Recognizing that the FBA must tirelessly and relentlessly work to ensure that the organization fully reflects our broad legal and greater communities, the FBA established the Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee to prepare a strategic plan for moving forward. The mission of our Committee is to work with candor, reflection, and intention to understand where the FBA is today with regard to cultivating a diverse and inclusive federal legal community and to take concrete action for where we aim to be.
Profiles in D&I Leadership Series
Diversity and Inclusion Committee Members:
Standing Committee Chair
Katherine Earle Yanes
Standing Committee Chair
Member
Pierre Avalos
Member
Hon. Dania Ayoubi
Member
Robie A. Beatty
Member
Jordan Rebecca Berger
Member
Cynthia Bremer
Member
Victoria del Campo
Member
Dr. Alex del Carmen
Member
Lauren DiMartino
Member
Kathryn Furtado
Member
William D. Goren
Member
Danielle Hamilton
Member
Temika Hampton
Member
Sidney K. Kanazawa
Member
Dora F. Kaufman
Member
Lisa Mon’a Brown Kpor
Member
Terence Liley
Member
Lydia Locklear
Member
Bingxin (Emily) Lu
Member
Tarina Mand
Member
Kathleen A Marron
Member
T.J. McGrath
Member
Sergio E. Molina
Member
Aisha Cheri Novasky
Member
Ms.. Nadia Pervez
Member
Ms.. Valencia N Poitier
Member
Aneeba Rehman
Member
Benjamin R. Syroka
Member
Mr.. Gerald Waltman
Member
Rafael X. Zahralddin
Member
Vice Chair
Bryan J. Branon
Vice Chair
Judiciary Division Advisor
Hon. Karoline Mehalchick
Judiciary Division Advisor
Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee Roster
Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Panels and Related Organizations (as of May 2020)
Judicial Advisory Panel
*Judge Michael J. Davis (D. Minn.)
*Judge Donovan W. Frank (D. Minn.)
*Magistrate Judge Michael Newman (S.D. Ohio)
Judge Bernice Donald (6th Cir.)
Judge Kathleen O’Malley (Fed. Cir.)
Chief Judge Patti Saris (D. Mass.)
Chief Judge Gustavo Gelpi (D. P.R.)
Chief Judge Lynn Winmill (D. Utah)
Chief Judge Brown
Judge Mimi Tsankov
Judge Gonzalo Curiel (S.D. Calif. San Diego)
Judge Diane Humetewa (D. Arizona)
Judge Delissa A. Ridgway (Fed. Cir.)
Judge Sarah S. Vance (E.D. Louisiana)
Senior Judge Kathryn Vratil (D. Kansas)
Senior Judge Claudia Wilken (N.D. Calif. Oakland)
Ret, Judge Ruben Castillo (N.D. Ill.)
Ret. Judge Tim Lewis (3d Cir.)
Ret. Judge Shira Scheindlin (S.D.N.Y.)
*Founding member of Judicial Advisory Panel
Corporate Advisory Panel
Kim Rivera, General Counsel, HP*
Harvey Anderson, GC of HP
Jim Chosy, General Counsel, US Bank*
Ann Anaya, Chief Diversity Officer and Global D&I Strategic Lead, 3M
Lynn Anderson, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Holiday Companies
Alan Bryan, Senior Associate General Counsel, Walmart*
Sarah Dodds-Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Counsel, American Express
Michelle Fang, General Counsel, Turo
Mary Frontczak, Chief Legal and Admin. Officer and Corporate Secretary, Compass Minerals
Renny Hwang, Director of Litigation, Google
Nancy Laben, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Booz Allen Hamilton
Don Liu, General Counsel, Target
Malini Moorthy, Vice President & Chief Deputy Counsel, Medtronic
Anna Richo, General Counsel, Cargill
Craig Silliman, General Counsel, Verizon
Bethany Drucker, General Counsel, ASG Staffing, Inc.
*Founding member of Corporate Counsel Advisory Board