Leadership and Staff

    Staff Directory

    • Frank Valadez

      Director

      312.988.5731 / frank.valadez@americanbar.org

    • Catherine E. Hawke

      Associate Director

      312.988.6386 / catherine.hawke@americanbar.org

    • Christina Pluta

      Administrator

      312.988.5719 / christina.pluta@americanbar.org

    • Kyle Harris

      Digital Content Manager

      312.988.5726 / kyle.harris@americanbar.org

    • Tiffany Willey Middleton

      Education & Research Manager

      312.988.5739 / tiffany.middleton@americanbar.org

    Standing Committee

    • Patricia Lee

      Redwood City, CA

      Chair

    • Sharon Stern Gerstman

      Buffalo, NY

      Chair, Gavel Awards

    • Col. Will A. Gunn

      Fort Belvoir, VA

      Chair, Law Day

    • Maryam Ahranjani

      Albuquerque, NM

      Member

    • Lisa A. Bail

      Honolulu, HI

      Member

    • Karl Camillucci

      Chicago, IL

      Member

    • Crista Hogan

      Springfield, MO

      Member

    • Sumbal Mahmud

      St. Paul, MN

      Member

    • Erica V. Mason

      Atlanta, GA

      Member

    • Steven Schwinn

      Chicago, IL

      Member

    • Carl DeMouy Smallwood

      Columbus, OH

      Member

    Advisory Commission on Public Education

    • Kimberly Atkins

      Boston, MA

      Member

    • Kate Brown

      Bowling Green, KY

      Member

    • Lisa M. Curtis

      Washington, DC

      Member

    • Barbara Kerr Howe

      Towson, MD

      Member

    • Emma Humphries

      Cambridge, MA

      Member

    • Averill Kelley

      Las Vegas, NV

      Member

    • Edward Rubin

      Nashville, TN

      Member

    Liaisons

    • David W. Clark

      Jackson, MS

      Board of Governors Liaison

    • Ian Shoulders

      Morgantown, WV

      Law Student Liaison

    • Louise Dempsey

      Cleveland, OH

      Senior Lawyers Liaison

    • Abre’ Conner San

      Francisco, CA

      Young Lawyers Liaison