Leadership

Board of Directors

Board members, consisting of no more than twenty, are elected to serve a two-year term. The terms are staggered on an annual basis.

Hon. Edward Clark Clifton
President/Moderator
Providence, RI 

H. Clifton Grandy, Esq.
Coordinator/Secretary/Treasurer     
Washington, DC 

Hon. Robert Benham
Atlanta, Georgia

Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby
Washington, DC

Hon. Tanya M. Bransford 
Minneapolis, MN

Erica S. Chung
Seattle, WA

Gregory P. Conyers  
Lansing, MI 

Karl A. Doss, Esq.
Richmond, Virginia 

Hon. Donovan J. Foughty
Devils Lake, ND

Hon. Frederick P. Horn                                                     
Santa Ana, CA 

Hon. Verna G. Leath, JSC
Newark, NJ

Hon. Yvonne Lewis   
Brooklyn, NY

Hon. Susan F. Maven, J.A.D.
Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Lisette McCormick, Esq.
Pittsburgh, PA

Elizabeth Neeley, Ph.D.
Lincoln, NE

Hon. Eduardo Padró  
New York, NY

Alka A. Patel, Esq.
Pittsburgh, PA

Hon. Cynthia Diane Stephens
Detroit, MI

Hon. Max N. Tobias, Jr. 
New Orleans, LA

Miriam Villegas-Negrón
Fort Collins, CO