This Standing Committee serves to build diversity and inclusion within NAWJ, its Districts, Resource Board, and the judicial community. The objective and commitment of this committee will be to encourage NAWJ leadership, its Districts, and active members to promote diversity and inclusion within the organization and its programming by requiring full and equal participation of lawyers and judges across the spectrum of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliations and disability status.
Hon. Francine L. Applewhite, Department of Labor
Hon. Lisa Martin, 34th District Court, Michigan
Hon. Selena Alvarenga, 460th Travis County
Hon. Marcine Anderson, King County District Court
Hon. Yvette Ayala Henderson, Fort Majave Indian Tribe
Hon. Dania Ayoubi, Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings
Hon. Patrice Ball-Reed, Circuit Court of Cook County
Hon. Carol Berry, Phoenix Municipal Court, Retired
Hon. Ann Breen-Greco, Independent Administrative Judiciary Professional
Hon. Helen Brown-Bryant, Boston Juvenile Court
Hon. Emily Gould Chafa, State of Iowa, Retired
Hon. Pamela Dashiell, Massachusetts Trial Court
Hon. Julie Gafkay, 10th Circuit Court, Saginaw County
Hon. Sylvia Hanna, Tulare County Superior Court
Hon. Nicola Henry-Taylor, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas
Hon. Janine Highiet, Stanislaus Superior Court
Hon. Claudine James, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Hon. Victoria Kolakowski, Alameda County Superior Court
Hon. Nghana Lewis, 40th Judicial District Court, Division B
Hon. Shayla Marshall, Kansas City Municipal Court
Hon. Miki McGovern, Iowa Division of Workers’ Compensation
Hon. Charisse Mullen, Newport News General District Court
Hon. Linda Murnane, High Court Republic of the Marshall Islands
Hon. Beverly Nash, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings
Hon. Bianka Perez, Supreme Court, Bronx County Civil Term
Hon. Yasmine Poles, 6th Circuit, Michigan
Hon. Dawn Rogers, Harris County 334th Civil District Court
Hon. Maria Salas-Mendoza, 120th Judicial District Court
Ms. Patricia Taitano-Valdovinos, San Diego County Primary Public Defender
Hon. Sherry Thompson-Taylor, San Diego Superior Court
Hon. Julia Weatherly, Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland
Hon. Mary Dacey White, Brookline District Court, Retired
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