BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Board Chair
Hon. Nicholas F. Daum
LA County Superior Court
Board President
Jeffrey A. Wortman, Esq.
Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
Vice-President
Lois D. Thompson, Esq.
Proskauer Rose, LLP (retired)
Treasurer and Co-Chair of
Finance & Operations
Shari M. Wollman, Esq.
Mattel, Inc.
Secretary and Chair of External Engagement
W. Allan Edmiston, Esq.
Loeb & Loeb, LLP
Chair, Audit
Michael J. Wallace
HKA Global, LLC
Chair, Board Development
Ryan K. Yagura, Esq.
O’Melveny & Myers, LLP
Co-Chair, Finance & Operations
Gordon A. Goldsmith, Esq.
Ex-Officio
Elissa D. Barrett, JD
WJC, Executive Director
BOARD MEMBERS
Tanya M. Acker, Esq.
Host, Tribunal on Amazon Freevee &
The Tanya Acker Show podcast
Hon. André Birotte Jr.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Hon. Halim Dhanidina (Ret.)
Justice of the California Court of Appeal
W. Allan Edmiston, Esq.
Loeb & Loeb, LLP
Nancy S. Fong, Esq.
Allen Matkins, LLP
Alfred Fraijo Jr., Esq.
Founder, The SOMOS Group
José A. Gómez, Ph.D. *
President, Pasadena City College
Eugene Holmes, Esq.
The Walt Disney Company
Kayla K. Horacek, Esq.
Hahn & Hahn LLP
Jillian N. London, Esq.
Gibson Dunn
Hon. Judge Jennifer T. Lum (Ret.),
Caltech
Carri Becker Maas, Esq.
Kaiser Permanente
Hon. Fernando M. Olguin
U.S. District Court for the
Central District of California**
Gregory N. Pimstone, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson**
Founder and Chair Emerita
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Hon. Richard Paez
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Shaphan Roberts, Ph.D.
Pepperdine University
Hon. Barry Russell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the
Central District of California
Jordan D. Segall, Esq.
Munger Tolles & Olson, LLP
Hon. Holly A. Thomas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Crystal Williams, MDR
DRPA Certified Mediator/ ADR Consultant/Adjunct Professor & Social Justice Educator, White & Williams ADR, LLC
Michael E. Williams, Esq.
Quinn Emanuel
Hon. Michelle Williams Court
U.S. District Court for the
Central District of California
Kerry Garvis Wright, Esq.
Glaser Weil, LLP
Alex Wyman, Esq.
Latham Watkins
PROGRAM ADVISORY COUNCIL
Council Chair
Crystal Williams
DRPA Certified Mediator/ ADR Consultant/Adjunct Professor & Social Justice Educator, White & Williams ADR, LLC
WJC Conflict
Resolution Educators
Alexis Chang
Program Coordinator
Council Members
Claudia Brown Coulter, MDR
Brownie Culture Divorce Mediation
Heather DeWeese Schon, MDR
Palisades Charter High School
Rafael González
President & CEO, Grand Performances
Dr. Dayna Mitchell, EdD
Cal Poly Pomona, Educational Leadership
Council Members
Gina Miller
JAMS ADR Services
Shaphan Roberts, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Strategic Development & Global Expansion, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University
Shadeequa Smith, JD MDR
Alameda County Probation Department, Reentry Services
MaryAnn Szyskowski
Dr. Terrence Roberts
Principal Consultant, Roberts & Roberts, LLC
Yvette Valdez
Data Analyst, Azusa Unified School District
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
James R. Asperger, Esq.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Donald P. Baker, Esq.*
Barbara Bice
President, San Marino Rotary Club
Hon. Kevin Brazile
The Superior Court of California,
County of Los Angeles
Brad D. Brian, Esq.
Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP
John H. Brinsley, Esq.
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
UC Berkley School of Law
Walter Cochran-Bond, Esq.*
Bert H. Deixler, Esq.
Kendall Brill & Kelly, LLP
Craig J. de Recat, Esq.*
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Max Factor III, Esq.
Factor Mediation & Arbitration Services, Inc.
Marvin E. Garrett, Esq. *
Dawn Haghighi, Esq.
General Counsel, PCV Murcor
Hon. Terry J. Hatter, Jr. **
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Raymond R. Kepner, Esq.
Kepner Mediation LLC
Hon. Dean J. Kitchens*
LA County Superior Court
Charles C. Lifland, Esq.*
O’Melveny & Myers, LLP
Joseph D. Mandel, Esq.*
Vice Chancelor- Legal Affairs Emeritus,
UCLA (Ret.)
Kevin McDonnell
CFO, AeronVironment, Inc.
Gina Miller
JAMS ADR Services
Hon. Carlos Moreno (Ret.)
JAMS ADR Services
Emily L. Murray, Esq.
Allen Matkins, LLP
R. Chandler Myers, Esq.*
Hahn & Hahn, LLP
Malikah Nu’Man, Ed.D.
Santa Clarita SELPA
Sarah Smith Orr
Owner, Smith Orr & Associates
Diane Paul, Esq.*
M. David and Diane Paul Foundation
Roger Patterson, Esq.
Glenn D. Pomerantz, Esq.*
Munger Tolles & Olson, LLP
Diane Rankin, CDFA
Northern Trust
Terrence Roberts, Ph.D.
Terrence Roberts Consulting
Robert A. Sacks, Esq.*
Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP
Lois J. Scali, Esq.
David J. Schindler, Esq. (Ret.)
Latham & Watkins, LLP
Diane Scott
Hon. Suzanne H. Segal (Ret.)
Signature Resolution
Michael L. Shannon, Esq.
Hon. Dorothy L. Shubin (Ret.)**
LA County Superior Court
Hon. Veronica Simmons McBeth (Ret.)
LA County Superior Court
Hon. Milan D. Smith, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit
Amy Fisch Solomon, Esq.
Judicate West
Lucinda Starrett, Esq.
Latham & Watkins, LLP
William E. Thomson, Jr., Esq.
Gibson Dunn
Thomas Walper, Esq.
Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP
Hon. Paul J. Watford (Ret.)
Wilson Sonsini
Clarissa C. Weirick, Esq.
Cathy Winter-Palmer
Principal, CWP and Associates
IN MEMORIAM
Hon. Raymond Fisher **
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Hon. Alfred T. Goodwin
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Hon. Proctor Hug, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Robert S. Warren, Esq.*
Marjorie K. Wyatt
*Past President **Past Chair
