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Board of Directors

The Board of Directors are comprised of twelve At-Large Members (who serve a 3 year term with four members up for election each May), five Host Directors (two future hosts, the current host, and the immediate two past hosts), and a Board appointed Board Host Director. The At-Large positions are elected by the State Coordinators at the May State Coordinator's Business Meeting. Terms for all Board Members expire at the conclusion of each May's National Championship.

Daniel Attaway - 2024 Host Director
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
WilmingtonDE
(302) 252-4365
Daniel.Attaway@wbd-us.com
Term expires: May 2026

Danny Barnett - 2027 Host Director
Assistant Executive Director | The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
(314) 421-4134
dbarnett@bamsl.org
www.momocktrial.org

David Berlin
Duhigg, Cronin, Spring & Berlin, P.A.
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 243-3751
dmberl@duhigglaw.com
Term Expires: May 2026

Wade Cowan - Treasurer
Attorney at Law
Nashville, TN
wcowan@dhhrplc.com
Term expires: May 2027

Hon. Dewain Fox - Vice-Chair and 2025 Host Director
Maricopa County Superior Court
Phoenix, AZ
Tel: (602) 372-2260
dfox.nhsmtc@cox.net
Term Expires: May 2027

Richard E. Harris
Director, High School Mock Trial |  State Bar of Georgia
richardh@gabar.org
(404) 527-8779

Sue Johnson
Forensics Program Director and Adjunct Faculty
Patrick Henry College
Purcellville, VA
sueheathjohnson@gmail.com
(919) 360-0848
Term Expires: May 2028

Tim Kalgreen
Indiana Bar Foundation | Director of Civic Education Programs
(317) 608-6503
tkalgreen@inbarfoundation.org
Term Expires: May 2028

Paul Kaufman - Immediate Past Chair
Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey
Camden, NJ
paul_k@nationalmocktrial.org
(856) 757-5230
Term Expires: May 2026

Dan Meadors
Haemaru Law Firm
Seoul, Korea
82-2-536-5437
meadorslaw@gmail.com 
Term Expires: May 2025

Chad Phillips
Programs and Outreach Director | The Mississippi Bar
(601) 948-3269
cphillips@msbar.org
Term Expires: May 2027

Carey Shoufler - Board Host Director
Idaho Law Foundation
Boise, ID
(208) 334-4500
cshoufler@isb.idaho.gov
Term Expires: May 2024

Laura Wesley 
Teach Democracy
(Formerly Constitutional Rights Foundation)
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 316-2128
laura@teachdemocracy.org
Term Expires: May 2026

Kristin Walinski
Virginia Statewide Coordinator | Virginia Law-Related Education Institute
(804) 220-0770
info@govlre.org
Term Expires: May 2027

John Wheeler
The Iowa State Bar Association | Center for Law & Civic Education
Des Moines, IA
(515) 697-7882
jwheeler@iowabar.org
Term Expires: May 2027

Shawn P. Yancy - Chair
Washington, DC
(785) 608-8533
shawnpyancy@gmail.com
Term Expires: May 2027

Ellen Zwarensteyn - Secretary
Michigan Center for Civic Education
Lansing, MI
(517) 367-6422

ezwarensteyn@gmail.com
Term Expires: May 2028

 
 
 

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