (Section)
Chauntis Jenkins Floyd
Public Education (Division)
Patricia D. Lee
Frank Valadez
Public Contract Law (Section)
Dionis Gauvin
Professional Responsibility (Center)
TBD
Racial And Ethnic Diversity in The Profession (Commission)
Michelle Behnke, Chair
Keevin Woods, Director
Racial And Ethnic Justice (Coalition)
Twanda Turner-Hawkins, Chair
Selina Thomas, Director
Real Property, Trust & Estate Law (Section)
Kellye Clarke
Section Officers Conference
Jonathan Nwagbaraocha
Senior Lawyers (Division)
Darcee Siegel
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Commission)
Hon. Benes Aldana, Chair
Skip Harsch, Director
Solo, Small Firm & General Practice (Division)
Kelly Adams
Taxation Law (Section)
TBD
Tort Trial and Insurance Practice (Section)
TBD
Women In the Profession (Commission)
Hon. Maureen Mulligan, Chair
Melissa Wood, Director
Young Lawyers (Division))
Kevin Drummond
Larissa Mervin
Affinity Bar Associations
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Olivia Lee
Federal Bar Association
Katherine Earle Yanes
Hispanic National Bar Association
Honorable Peter M. Reyes, Jr
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Jin Y. Hwang
National Association of Women Judges
TBD
National Association of Women Lawyers
TBD
National Bar Association
Charles Tucker
National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
D’Arcy Kemnitz
National Native American Bar Association
Sunshine Nicholson
Diversity and Inclusion Center
Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice
Twanda Turner-Hawkins, Chair
Selina Thomas, Director
Commission on Disability Rights
Robert Dinerstein, Chair
Amy Allbright, Director
Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities
Betty Torres, Chair
Skip Harsch, Director
Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
Michelle Behnke, Chair
Keevin Woods, Director
Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Honorable Benes Aldana, Chair
Skip Harsch, Director
Commission on Women in the Profession
Honorable Maureen Mulligan, Chair
Melissa Wood, Director
Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline
Cal Gonzales, Chair
Selina Thomas, Director