Promoting an understanding and appreciation
of the American judicial system through
academic competitions and other endeavors for students

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of twelve at-large members (who serve a three-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 Coordinators' Business Meeting. Terms for all board members expire at the conclusion of each May's National Championship.

Daniel Attaway - Board Host Director
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
WilmingtonDE
(302) 252-4365
Term expires: May 2029

Danny Barnett - 2027 Host Director
Assistant Executive Director | The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
(314) 421-4134
Term expires: May 2029

David Berlin
Managing Partner
Duhigg, Cronin, Spring & Berlin, P.A.
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 243-3751
Term expires: May 2029

Suzanne Christensen - 2029 Host Director
Mock Trial Coach
Ogden, UT
Term expires: May 2031

Wade Cowan - Treasurer
Attorney at Law
Nashville, TN
Term expires: May 2027

Hon. Dewain Fox - 2025 Host Director
Maricopa County Superior Court
Phoenix, AZ
Tel: (602) 372-2260
Term expires: May 2027

Richard E. Harris
Director, High School Mock Trial |  State Bar of Georgia
Atlanta, GA
(404) 527-8779
Term expires: May 2028

Sue Johnson - Vice Chair
Forensics Program Director and Adjunct Faculty
Patrick Henry College
Purcellville, VA
(919) 360-0848
Term expires: May 2028

Tim Kalgreen
Indianapolis, IN
Term expires: May 2028

Paul Kaufman - Immediate Past Chair
Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey
Camden, NJ
(856) 757-5230
Term expires: May 2029

Jonathan Koltash - 2028 Host Director
Deputy General Counsel for Healthcare Issues
Office of the General Counsel, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA
Term expires: May 2030

Lourdes Morales
Senior Program Director
Teach Democracy (formerly the Constitutional Rights Foundation)
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 316-2125
Term expires: May 2029

Chad Phillips
Programs and Outreach Director | The Mississippi Bar
Clinton, MS
(601) 948-3269
Term expires: May 2027

Laura Wesley 
Teach Democracy (formerly the Constitutional Rights Foundation)
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 316-2128
Term expires: May 2029

Kristin Walinski
Virginia + DC State Coordinator | Virginia Law-Related Education Institute
Richmond, VA
(804) 220-0770
Term expires: May 2027

John Wheeler - 2026 Host Director
The Iowa State Bar Association | Center for Law & Civic Education
Des Moines, IA
(515) 697-7882
Term expires: May 2028

Shawn P. Yancy - Chair
Washington, DC
(785) 608-8533
Term expires: May 2027

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

Term expires: May 2028

 
 
 

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