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.
Steve Stein
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.
Co-Chairs
Quinton Cutlip
Mark Zanobini
Committee Members
Boone Callaway
Karman Guadagni
Bobby Shukla
Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Markus Willoughby
Implicit Bias Taskforce
Co-Chairs
Josephine Alioto
Che Hashim
Sandra Ribera-Speed
Committee Members
Sophia Achermann
Jennifer Fiore
Karman Guadagni
Paul Kranz
Bill Lombardini
Jacqueline Oh
Brittany Rogers
Valerie Rose
Deborah Rosenthal
Judy Rothschild
Bobby Shukla
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
Anne Costin
Jennifer Fiore
Clifton Smoot
Committee Members
Karine Bohbot
Elizabeth Bertolino
Courtney Brown
Anoush Lancaster
Demian Oksenendler
Valerie Rose
Markus Willoughby
Education Committee
The Education Committee shall develop and produce continuing legal education programs.
Co-Chairs
Valerie McGinty
Sara Peters
Committee Members
Kyle Bates
Greg Brod
Boone Callaway
Rob Cartwright
Pete Clancy
Ingrid Evans
Conor Granahan
Lee Harris
Matt Kita
Andje Medina
Ryan Opgenorth
Audrey Siegel
Sandra Ribera-Speed
Al Stoll
Scott Sumner
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
Che Hashim
Audrey Siegel
Committee Members
Josephine Alioto
Sophia Achermann
Boone Callaway
Sara Craig
Chuck Geerhart
George Kawamoto
Wesley Lowe
Jacqueline Oh
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
John Vannucci
Committee Members
Quinton Cutlip
Mark Burton
John Hill
Kevin Osborne
Scott Sumner
Nina Shapirshteyn
Todd Walburg
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
Committee Members
Rob Cartwright
Quinton Cutlip
Mark Burton
Dan Dell'Osso
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
Committee Members
Chuck Geerhart
Jennifer Fiore
Valerie McGinty
Chis Nolan, Columnist
Ryan Opgenorth
Emily McGrath Stehr
Jeff Smith
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
Committee Members
Karine Bohbot
Pete Clancy
Quinton Cutlip
Mikayla Kellogg
Brian Graziani
Andje Medina
Demian Oksenendler
John Rueppel
Sandra Ribera-Speed
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
Committee Members
Kyle Bates
Elizabeth Bertolino
Brian Graziani
Neda Hefzi
Colby Kuvara
Brian Lance
Sean Makarin
Catalina Munoz
Demian Oksenendler
Cliff Smoot
Loren Schwartz
Mark Thomas
Dan Veroff
Daniel Wayne
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
John Hill
John Vannucci
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
Alexandra Hamilton
Valerie Rose
Audrey Siegel
Committee Members
June Bashant
Renata Bogomolnaya
Karine Bohbot
Shannan Dugan
Julie Erickson
Ingrid Evans
Karman Guadagni
Colby Kuvara
Lisa Mak
Andje Medina
Jacqueline Oh
Brittany Rogers
Bobby Shukla
Sandra Ribera-Speed
Isabelle Tan
Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Liason Positions
CAOC Liaison
Andje Medina
AAJ Liaison
Rob Cartwright
Ad Hoc-Kaiser Committee
Chair
Mark Zanobini
Committee Members
Boone Callaway
Doris Cheng
Chris Dolan
Anthony Label
Sara Peters
Markus Willoughby
Judges Dinner Dance Committee
Co-Chairs
Boone Callaway
Chuck Geerhart
Trial Lawyer of the Year Committee
Co-Chairs
Boone Callaway
Chuck Geerhart
Holiday Party Committee
Co-Chairs
Sandra Ribera-Speed
Chairs of Mock Trial