2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chair

Hon. Richard Paez
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

President

Michael J. Wallace
HKA Global, LLC

Vice-President

Jeffrey A. Wortman, Esq.
Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

Treasurer Chair,
Finance & Operations Committee

Diane L. McGimsey, Esq.
Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP

Secretary Co-Chair,
Board Development Committee

Lois D. Thompson, Esq.
Proskauer Rose, LLP

Chair, Audit
Committee

Emily L. Murray, Esq.
Allen Matkins, LLP

Chair, Board
Development
Committee

Ryan K. Yagura, Esq.
O’Melveny & Myers, LLP

Chair, External
Engagement Committee

W. Allan Edmiston, Esq.
Loeb & Loeb, LLP

At Large Member

Hon. Nicholas F. Daum
The Superior Court of California,
County of Los Angeles

Gordon A. Goldsmith, Esq.

Ex-Officio

Elissa D. Barrett, JD
WJC, Executive Director


BOARD MEMBERS

Tanya M. Acker, Esq.
Host, Tribunal on Amazon Freevee and The Tanya Acker Show podcast

Hon. André Birotte Jr.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

W. Allan Edmiston, Esq.
Loeb & Loeb, LLP

Alfred Fraijo Jr., Esq.
Founder, The SOMOS Group

José A. Gómez, Ph.D. *
President, Pasadena City College

Hon. Terry J. Hatter, Jr. **
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Eugene Holmes, Esq.
The Walt Disney Company

Kayla K. Horacek, Esq.
Hahn & Hahn LLP

Hon. Judge Jennifer T. Lum (Ret.),
Caltech

Carri Becker Maas, Esq.
Kaiser Permanente

Hon. Fernando M. Olguin
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California**

Gregory N. Pimstone, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson**
Founder and Chair Emerita
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Malikah Nu,Man, Ed.D.
Santa Clarita SELPA

Glenn D. Pomerantz, Esq.*
Munger Tolles & Olson, LLP

Hon. Barry Russell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California

David J. Schindler, Esq.
Latham & Watkins, LLP

Jordan D. Segall, Esq.
Munger Tolles & Olson, LLP

Hon. Suzanne H. Segal (Ret.)
Signature Resolution

Hon. Holly A. Thomas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

William E. Thomson, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

Crystal Williams, MDR
DRPA Certified Mediator/ ADR Consultant/Adjunct Professor & Social Justice Educator, White & Williams ADR, LLC

Michael E. Williams, Esq.
Quinn Emanuel

Shari M. Wollman, Esq.
Mattel, Inc.

Kerry Garvis Wright, Esq.
Glaser Weil, LLP

Alex Wyman, Esq.
Latham Watkins


PROGRAM ADVISORY COUNCIL

Council Chair

Crystal Williams
DRPA Certified Mediator/ ADR Consultant/Adjunct Professor & Social Justice Educator, White & Williams ADR, LLC

WJC Conflict
Resolution Educators

Shaune Gatlin
Program Director

Arturo Magaña
Azusa Project Manager

Alexis Chang
Program Coordinator

Council Members

Claudia Brown Coulter, MDR
Brownie Culture Divorce Mediation

Heather DeWeese Schon, MDR
Palisades Charter High School

Rafael González
President & CEO, Grand Performances

Dr. Dayna Mitchell, EdD
Cal Poly Pomona, Educational Leadership

Council Members

Gina Miller
JAMS ADR Services

Malikah Nu,Man, Ed.D.
Santa Clarita SELPA

Shaphan Roberts
Senior Director, Strategic Development & Global Expansion, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University

Shadeequa Smith, JD MDR
Alameda County Probation Department, Reentry Services

MaryAnn Szyskowski
Site Director, UCLA Community-Based Learning Program University High School

Dr. Terrence Roberts
Principal Consultant, Roberts & Roberts, LLC

Yvette Valdez
Data Analyst, Azusa Unified School District


LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

James R. Asperger, Esq.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Donald P. Baker, Esq.*

Barbara Bice
President, San Marino Rotary Club

Hon. Kevin Brazile
The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Brad D. Brian, Esq.
Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP

John H. Brinsley, Esq.

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
UC Berkley School of Law

Walter Cochran-Bond, Esq.*

Bert H. Deixler, Esq.
Kendall Brill & Kelly, LLP

Craig J. de Recat, Esq.*
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Max Factor III, Esq.
Factor Mediation & Arbitration Services, Inc.

Marvin E. Garrett, Esq. *

Dawn Haghighi, Esq.
General Counsel, PCV Murcor

Raymond R. Kepner, Esq.
Kepner Mediation LLC

Hon. Dean J. Kitchens*
The Superior Court of California,
County of Los Angeles

Charles C. Lifland, Esq.*
O’Melveny & Myers, LLP

Joseph D. Mandel, Esq.*
Vice Chancelor- Legal Affairs Emeritus, UCLA (Ret.)

Kevin McDonnell
CFO, AeronVironment, Inc.

Gina Miller
JAMS ADR Services

Hon. Carlos Moreno (Ret.)
JAMS ADR Services

R. Chandler Myers, Esq.*
Hahn & Hahn, LLP

Sarah Smith Orr
Owner, Smith Orr & Associates

Diane Paul, Esq.*
M. David and Diane Paul Foundation

Roger Patterson, Esq.

Diane Rankin, CDFA
Northern Trust

Terrence Roberts, Ph.D.
Terrence Roberts Consulting

Robert A. Sacks, Esq.*
Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP

Lois J. Scali, Esq.

Diane Scott

Michael L. Shannon, Esq.

Hon. Dorothy L. Shubin **
The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Hon. Veronica Simmons McBeth (Ret.)
The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Hon. Milan D. Smith, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Amy Fisch Solomon, Esq.
Judicate West

Lucinda Starrett, Esq.
Latham & Watkins, LLP

Thomas Walper, Esq.
Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP

Hon. Paul J. Watford (Ret.)
Wilson Sonsini

Clarissa C. Weirick, Esq.

Cathy Winter-Palmer
Principal, CWP and Associates


IN MEMORIAM

Hon. Raymond Fisher **
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Hon. Alfred T. Goodwin
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Hon. Proctor Hug, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Robert S. Warren, Esq.*

Marjorie K. Wyatt


*Past President **Past Chair