Leadership

NAWJ's leadership is a reflection of its diverse membership, composed of women judges from all levels of the judiciary from across the nation.

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President

Hon. Pamela Washington

Anchorage District Court (Ret.), Anchorage, Alaska

President-Elect

Hon. Heather Welch

Marion Superior Court (Ret.), Indianapolis, Indiana

Secretary

Hon. Leslie Stroth

Supreme Court, Civil Term, New York, New York

Vice President of Publications

Hon. Victoria Willis

15th Judicial Circuit, Stafford, Virginia

Vice President of Districts

Hon. Amy Blake

Massachusetts Appeals Court, Boston, Massachusetts

Finance Committee Chair

Hon. Mary Margaret Rowlands

Summit County Common Pleas Court, Akron, Ohio

Immediate Past President

Hon. Michelle Rick

Michigan Court of Appeals, Lansing, MI

Treasurer

Hon. Karen Donohue

King County Superior Court, Seattle, Washington

Projects Committee Chair

Hon. Carmen Velasquez

Queens County Supreme Court, Civil Term, Jamaica, New York

ABA Delegate

Hon. Marcella Holland

Circuit Court for Baltimore City (Ret.), Baltimore, Maryland

International Director

Hon. Bernadette D’Souza

Orleans Parish Civil District Court, New Orleans, Louisiana

District Co-Director 1 (ME. MA, NH, PR, RI)

Hon. Lee Peterson

Norfolk Probate Court, Canton, Massachusetts

District Co-Director, 1 (ME, MA, NH, PR, RI)

Hon. Debra Squires-Lee

Massachusetts Superior Court, Boston, Massachusetts

District Director, 2 (CT, NY, VT)

Hon. Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor

Bronx Criminal Court, Bronx, New York

District Director, 3 (DE, NJ, PA, VI)

Hon. Lisa James-Beavers

New Jersey Superior Court, Mt. Holly, New Jersey

District Director, 4 (DC, MD, VA)

Hon. Francine L. Applewhite

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Judges (Ret.), Washington, D.C.

District Director, 5 (FL, GA, NC, SC)

Hon. Tonia Cutchin

North Carolina Judicial Branch, Greensboro, North Carolina

District Director, 6 (AL, LA, MS, TN)

Hon. Sandra C. Jenkins

Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, New Orleans, Louisiana

District Co-Director, 7 (MI, OH, WV)

Hon. Miriam Perry

15th District Court, Ann Arbor, Michigan

District Co-Director, 7 (MI, OH, WV)

Col. Linda Murnane

United States Air Force, Retired, Beavercreek, Ohio

District Director, 8 (IL, IN, KY)

Hon. Sherri Hale

Will County 12th Judicial Circuit Court, Joliet, Illinois

District Director, 9 (IA, MO, WI)

Hon. Shayla Lewis

Kansas City Municipal Court, Kansas City, Missouri

District Director, 10 (KS, MN, NE, ND, SD)

Hon. Rachel Pickering

Kansas Court of Appeals, Topeka, Kansas

District Director, 11 (AR, OK, TX)

Hon. Susan Criss

District Court, Bell County, Salado, Texas

District Director, 12 (AZ, CO, NM, UT, WY)

Hon. Jennifer Mabey

Utah Fourth Judicial District Court, Heber City, Utah

District Director, 13 (AK, HI, ID, MT, OR, WA)

Hon. Bride Seifert

Homer Superior Court, Homer, Alaska

District Director, 14 (CA, NV)

Hon. Renee Stackhouse

Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, San Diego, California

Executive Director

Laurie Denham, CAE

Resource Board Member

Ron Zayas

Ironwall by Incogni, Orange, California

Resource Board Member

Sarah Zandi

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, California

Resource Board Member

Renee Spertzel

JAMS, San Francisco, California

Resource Board Member

Richard Levenstein

Nason Yeager, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Resource Board Member

Thomas Leighton

Thomson Reuters, Eagan, Minnesota

Resource Board Member

Erika Lehman

LexisNexis, Cincinnati, Ohio

Resource Board Member

Nicole Erb, Esq.

White & Case, Washington, D.C.

Resource Board Member

Hon. Mary Becnel

Retired Judge, LaPlace, Louisiana

Resource Board Member

Rachel Baumer

Thomson Reuters, Eagan, Minnesota

Resource Board Liaison

David Horrigan, Esq.

Relativity, Boston, Massachusetts

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