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Board of Directors

The Board of Directors are comprised of twelve At-Large Members (who serve a 3 year term with four members up for election each May), five Host Directors (two future hosts, the current host, and the immediate two past hosts), and a Board appointed Board Host Director. The At-Large positions are elected by the State Coordinators at the May State Coordinator's Business Meeting. Terms for all Board Members expire at the conclusion of each May's National Championship.

Dan Attaway - 2024 Host Director
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
WilmingtonDE
(302) 252-4365
Daniel.Attaway@wbd-us.com
Term expires: May 2026

Scott Barnhart - Treasurer
Indiana Bar Foundation
Indianapolis, Indiana
(317) 207-0007
Barnhart.scott@gmail.com
Term Expires: May 2026

David Berlin
Duhigg, Cronin, Spring & Berlin, P.A.
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 243-3751
dmberl@duhigglaw.com
Term Expires: May 2026

Wade Cowan
Attorney at Law
Nashville, TN
wcowan@dhhrplc.com
Term expires: May 2027

Hon. Dewain Fox - 2025 Host Director
Maricopa County Superior Court
Phoenix, AZ
Tel: (602) 372-2260
dfox.nhsmtc@cox.net
Term Expires: May 2027

Melissa Garcia - Secretary
Law-Related Education Coordinator | Dallas Bar Association
Dallas, TX
(801) 322-1850
mgarcia@dallasbar.org
Term Expires: May 2025

Sue Johnson
Forensics Program Director and Adjunct Faculty
Patrick Henry College
Purcellville, VA
Tel: (919) 360-0848
SueHeathJohnson@gmail.com
Term Expires: May 2025

Paul Kaufman - Chair
Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey
Camden, NJ
paul_k@nationalmocktrial.org
(856) 757-5230
Term Expires: May 2026

Anthony McMullen - 2023 Host Director
Arkansas Mock Trial Foundation, Inc
University of Central Arkansas, Department of Accounting
Conway, AR
(501) 852-0695
anthonylmcmullen@gmail.com
Term Expires: May 2025 

Dan Meadors
Haemaru Law Firm
Seoul, Korea
82-2-536-5437
meadorslaw@gmail.com 
Term Expires: May 2025

Chad Phillips
Programs and Outreach Director | The Mississippi Bar
(601) 948-3269
cphillips@msbar.org
Term Expires: May 2027

Carey Shoufler - Board Host Director
Idaho Law Foundation
Boise, ID
(208) 334-4500
cshoufler@isb.idaho.gov
Term Expires: May 2024

Laura Wesley - Immediate Past Chair
Teach Democracy
(Formerly Constitutional Rights Foundation)
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 316-2128
laura@teachdemocracy.org
Term Expires: May 2026

Kristin Walinski
Virginia Statewide Coordinator | Virginia Law-Related Education Institute
(804) 220-0770
info@govlre.org
Term Expires: May 2027

John Wheeler
The Iowa State Bar Association | Center for Law & Civic Education
Des Moines, IA
(515) 697-7882
jwheeler@iowabar.org
Term Expires: May 2024

Shawn P. Yancy - Vice-Chair
Arlington, VA
(785) 608-8533
shawnpyancy@gmail.com
Term Expires: May 2024

Ellen Zwarensteyn
Michigan Center for Civic Education
Lansing, MI
(517) 367-6422

ezwarensteyn@gmail.com
Term Expires: May 2025 

 
 
 

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