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Board Officers

Elected Directors

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Paula E. Boggs

Sammamish, Washington
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Jennifer Chacón

Stanford Law School
Los Angeles, California
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Jo Ann Englehardt

Bessemer Trust
Palm Beach, Florida 
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Robert J. Grey, Jr. 

Richmond, Virginia
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Hon. Sophia H. Hall

Circuit Court of Cook County
Chicago, Illinois
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Ellen M. Jakovic

Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis
Washington, DC
Shayda Zaerpoor Le

Shayda Zaerpoor Le

Barran Liebman LLP
Portland, Oregon
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J. Anthony Patterson, Jr.

Whitefish, Montana
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Harold D. Pope

Dykema Gossett PLLC
Detroit, Michigan
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Daniel B. Rodriguez

Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
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Hon. Diane P. Wood

University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Ex-Officio Directors

American Bar Association (ABA) Ex-Officio Directors

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Deborah Enix-Ross

ABA President

Senior Adviser, Debevoise & Plimpton
New York City, NY
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Mary L. Smith

President-Elect, American Bar Association

Lansing, Illinois
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Palmer Gene Vance II

Chair, ABA House of Delegates

Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Lexington, Kentucky
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Kevin L. Shepherd

Treasurer, American Bar Association

Venable LLP
Madison, Wisconsin
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Orlando Lucero

ABA Fund for Justice and Education

FNF Family of Companies
Albuquerque, New Mexico

American Bar Endowment (ABE) Ex-Officio Director

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Howard Vogel

President, American Bar Endowment

O'Neil, Parker & Williamson, PLLC
Knoxville, Tennessee

Fellows of the American Bar Foundation Ex-Officio Directors

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Darrell G. Mottley

Chair of the Fellows

Banner Witcoff
Washington, DC
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Laura V. Farber

Chair-Elect of the Fellows

Hahn & Hahn LLP
Pasadena, California
Frank X. Neuner

Frank X. Neuner, Jr.

Secretary of the Fellows

Neuner Pate
Lafayette, Lousiana
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Cynthia E. Nance

Immediate Past Chair of the Fellows

University of Arkansas School of Law
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Ex-Officio Director

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Hari M. Osofsky

Dean, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, Illinois

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