The following members of NCBE’s policy committees were appointed in August 2022 and will serve through August 2023. NCBE Board of Trustees chair Timothy Y. Wong and NCBE president Judith A. Gundersen are ex-officio members of these policy committees.

 

Character and Fitness Investigations

  • Suzanne K. Richards, Chair (OH)
  • Gicine Brignola (PA)
  • Allison Drish (TX)
  • Sahbra Smook Jacobs (NJ)
  • Wadner Oge (MA)
  • Gina Palmer (OH)
  • Douglas Peterson (MN)
  • Roger Rinehart (OK)
  • Jane Rose (FL)
  • Bradley W. Skolnik (IN)
  • Carol Smith (WV)
  • Chris Twyman (GA)
  • Keith Wilkinson (MI)
  • Claudia Withers (DC)

Communications and Outreach

  • Margaret Fuller Corneille, Chair (MN)
  • Valetta H. Browne (KY)
  • Samuel Chang (CA)
  • David Cooper (KS)
  • Melissa K. Hansen (ME)
  • Sherry M. Hieber (NH)
  • Shellie K. Park-Hoapili (HI)
  • Daniel L. Saar (IA)
  • Hon. Phyllis D. Thompson (DC)
  • Bruce L. Turcott (WA)
  • Nancy L. Vincent (IL)
  • Sharon Wilkinson (WY)

Diversity and Inclusion

  • Hon. Phyllis D. Thompson, Chair (DC)
  • Hon. Waymond Brown (AR)
  • Hon. Arlene Y. Coleman (IL)
  • Prof. Timothy Davis (NC)
  • Torri Jacobus (NM)
  • Esther Lin (CA)
  • Hon. Solomon Oliver, Jr. (OH)
  • Hon. Jenny Rivera (NY)

Education

  • Darin B. Scheer, Chair (WY)
  • Hon. Scott Bales (ret.) (AZ)
  • Maureen Ryan Braley (ID)
  • Hon. Kimberly S. Budd (MA)
  • Hon. Juan Hoyos (MN)
  • Daniel F. Johnson (AL)
  • Eric Neu (IA)
  • Paul Schwiep (FL)
  • Sunita Sharma (CO)
  • Pieter Teeuwissen (MS)

Multistate Bar Examination

  • Hon. Cynthia L. Martin, Chair (MO)
  • David R. Boyd (AL)
  • Hon. Noma Gurich (OK)
  • Hon. Jill J. Karofsky (WI)
  • Augustin Rivera, Jr. (TX)
  • Darin B. Scheer (WY)
  • Anthony R. Simon (MS)
  • Timothy Y. Wong (MN)

Multistate Essay Examination / Multistate Performance Test

  • Hon. Solomon Oliver, Jr., Chair (OH)
  • Michael Colodner (NY)
  • Emily J. Eschweiler (MN)
  • Mary Beth Hamilton (PA)
  • Christopher Hawks (WY)
  • Michael McCabe (MS)
  • Matthew Mills (MD)
  • Steven Waterman (UT)
  • Alan Yochelson (CA)
  • Brian K. Yost (TX)

Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination

  • Hon. Rebecca White Berch (ret.), Chair (AZ)
  • Roger Askew (NC)
  • Carrie Boren (UT)
  • David Cromwell (LA)
  • Prof. Timothy Davis (NC)
  • Lawrence King (ND)
  • Hon. Susan Sabers (SD)
  • Ernest Sanders, Jr. (AR)
  • Cathleen Shrader (IN)
  • Andrew R. Strauss (VT)

Technology

  • Michele A. Gavagni, Chair (FL)
  • Catherine Biestek (WA)
  • John A. Earles (GA)
  • Nahdiah Hoang (TX)
  • Cary Pirrong (OK)
  • Carlos Soltero (TX)
  • Robert Spagnola (CO)
  • Joey Yamanaka (HI)

Uniform Bar Examination

  • Hon. Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chair (AZ)
  • Hon. G. Barry Anderson (MN)
  • Hon. Donald W. Beatty (SC)
  • Geoffrey Bok (MA)
  • Hon. Anne C. Dranginis (ret.) (CT)
  • Hon. Zel M. Fischer (MO)
  • Alfred Mackenzie (TX)
  • Hon. Mark S. Massa (IN)
  • Augustin Rivera, Jr. (TX)
  • Debra A. Saunders (RI)
  • Jeffrey Shipley (MD)
  • Lee A. Vlahos (NC)
  • Caroline M. Wong (OR) 
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