Leadership for NCLC

Board of Directors || Partners Council

Board of Directors

NCLC is governed by a volunteer national board of directors which includes bar association representatives from the private bar and clients from the communities we serve.

Michael Ferry, Board President
Gateway Legal Services
St. Louis, MO

Nancy Barron
Kemnitzer, Barron, & Krieg
San Francisco, CA

Mark E. Budnitz
Georgia State University School of Law
Atlanta, GA

Latryna Carlton
Florida Rural Legal Services
Waverly, Florida

Beverly Courtney
Washington County Opportunities, Inc. Head Start
Greenville, MS

Deepak Gupta
Gupta Wessler PLLC
Washington, D.C.

Jonathan L. Kravetz
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Boston
Boston, MA

Dancy McKinney-Parker
Memphis Area Legal Services
Memphis, TN

Dolores S. Smith
Federal Reserve Board (retired)
Bethesda, MD

Martha Tamayo
Kings Community Action Organization
Lemoore, CA

David Vladeck
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, D.C.

Partners Council

The Partners Council is an informal group that works with the National Consumer Law Center to ensure that NCLC has the revenue and resources to advance its work in support of economic fairness, equity, and consumer protection of low-income individuals and families. NCLC has a separate governing board of directors.

Elizabeth J. Cabraser – Chair
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
San Francisco, CA

Bryan Kemnitzer–Chair Emeritus
Kemnitzer, Barron & Krieg
San Francisco, CA

Leonard Bennett
Consumer Litigation Associates
Newport News, VA

O. Rand Bragg
Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates
Chicago, IL

Robert M. Bramson
Bramson Plutzik Mahler & Birkhaeuser
Walnut Creek, CA

Bernard E. Brown
Brown Law Firm
Kansas City, MO

Mark A. Chavez
Kemnitzer, Barron & Krieg
San Francisco, CA

Michael D. Donovan
Donovan & Axler, LLC
Berwyn, PA

E. Michelle Drake
Berger & Montague, P.C.
Minneapolis, MN

Cary L. Flitter
Flitter Milz, P.C.
Narberth, PA

James A. Francis
Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA

Kristi C. Kelly
Kelly & Guzzo PLC
Fairfax, VA

Keith Keogh
Keogh Law, Ltd.
Chicago, IL

Steve D. Larson
Stoll Berne
Portland, OR

Seth R. Lesser
Klafter Olsen & Lesser
Rye Brook, NY

Matthew P. McCue
Law Office of Matthew P. McCue
Natick, MA

Scott D. Owens
Scott D. Owens, PA
Hollywood, FL

David J. Philipps
Philipps & Philipps, Ltd.
Palos Hills, IL

John Roddy
Bailey & Glasser LLP
Boston, MA

James C. Sturdevant
The Sturdevant Law Firm
San Francisco, CA

Beth Terrell
Terrell Marshall Law Group, PLLC
Seattle, WA

Janet R. Varnell
Varnell & Warwick, P.A.
The Villages, FL

Hassan A. Zavareei
Tycko & Zavareei, LLP
Washington, D.C.