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