The following members of NCBE’s policy committees were appointed in August 2023 and will serve through August 2024. NCBE Board of Trustees chair John McAlary and NCBE President Judith Gundersen are ex-officio members of these policy committees.
Character and Fitness Investigations
- Suzanne K. Richards, Chair (OH)
- Allison Drish (TX)
- Sahbra Smook Jacobs (NJ)
- Kandace Kukas (MA)
- Ellie LeBlanc (IA)
- Gina Palmer (OH)
- Douglas Peterson (MN)
- Roger Rinehart (OK)
- Jane Rose (FL)
- Bradley Skolnik (IN)
- Robert Spagnola (CO)
- Christopher Twyman (GA)
- Keith Wilkinson (MI)
- Troy Wood (OR)
Communications and Outreach
- Lisa Perlen, Chair (TN)
- Valetta H. Browne (KY)
- Samuel Chang (CA)
- Melissa K. Hansen (ME)
- Sherry M. Hieber (NH)
- Nahdiah Hoang (TX)
- Shellie Park-Hoapili (HI)
- Christine Kenefick (NY)
- Shela Shanks (DC)
- Hon. Phyllis D. Thompson (DC)
- Bruce L. Turcott (WA)
Diversity and Inclusion
- Hon. Solomon Oliver, Jr, Chair (OH)
- Hon. Henry A. Alaniz (ret.) (NM)
- Hon. Arlene Y. Coleman (IL)
- Torri Jacobus (NM)
- Augustin Rivera, Jr. (TX)
- Sunita Sharma (CO)
- Anthony R. Simon (MS)
- Joey Yamanaka (HI)
Education
- Augustin Rivera, Jr., Chair (TX)
- Maureen Ryan Braley (ID)
- Hon. Kimberly S. Budd (MA)
- Hon. Juan Hoyos (MN)
- Daniel F. Johnson (AL)
- Hon. Dustin Rowe (OK)
- Paul Schwiep (FL)
- Laurel Klein Searles (KS)
- Pieter Teeuwissen (MS)
- Hon. Ann A. Scott Timmer (AZ)
Multistate Bar Examination
- Prof. Timothy Davis, Chair (NC)
- David R. Boyd (AL)
- Hon. Noma Gurich (OK)
- Augustin Rivera, Jr. (TX)
- Darin B. Scheer (WY)
- Anthony R. Simon (MS)
- Hon. Phyllis D. Thompson (DC)
- Timothy Y. Wong (MN)
Multistate Essay Examination / Multistate Performance Test
- Hon. Arlene Y. Coleman, Chair (IL)
- William Acosta-Trejo (NE)
- Michael Colodner (NY)
- Emily J. Eschweiler (MN)
- Elizabeth Greenidge (VA)
- Mary Beth Hamilton (PA)
- Michael McCabe (MS)
- Matthew Mills (MD)
- Steven Waterman (UT)
- Caroline Wong (OR)
Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
- Hon. Gordon MacDonald, Chair (NH)
- Roger Askew (NC)
- L. David Cromwell (LA)
- Karen Laneaux (AL)
- Jennifer Rosato Perea (IL)
- Hon. Mary Russell (MO)
- Hon. Susan Sabers (SD)
- Andrew R. Strauss (VT)
Technology
- Michele A. Gavagni, Chair (FL)
- Catherine Biestek (WA)
- Gicine Brignola (PA)
- John Earles (GA)
- Christopher Hawks (WY)
- Catherine Crooks Hill (VA)
- Cary Pirrong (OK)
- Carlos Ramon Soltero (TX)
Uniform Bar Examination
- Hon. Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chair (AZ)
- Hon. G. Barry Anderson (MN)
- Hon. Donald Beatty (SC)
- Geoffrey Bok (VT)
- Hon. Robyn Brody (ID)
- Hon. Nina F. Elgo (CT)
- Hon. Zel M. Fischer (MO)
- Alfred Mackenzie (TX)
- Hon. Mark S. Massa (IN)
- Hon. Jenny Rivera (NY)
- Jeffrey Shipley (MD)
- Hon. Laurance VanMeter (KY)
- Hon. Beth Walker (WV)
