| Name | Board Position | Title | Company | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dena Denooyer Stroh | Chair | General Counsel and Ethics Officer | North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) | |
| Janet Bawcom | Vice-Chair | Vice President & General Counsel | CesiumAstro | |
| Sarah Goessler | Treasurer | Associate Director | Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) | Firm Bio |
| Ken Simon | Secretary | EVP & General Counsel Emeritus | Crown Castle, Inc. (Retired) | |
| Paul Genender | General Counsel | Partner, Litigation Department | Paul Hastings LLP | |
| Kelvin Sellers | Immediate Past Chair | General Counsel | FullSpeed Automotive | |
| Blake Bernet | Director | General Counsel | Fogo de Chao | |
| Charles Boettcher | Director | EVP, Chief Legal Officer. | Waste Management, Inc. | |
| Dona Cornell | Director | VC/VP for Legal Affairs, General Counsel | University of Houston System | |
| Melissa Drennan | Director | Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary | Skybox Datacenters, LLC | |
| Elizabeth Giddens | Director | Chief Legal Officer | Stewart Information Services Corporation | |
| Jim Goolsby | Director | General Counsel | Intercontinental Terminals Company, LLC | |
| Timothy J. Hill | Director | EVP, Legal & Public Affairs | Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP | |
| Nicola Hobeiche | Director | VP Legal Affairs | Taxwell | |
| Nina Hess Hsu | Director | Former General Counsel | Supreme Court of Texas | |
| Paul Jolas | Director | Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | Custom Truck One Source, Inc. | |
| Jeff Kaplan | Director | EVP & Chief Legal Officer | LyondellBasell Industries | |
| Shannon Kinney | Director | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | Chord Energy | |
| Victoria Lazar | Director | President | Construction, Science & Engineering, Inc. | |
| Elizabeth Matthews | Director | Former SVP, General Counsel, Head of Govt Affairs, & Corp. Secretary | Bristow Group Inc. | |
| Steve Meck | Director | General Counsel | Black & Veatch | |
| Cookie Munson | Director | M&A Counsel | Cardone Ventures, LLC | |
| David Rassin | Director | General Counsel | SAExploration, Inc. | |
| Liz Seabury | Director | Former SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | Cacique Foods, LLC | |
| David Starr | Director | Sr. Vice President & Chief Legal Officer | PlayPower, Inc. | |
| Christopher Stidvent | Director | Vice President, Commercial Litigation | NTT DATA Services, LLC | |
| John Torres | Director | EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec. | Lennox (Retired) | |
| Betty Ungerman | Director | VP, Deputy General Counsel / Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer | Lennox International Inc. | |
| Chris Willis | Director | Chief Administrative Officer | PrimeSource Brands |
Leadership
2025 Boards
| Name | Board Position | Title | Company | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Stidvent | President | Vice President, Commercial Litigation | NTT DATA Services, LLC | |
| Tillery Stout | Vice President | Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel | Lone Star Circle of Care | |
| Jamie Schue | Secretary | Senior Corporate Counsel – Direct/Indirect Procurement | AMD | |
| Mitch Ackal | Director | Partner | Gray Reed | Firm Bio |
| Ron Allen | Director | Regional Director | FTI Consulting, Inc. | |
| Janet Bawcom | Director | Vice President & General Counsel | CesiumAstro | |
| Mike Biles | Director | Partner | King & Spalding LLP | |
| James Bookhout | Director | Partner | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | Firm Bio |
| John Campbell | Director | Principal | McKool Smith P.C. | Firm Bio |
| Cassandra Cuellar | Director | Partner | DLA Piper LLP (US) | Firm Bio |
| Nicholas A. Dorsey | Director | Partner | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | Firm Bio |
| Rachel Ehlers | Director | Partner | Baker McKenzie | Firm Bio |
| Tish Elliott | Director | Managing Director | Newhouse + Noblin LLC | |
| Lauren Fincher | Director | Partner | Troutman Pepper Locke | Firm Bio |
| Jennifer Freel | Director | Partner | Jackson Walker LLP | Firm Bio |
| Sarah Goessler | Director | Associate Director | Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) | Firm Bio |
| Betsy Greytok | Director | Associate General Counsel | IBM Corporation | |
| Blaney Harper | Director | Partner | Jones Day | Firm Bio |
| David Hoffman | Director | Principal | Fish & Richardson P.C. | |
| Aileen Hooks | Director | Partner, Environmental | Baker Botts LLP | |
| Lisa A. Houssiere | Director | Partner | BakerHostetler | Firm Bio |
| Nina Hess Hsu | Director | Former General Counsel | Supreme Court of Texas | |
| Karen Kennard | Director | Shareholder | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Firm Bio |
| Katherine Kunz | Director | Senior Counsel | Hicks Thomas LLP | Firm Bio |
| Cynthia Mabry | Director | Partner | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | Firm Bio |
| Mary Mendoza | Director | Partner | Haynes and Boone, LLP | |
| Cookie Munson | Director | M&A Counsel | Cardone Ventures, LLC | |
| Milam Newby | Director | Partner | Vinson & Elkins LLP | Firm Bio |
| Phillip Oldham | Director | Partner | O'Melveny & Myers LLP | Firm Bio |
| Jared Pope | Director | CEO/Founder | Work Shield | |
| James Ray | Director | Shareholder | Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. | Firm Bio |
| Todd Reed | Director | Office Managing Partner | Akerman LLP | |
| Lee Anne Sexton | Director | Managing Director | Donnelley Financial Solutions | |
| Brad Shapiro | Director | Enterprise Director | Morae Global Corporation | |
| Julia Simon | Director | Commercial Litigator & Legal Strategist | Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann LLP | Firm Bio |
| Saba Syed | Director | Partner | Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP | Firm Bio |
| Les Trobman | Director | General Counsel | Texas Workforce Commission | |
| David Whittlesey | Director | Partner | A&O Shearman | |
| Jennifer Wu | Director | Partner | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Firm Bio |
| Name | Board Position | Title | Company | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Hobeiche | President | VP Legal Affairs | Taxwell | |
| Stephanie Gause Culpepper | Vice President | General Counsel | Lument - Subsidiary of ORIX Corporation USA | |
| Anne Sparks | Secretary | Associate General Counsel | Thermon, Inc. | |
| Elaine Rodriguez | Immediate Past President | General Counsel | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | |
| Jamil Alibhai | Director | Shareholder | Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. | Firm Bio |
| Ron Allen | Director | Regional Director | FTI Consulting, Inc. | |
| D. Scott Bennett | Director | Partner | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | Firm Bio |
| Bryce Benson | Director | Partner, Litigation | Akerman LLP | Firm Bio |
| Blake Bernet | Director | General Counsel | Fogo de Chao | |
| Preston Bernhisel | Director | Partner | Baker Botts LLP | Firm Bio |
| Monica Berry | Director | Associate General Counsel | Flix North America, Inc. | |
| Meredith Bjorck | Director | Chief Administrative Officer | Allie Beth Allman & Associates | |
| Kerry Braxton | Director | Assistant General Counsel | Cushman & Wakefield | |
| Burton Brillhart | Director | Former Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Chief of Staff | Varsity Brands, LLC | |
| David Brown | Director | Global Lead, Strategic Initiatives | Accenture LLP | |
| Ian Brown | Director | Senior Counsel | Bracewell LLP | Firm Bio |
| Robert Cardone | Director | Partner | A&O Shearman | Firm Bio |
| John Clement | Director | EVP & General Counsel | Classic Industries, LP | |
| Shawn Cleveland | Director | Partner | BakerHostetler | Firm Bio |
| David Conrad | Director | Principal | Fish & Richardson P.C. | |
| Mike Considine | Director | Partner | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Firm Bio |
| Trey Cox | Director | Partner | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | Firm Bio |
| Anne Crowe | Director | SVP & General Counsel | Glencoe Diversified Holdings | |
| Ruth Ann Daniels | Director | Partner | Gray Reed | Firm Bio |
| Blake T. Dietrich | Director | Partner | Jackson Walker | Firm Bio |
| Megan Donovan | Director | VP, Head of Legal, US | Galderma Laboratories, L.P. | |
| Melissa Drennan | Director | Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary | Skybox Datacenters, LLC | |
| Kim Elting | Director | Former Chief Legal & Administrative Officer | Orthofix Medical Inc. | |
| Ellen Farrell | Director | VP, Deputy General Counsel, Head of Product Law & Legal Operations | Toyota Financial Services | |
| Ken Fernandez | Director | General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary | Reddy Ice Corporation | |
| Joyce-Marie Garay | Director | Vice-President, Legal | Ryan, LLC | |
| Paul Genender | Director | Partner, Litigation Department | Paul Hastings LLP | Firm Bio |
| Elizabeth Giddens | Director | Chief Legal Officer | Stewart Information Services Corporation | |
| James Griffin | Director | Partner | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | Firm Bio |
| Eric Hail | Director | Partner | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | Firm Bio |
| Jerry Hansen | Director | Partner | Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) | Firm Bio |
| Robin Harrison | Director | Partner | Hicks Thomas LLP | Firm Bio |
| Nick Hendrix | Director | Partner | O'Melveny & Myers LLP | Firm Bio |
| Tom Hughes | Director | Partner | Winston & Strawn LLP | Firm Bio |
| Paul Jolas | Director | Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | Custom Truck One Source, Inc. | |
| Marc Katz | Director | Partner | DLA Piper LLP (US) | Firm Bio |
| Lillian Kirstein | Director | Senior Vice President, General Counsel | 7-Eleven, Inc. | |
| James Lary | Director | Director, Forensic | KPMG, LLP | |
| Ryan Lynch | Director | Partner | Latham & Watkins LLP | Firm Bio |
| Robert Manley | Director | Principal | McKool Smith P.C. | Firm Bio |
| Todd Martin | Director | General Counsel | AdvoCare International LLC | |
| Kim McCormick | Director | Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel | Willow Bridge | |
| James McGoldrick | Director | Shareholder | Parsons McEntire McCleary PLLC | Firm Bio |
| Steve Meck | Director | General Counsel | Black & Veatch | |
| Brandan Montminy | Director | Partner | Troutman Pepper Locke | Firm Bio |
| Jennifer Morris | Director | VP - Associate General Counsel | AT&T Inc. | |
| Russell Newhouse | Director | Founder & Principal | Newhouse + Noblin LLC | Firm Bio |
| Christie Newkirk | Director | Partner | Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P. | Firm Bio |
| Jared Pope | Director | CEO/Founder | Work Shield | |
| Zach Pope | Director | Director | Consilio | |
| Kimberly Rich | Director | Partner | Baker McKenzie | |
| Sean Royall | Director | Partner | King & Spalding LLP | Firm Bio |
| Sarah Schultz | Director | Partner | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Firm Bio |
| Liz Seabury | Director | Former SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | Cacique Foods, LLC | |
| Kelvin Sellers | Director | General Counsel | FullSpeed Automotive | |
| Lee Anne Sexton | Director | Managing Director | Donnelley Financial Solutions | |
| Mark Shoffner | Director | Partner | Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP | Firm Bio |
| Julia Simon | Director | Commercial Litigator & Legal Strategist | Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann LLP | Firm Bio |
| Robin Snasdell | Director | Senior Managing Director | Morae Global Corporation | Firm Bio |
| David Starr | Director | Sr. Vice President & Chief Legal Officer | PlayPower, Inc. | |
| Allison Stewart | Director | Shareholder | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Firm Bio |
| Dena DeNooyer Stroh | Director | General Counsel and Ethics Officer | North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) | |
| Jeanette Teckman | Director | Former Interim CLO | Match Group | |
| John Torres | Director | EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec. | Lennox (Retired) | |
| Betty Ungerman | Director | VP, Deputy General Counsel / Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer | Lennox International Inc. | |
| Katie Wall | Director | Partner | Jones Day | Firm Bio |
| Chris Willis | Director | Chief Administrative Officer | PrimeSource Brands | |
| Jennifer Wisinski | Director | Partner | Haynes and Boone, LLP |
| Name | Board Position | Title | Company | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Boettcher | President | EVP, Chief Legal Officer. | Waste Management, Inc. | |
| Jennifer F. Gallagher | Vice President | VP, GC Chemicals & Corporate Secretary | Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC | |
| Tim McConn | Secretary | Partner | Yetter Coleman LLP | Firm Bio |
| Deborah Huston | Immediate Past President | Assistant General Counsel | Talos Energy Inc. | |
| Ron Allen | Director | Regional Director | FTI Consulting, Inc. | |
| Will Anderson | Director | Partner | Bracewell LLP | |
| Brian Baird | Director | SVP, General Counsel & Secretary | Stallion Infrastructure Services, Ltd. | |
| Bailey Benedict | Director | Principal | Fish & Richardson P.C. | Firm Bio |
| Trent Bridges | Director | Partner | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Firm Bio |
| Dona H. Cornell | Director | VC/VP for Legal Affairs, General Counsel | University of Houston System | |
| Andres Correa | Director | Partner | Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann LLP | Firm Bio |
| Collin J. Cox | Director | Partner | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | Firm Bio |
| Danny David | Director | Partner | Baker Botts LLP | |
| Nick Dhesi | Director | Partner | Latham & Watkins LLP | Firm Bio |
| Christopher H. Domingo | Director | Partner | Jones Day | Firm Bio |
| Catherine T. Elkins | Director | General Counsel | Small Ventures USA, LP | |
| Chris Ferazzi | Director | Partner | Winston & Strawn LLP | |
| Ricardo Garcia-Moreno | Director | Partner | Haynes and Boone, LLP | Firm Bio |
| Paul Genender | Director | Partner, Litigation Department | Paul Hastings LLP | Firm Bio |
| Jim Goolsby | Director | General Counsel | Intercontinental Terminals Company, LLC | |
| Joey Hance | Director | General Counsel | Asset Living | |
| Michael Harvey | Director | Shareholder | Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. | Firm Bio |
| Greg Heath | Director | Partner | Troutman Pepper Locke | Firm Bio |
| Timothy J. Hill | Director | EVP, Legal & Public Affairs | Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP | |
| Jim Jorgensen | Director | Director of Intellectual Property | ServiceNow | |
| Preston Kamin | Director | Partner | Gray Reed | Firm Bio |
| Jeff Kaplan | Director | EVP & Chief Legal Officer | LyondellBasell Industries | |
| T. Mark Kelly | Director | Chairman | Vinson & Elkins LLP | Firm Bio |
| Shannon Kinney | Director | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | Chord Energy | |
| Eric Kristiansen | Director | Partner | BakerHostetler | Firm Bio |
| Victoria Lazar | Director | President | Construction, Science & Engineering, Inc. | |
| Emily Leitch | Director | Partner | Jackson Walker | Firm Bio |
| Jibin Luke | Director | Partner | O'Melveny & Myers | Firm Bio |
| Scott Marrs | Director | Regional Managing Partner - Texas | Akerman LLP | |
| Elizabeth Matthews | Director | Former SVP, General Counsel, Head of Govt Affairs, & Corp. Secretary | Bristow Group Inc. | |
| Roger McCleary | Director | Vice-Chairman & Shareholder | Parsons McEntire McCleary PLLC | |
| Ryan Meyer | Director | Partner | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | Firm Bio |
| Gabriel Morgan | Director | Partner | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | Firm Bio |
| Patricio Munoz | Director | Director | KPMG, LLP | |
| Umair Nadeem | Director | Director | Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) | Firm Bio |
| Bill Nelson | Director | Partner | A&O Shearman | Firm Bio |
| Joshua Newcomer | Director | Principal | McKool Smith P.C. | Firm Bio |
| Jonathan Newton | Director | Partner | King & Spalding LLP | |
| George Nino | Director | General Counsel | Yokogawa Corporation of America and KBC Advanced Technologies, Inc. | |
| Ryan J. Patrone | Director | Partner | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | Firm Bio |
| Jared Pope | Director | CEO/Founder | Work Shield | |
| Zach Pope | Director | Director | Consilio | |
| David Rassin | Director | General Counsel | SAExploration, Inc. | |
| Shannon Richards | Director | AGC - Litigation | Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP | |
| Anna Rotman | Director | Partner | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Firm Bio |
| Ken Simon | Director | EVP & General Counsel Emeritus | Crown Castle, Inc. (Retired) | |
| Kartik Singapura | Director | Partner | Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP | Firm Bio |
| Robin Snasdell | Director | Senior Managing Director | Morae Global Corporation | Firm Bio |
| Gray Stratton | Director | Managing Partner | DLA Piper LLP (US) | Firm Bio |
| John Thomas | Director | Partner | Hicks Thomas LLP | Firm Bio |
| Rene Trevino | Director | Shareholder | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Firm Bio |
| Beth Walker | Director | Principal and Sr. Vice President | Newhouse + Noblin LLC | |
| Justin M. Whittenburg | Director | Partner | Baker McKenzie | Firm Bio |