Leadership Board

The National Immigrant Justice Center benefits from the support, guidance, and expertise of our Leadership Board, composed of leaders of national and local civic and legal communities.

Susan Fortino-Brown, co-chair
Law Offices of Susan R. Fortino-Brown

Lee Ann Russo, co-chair
Jones Day

Nancy Arnison
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services

David Berten
Global IP Law Group, LLC

Jacqueline Bhabha
University Committee on Human Rights
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University

Bartram Brown
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology

Gabrielle Buckley
Vedder Price P.C.

Edith Canter
Chicago Debate Commission

Joan Coogan
Chicago Transit Authority

Kathleen Dillon Narko
Northwestern University School of Law

Chad Doobay
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Hugo Dubovoy
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Hallie Fahey
Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen

Jennifer Fardy

Terry Feiertag
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.

Mark Flessner
SNR Denton US LLP

Carmela Hernandez
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Nissa Imbrock
Mayer Brown LLP

Richard Johnson
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.

Kathleen Lally
Latham & Watkins LLP

Miriam Lieberman
Anti-Defamation League

Marketa Lindt
Sidley Austin LLP

John Litwinski
McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Maria Maras
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

James Morsch
Butler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd LLP

J. Andrew Moss
Reed Smith LLP

Rev. Craig Mousin
DePaul University

Wendy Netter Epstein
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Brian Neuffer
Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa

Randall Oyler
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP

Lori Prokes

Randall Rapp
Kozacky & Weitzel, P.C.
Resolute Systems, LLC

Lawrence Schaner
Jenner & Block LLP

William Schiller
Davidson & Schiller, LLC

David Serwer
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Duane Sigelko
Reed Smith LLP

John Simon
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Maile Solis-Szukala
Grippo & Elden LLC

Natalie Spears
SNR Denton US LLP

Mark Sullivan
Grant Thornton LLP

Wade Thomson
Jenner & Block LLP

Ann Marie Wahls
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Ann Marie Walsh
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

Scott Wang
The Joyce Foundation

Melville Washburn
Sidley Austin LLP

Ellen Wheeler
Foley & Lardner LLP

Junior Leadership Board

Reena Bajowala
Jenner & Block LLP

Catherine Ballard

Jeffrey Baravetto
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Kara Bruce
University of Toledo College of Law

Emily Dempsey
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Jessica Fricke
Kozacky & Weitzel, P.C.

Ebba Gebisa
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Amanda Gomez
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Thomas Hackney
Jones Day

Patrick Harrigan
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katherine Heid Harris
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

Shawn Hu
Law Offices of Shawn Hu, LLC

Erica Jaffe
Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Jason James
Sidley Austin LLP

Justin Kay
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Katie Knapp
Latham & Watkins LLP

Elizabeth Lopez
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Anshul Mangal
Jones Day

John Mitchell
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Christine Obrochta
Locke Lord Bissell & Lidell LLP

John Pantazis
Ropes & Gray LLP

John Rapp
Kozacky & Weitzel, P.C.

Rebekah Azar Rashidfarokhi
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services

Sara Reyes
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Douglas Sargent
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

Gretchen Scavo
U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois

Sonja Schiller
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Tiffany Sorge Smith
Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.

Allyson Spacht
Jones Day

Aruna Subramanian
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Nikki Swift
Jones Day

Yesenia Villaseñor-Rodriguez
Caterpillar Inc.

Joanna Wade
Winston & Strawn LLP

Megan Walsh
Sidley Austin LLP

Daniel Werly
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Greg Wright
Dykema Gossett PLLC

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