SFTLA Board Committee Assignments
SFTLA members are encouraged to join a committee! If interested, please email Juliette at admin@sftla.org
Advisory Committee to the Board
The Board Advisory Committee shall consist of former Board of Directors members who have completed their tenure on the Board of Directors and wish to continue in an advisory capacity for the benefit of the Board and the organization generally. Advisory Committee Members will provide their opinions, act as consultants, and otherwise continue to provide guidance to the Board of Directors.
Tony David
Steve Stein
Steve Tigerman
Committee on Directors
The COD’s mission shall be to seek out and help grow current members into Board Members, conduct bi-annual BOD application process, on-board new BOD members.
Chair
Mark Zanobini
Boone Callaway
Quinton Cutlip
Karman Guadagni
Bobby Shukla
Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Markus Willoughby
Implicit Bias Taskforce
Co-Chairs
Josephine Alioto
Che Hashim
Sandra Ribera-Speed
Sophia Achermann
Jennifer Fiore
Karman Guadagni
Paul Kranz
William Lombardini
Brittany Rogers
Valerie Rose
Deborah Rosenthal
Judy Rothschild
Bobby Shukla
Audrey Siegel
Nadine Zeltzer
The Carlene Caldwell Scholarship Committee
The Scholarship Committee shall promote SFTLA's mission of excellence in trial advocacy by effectively organizing and administering a trial competition between four San Francisco Law Schools. Committee Members will also solicit items for the Silent Auction which helps fund the program.
Co-Chairs
Karine Bohbot
Anne Costin
Jennifer Fiore
Elizabeth Bertolino
Courtney Brown
Anoush Lancaster
Demian Oksenendler
Valerie Rose
Clifton Smoot
Markus Willoughby
Education Committee
The Education Committee shall develop and produce continuing legal education programs.
Co-Chairs
Andje Medina
Scott Sumner
Kyle G. Bates
Greg Brod
Boone Callaway
Rob Cartwright
Pete Clancy
Ingrid Evans
Jennifer Fiore
Conor Granahan
Lee Harris
Matt Kita
Elinor Leary
Valerie McGinty
Larry Organ
Sara Peters
Audrey Siegel
Sandra Ribera Speed
Al Stoll
Daniel Veroff
Diversity Committee
It is the mission of the Diversity Committee to promote diversity - of gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion and background more generally - within the members of the organization and of the Board in order to better serve our diverse community of clients.
Co-Chairs
Chuck Geerhart
Audrey Siegel
Josephine Alioto
Sophia Achermann
Boone Callaway
Sara Craig
Che Hashim
George Kawamoto
Wesley Lowe
Ryan Opgenorth
John Rueppel
Bobby Shukla
Kelly Van Aken
Experts Committee
The Experts Committee shall develop programs and materials related to expert witness for the benefit of the membership.
Co-Chairs
Renata Bogomolnaya
Quinton Cutlip
Mark Burton
John Hill
Kevin Osborne
Scott Sumner
Nina Shapirshteyn
Todd Walburg
John Vannucci
Finance Committee
The purpose of the Finance Committee is to assist the Treasurer in making recommendations as needed to the Board regarding (1) SFTLA's financial policies and (2) management of SFTLA’s investments. The Committee shall not engage in the daily financial operations of SFTLA. The Finance Committee shall consist of Board Members only. Committee members are the current Executive team with the Treasurer as Chair.
Listserv Committee
Quinton Cutlip
John Vannucci
Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Markus Willoughby
Mark Zanobini
Sponsorship & Fundraising Committee
This committee’s mission is to help retain current sponsors, identify and convert new prospects into sponsors. Evaluate all events to determine the types of sponsors that could work. Create and maintain a Vendor Code of Conduct. Assist in fundraising efforts in addition to obtaining sponsorships
Chair
Demian Oksenendler
Rob Cartwright
Quinton Cutlip
Dan Dell'Osso
Anthony Label
Loren Schwartz
Markus Willoughby
Magazine Committee
The Magazine Committee shall develop and produce the membership publication Trial Lawyer and be responsible for all aspects of its production and marketing.
Editor
Bobby Shukla
Co-Editor
Deborah Rosenthal
Jennifer Fiore
Chuck Geerhart
Valerie McGinty
Chris Nolan, Columnist
Emily McGrath Stehr
Ryan Opgenorth
Al Stoll
Isabelle Tan
Dan Veroff
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee will assist in maintaining and growing the SFTLA membership and will provide guides on new benefits offered to members.
Chair
Loren Schwartz
Karine Bohbot
Quinton Cutlip
Pete Clancy
Brian Graziani
Mikalya Kellogg
Andje Medina
Demian Oksenendler
Sandra Ribera Speed
John Rueppel
Scott Sumner
Mark Zanobini
New Lawyers Division
NLD will create programs and events for new lawyers, in order that SFTLA may serve that population better.
Co-Chairs
Karman Guadagni
Brittany Rogers
Edward M. Anaya
Kyle G. Bates
Elizabeth M. Bertolino
Brian Graziani
Colby Kuvara
Brian Lance
Neda Hefzi
Sean Makarin
Catalina Munoz
Demian Oksenendler
Loren Schwartz
Cliff Smoot
Mark Thomas
Daniel Wayne
Karman Guagadni
Anthony Label
Brittany Rogers
Committee will provide trial court oversight by monitoring the operation of the San Francisco Superior Court, and other Bay Area courts as necessary, to ensure the efficient administration of civil cases and assignments of cases to trial, fair methods of obtaining jury pools, and maintenance of a neutral environment for jurors. The Chair of the Committee will also act as a liaison with the San Francisco Superior Court to exchange information on issues relevant to our members and clients.
Co-Chairs
Lee Harris
John Hill
Women's Caucus Committee
This Committee is responsible for developing programs of particular interest to women attorneys and for developing and encouraging the membership of such attorneys in SFTLA.
Co-Chairs
Lex Hamilton
Audrey Siegel
Sandra Ribera Speed
June Bashant
Renata Bogomolnaya
Karine Bohbot
Shannan Duan
Julie Erickson
Ingrid Evans
Karman Guadagni
Colby Kuvara
Lisa Mak
Andje Medina
Brittany Rogers
Valerie Rose
Bobby Shukla
Isabelle Tan
Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Liason Positions
CAOC Liaison
Sandra Ribera-Speed
AAJ Liaison
Rob Cartwright
Ad Hoc-Kaiser Committee
Co-Chairs
Markus Willoughby
Mark Zanobini
Boone Callaway
Doris Cheng
Chris Dolan
Christian Jagusch
Sara Peters
David Smith
Judges Dinner Dance Committee
Chair
Boone Callaway
Karine Bohbot
Rob Cartwright
Anne Costin
Chris Dolan
Anthony Label
Andje Medina
Sara Peters
Shaana Rahman
Daniel Wayne
Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Markus Willoughby
Trial Lawyer of the Year Committee
Holiday Party Committee
Karine Bohbot
Anne Costin
Jennifer Fiore
Mark Zanobini