This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Fall 2024 (Vol. 93, No. 3), pp. 44.

The following members of NCBE’s policy committees were appointed in August 2024 and will serve through August 2025. NCBE Board of Trustees chair Darin B. Scheer and NCBE President Judith Gundersen are ex-officio members of these policy committees.

 

Character and Fitness Investigations

  • Lisa Perlen, Chair (TN)
  • Valetta Browne (KY)
  • Linda Crane (IL)
  • Monique Drake (LA)
  • Melissa Hansen (ME)
  • Sahbra Smook Jacobs (NJ)
  • Kandace Kukas (MA)
  • Ellie LeBlanc (IA)
  • Douglas Peterson (MN)
  • Jane A. Rose (FL)
  • Sunita Sharma (CO)
  • Carlos Ramon Soltero (TX)
  • Chris Twyman (GA)
  • Keith Wilkinson (MI)

Communications and Outreach

  • Augustin Rivera, Jr., Chair (TX)
  • Hon. Jeffrey Bivins (TN)
  • Samuel Chang (CA)
  • Timothy Davis (NC)
  • Ashton Bias Harrell (WV)
  • Hon. Juan Hoyos (MN)
  • Karen Laneaux (AL)
  • Hon. Shellie Park-Hoapili (HI)
  • Bruce L. Turcott (WA)

Bar Examiner Editorial Advisory

  • Suzanne Richards, Chair (OH)
  • Margaret Fuller Corneille (MN)
  • Lane Erickson (ID)
  • Michele Gavagni (FL)
  • Sherry Hieber (NH)
  • Nahdiah Hoang (TX)
  • Hon. Jequita Harmon Napoli (ret.) (OK)
  • S. Collins Saint (NC)
  • Bradley Skolnik (IN)
  • Hon. Phyllis Thompson (DC)

Diversity and Inclusion

  • Anthony R. Simon, Chair (MS)
  • Hon. Henry Alaniz (ret.) (NM)
  • Nikia Gray (VA)
  • Liz Greenidge (VA)
  • Torri Jacobus (NM)
  • Juan Carlos (J.C.) Polanco (NY)
  • Shela Shanks (DC)
  • Joey Yamanaka (HI)

Education

  • Hon. Scott Bales (ret.), Chair (AZ)
  • Maureen Ryan Braley (ID)
  • Christopher Hawks (WY)
  • Daniel F. Johnson (AL)
  • Hon. Dustin Rowe (OK)
  • Raul Ruiz (FL)
  • Paul Schwiep (FL)
  • Hon. Pieter Teeuwissen (MS)
  • Marie Thomas Griffith (VI)
  • Shelice Tolbert (IN)

Multistate Bar Examination

  • Timothy Davis, Chair (NC)
  • David R. Boyd (AL)
  • Hon. Noma Gurich (OK)
  • Hon. Solomon Oliver, Jr. (OH)
  • Augustin Rivera, Jr. (TX)
  • Darin B. Scheer (WY)
  • Hon. Phyllis Thompson (DC)
  • Timothy Y. Wong (MN)

Multistate Essay Examination / Multistate Performance Test

  • Hon. Ann Scott Timmer, Chair (AZ)
  • William Acosta-Trejo (NE)
  • Michael Colodner (NY)
  • Emily Eschweiler (MN)
  • Mary Beth Hamilton (PA)
  • Michael McCabe (MS)
  • Matthew Mills (MD)
  • Belinda Tilley (DC)
  • Steve Waterman (UT)
  • Caroline Wong (OR)

Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination

  • Hon. Mary Russell, Chair (MO)
  • Roger Askew (NC)
  • Mark Gifford (WY)
  • Greg Sattizahn (SD)
  • Laurel Klein Searles (KS)
  • Andrew R. Strauss (VT)

Technology

  • Timothy Y. Wong, Chair (MN)
  • Catherine Biestek (WA)
  • Gicine Brignola (PA)
  • John Earles (GA)
  • Catherine Crooks Hill (VA)
  • Cary Pirrong (OK)
  • Ky Strunc (TX)

Uniform Bar Examination

  • Hon. Robyn Brody, Co-Chair (ID)
  • Hon. Susan Christensen, Co-Chair (IA)
  • Hon. G. Barry Anderson (ret.) (MN)
  • Geoffrey Bok (VT)
  • Hon. Nina Elgo (CT)
  • Hon. Zel Fischer (MO)
  • C. Alfred Mackenzie (TX)
  • Hon. Mark Massa (IN)
  • Mindy McNichols (FL)
  • Hon. Jenny Rivera (NY)
  • Jeffrey Shipley (MD)
  • Hon. Beth Walker (WV)

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