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NIJC Leadership Council

The National Immigrant Justice Center benefits from the support, guidance, and expertise of our advisory Leadership Council, composed of leaders of national and local civic and legal communities.

Chad Doobay, Co-Chair
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Sherene A. Jodrey, Co-Chair
The Boeing Company

Melissa Allchin
Baker McKenzie

Caitlin Annatoyn
Paul Hastings

David Berten
Global IP Law Group, LLC

Bartram Brown
Chicago-Kent College of Law

Gabrielle Buckley
Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, Loyola University Chicago

Edith Canter
Canter Strategies

Marta Carreira-Slabe
Edison International

Peter Cheun
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Joan Coogan
Chicago Park District

Kathleen Dillon Narko
Northwestern University School of Law

Amy Doehring
Akerman LLP

Crystal Doyle
DLA Piper LLP

Jennifer Fardy
Law Office of Jennifer K. Fardy, LLC

Terry Y. Feiertag
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.

Susan Fortino-Brown
Law Office of Susan Fortino-Brown

Eric Gorman
KPMG

Sarah Gryll
Arnold & Porter

Lisa Haidostian
Walgreen Co.

Monica Halloran
Levy Restaurants

Nicole Henning
Jones Day

Annette Isaacson
JPMorgan Chase

Michael Jarecki
Jarecki Law Group, LLC

Marc Kadish
Mayer Brown LLP

Brad Kapnick
Katten & Temple LLP

Richard Klawiter
DLA Piper LLP

Danae Kovac
The HANA Center

Marketa Lindt
Sidley Austin LLP

Christine Matott
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Iris Millán
City Colleges of Chicago

James Morsch
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Rev. Craig Mousin
DePaul University College of Law

Alexis Perlmutter
New Era ADR

Daphnee Pierre Camilien
University of Illiniois at Chicago

Ivan Poullaos
Winston & Strawn LLP

Abiman Rajadurai
McDonald's

Ernesto Ramos
Columbia Thread Needle

Randall Rapp
Rapp Law Group LLC

John J. Reidy III
AT&T

Gabriel Rodriguez
ArentFox Schiff LLP

Mony Ruiz-Velasco
Equality Illinois

Lee Ann Russo
Retired, Former Jones Day Partner

Enrique Salgado
Orbia

David Serwer
Baker & Hostetler LLP

Duane Sigelko
Reed Smith LLP

John M. Skakun III
Sidley Austin LLP

Michele Slachetka
Jenner & Block LLP

Maile H. Solis
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP

Mark Sullivan
Grant Thornton LLP

Alen Takhsh
Takhsh Law, PC

Nick Tarasen
Amazon.com, Inc.

Wade Thomson
Jenner & Block LLP

Ana Maria Tyrrell
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

Ann Marie Therese Wahls
Latham & Watkins LLP

Ann Marie Walsh
Locke Lord LLP

Benjamin C. Weinberg
Dentons

Ellen Wheeler
Foley & Lardner LLP

Lavanga Wijekoon
Littler

Vania Montero Wit
United Airlines

Gretchen Wolf
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Miriam Zeidman
Anti-Defamation League

 

NIJC Associate Leadership Council

The Associate Leadership Council supports the work of NIJC as it advances domestic and international protections for immigrants, refugees, and other displaced persons. The Associate Council supports NIJC by raising support for and awareness of immigrant issues throughout the community, increasing pro bono attorneys’ investment in NIJC, and providing networking opportunities for NIJC supporters.

Ania Mikulski, Co-Chair
Options Clearing Corporation

Lizzy Westrope, Co-Chair
DLA Piper LLP

Edith Avila Olea
ICIRR

Leigh Brissenden
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katie Craig

Joshua Dille
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

Daniel Echeverri
Jenner & Block LLP

Jonathan A. Enfield
Jenner & Block LLP

John Foerster
Baker Hostetler

Eric Garcia
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Patrick Gilsenan
Holland & Knight LLP

Judy He
Crowell & Moring LLP

Thomas (Tommy) Hoyt
Sidley Austin LLP

Maria Fay Karras
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Raul Loureiro
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Taylor May
Littler

Patrick R. O'Meara
McDonald Hopkins LLC

Peter O'Meara
Aon Corporation

Sofia Orelo
Mayer Brown

Rebecca Ritchie

Samantha (Sammy) Ruben
Dentons

Sydney Slyfield
Gordon & Rees LLP

Deepak R. Tamasker
McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Hope Tone O'Keefe
Jenner & Block LLP

Adam Weiner
Perkins Coie LLP

Brittany Wiegand
Jones Day

Lindsey M. Woods
Organ Law LLP