RNLA Leadership

Chair	President
Richard E. Wiley, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC	J. Caleb Boggs III, Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC

Co-Chair First Vice President

Brigida Benitez,
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC Charles H. Bell, Jr,
Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP, Sacramento, CA

Vice-Chair

Patricia J. Paoletta,
Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, Washington, DC

Executive Director:

Michael B. Thielen, Republican National Lawyers Association, Washington, DC
Please note: For all media inquiries about the RNLA, please contact Michael Thielen at the link above.

Vice Presidents & Committee Chairs:

For Judicial Affairs: Ralph W. Johnson, III, Halloran & Sage LLP, Harford, CT
For Election Education: Heather S. Heidelbaugh, Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, PC, Pittsburgh, PA
For Professional Development: Manuel E. Iglesias, Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A., Miami, FL
For Membership: Elliot S. Berke, Barbour Griffith & Rogers, LLC, Arlington, VA
For Programming: Charles J. Cooper, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, DC
For Washington, DC Operations: Cleta Mitchell, Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, DC

RNLA encourages its Members to volunteer to work for one of these committees. For more information on each committee feel free to write the Vice President/Committee Chair or contact the RNLA at info@republicanlawyer.net.

Treasurer:

Roger V. Barth, Washington, DC

Secretary:

Douglas Chalmers, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, GA

Deputy Director:

Kimberly Loontjer, Republican National Lawyers Association, Washington, DC

Founding Chair:

Robert J. Horn, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, DC

Advisory Council:

Co-Chair: The Hon. Bob Livingston, Livingston Group, Washington, DC
Co-Chair: The Hon. Edwin Meese, III, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC
Roger V. Barth*, Washington, DC

Charles H. Bell, Jr., Bell, McAndrews, Hiltachk & Davidian, LLP, Sacramento, CA

Brigida Benitez, Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP, Washington, DC
Elliot S Berke*, Barbour Griffith & Rogers, LLC, Washington, DC
James Bopp, Jr., Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN
Carville Collins, Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
William P. Cook*, Alston & Bird LLP, Washington, DC
Richard Cullen, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA
Robert S. Dyer*, Arlington, VA
Randy Evans, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Washington, DC
Mark E. Foster*, Portland, OR
Daniel J. Halloran, Palmieri & Castiglione, LLP, Mineola, NY
Heather S. Heidelbaugh, Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, PC, Pittsburgh, PA
Dean Heyl*, Direct Selling Association, Washington, DC
Robert J. Horn*, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, DC
Jerry M. Hunter, Bryon Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO
Manuel Iglesias*, Ruden McClosky, Miami, FL
George M. Jirotka*, Fowler White Boggs Banker P. A., Tampa, FL
Ralph W. Johnson, III, Halloran & Sage LLP, Hartford, CT
Michael Kahn*, Melbourne, FL
Dennis D. Kirk*, Falls Church, VA
Jefferson Knight, Coral Gables, FL
Grant M. Lally, Lally & Lally, Mineola, NY
William F. Large, Large & Associates, PC, Anchorage, AK
Roger J. Marzulla*, Marzulla & Marzulla, Washington, DC
Scott McCandless, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Washington, DC
Scott Mexic*, McLean, VA
Brian E. Mezger, Potomac, MD
Laurie L. Michel, Merck, Washington, DC
Timothy B. Mills,Maggs & McDermott LLC, Washington, DC
Cleta Mitchell, Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, DC
Deanna S. Mool, Mool Law Firm, LLC, Springfield, IL
Betty Southard Murphy*, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC
Eileen J. O'Connor*, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP, Washington, DC
Robert C. Odle, Jr., Alexandria, VA
Theodore Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC
Patricia J. Paoletta, Harris, Wilthsire & Grannis, Washington, DC
Paul Pisano*, National Beer Wholesalers Association, Alexandria, VA
Kimberly A. Reed, Lehman Brothers, New York, NY
Professor Ronald Rotunda*, George Mason U. School of Law, Arlington, VA
Hon. Frank N. Schellace, New York State Supreme Court, Syosset, NY
Ronald J. Schutz*, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, Minneapolis, MN
Mel A. Schwing, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC
Richard W. Siehl, Baker & Hostetler, Columbus, OH
Charles A. Simmons, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY
Thomas R. Spencer, Jr., Thomas R. Spencer, P.A., Coral Gables, FL
Harvey M. Tettlebaum*, Husch & Eppenberger, Jefferson City, MO
Richard E. Wiley, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC
Pat M. Woodward, Woodward Law Group, PLLC, Washington, DC
Stephen T. Yelverton*, Yelverton Law Firm, PLLC, Washington, DC
Joanne Young, Kirstein & Young PLLC, Washington, DC

Board of Governors:

Kenneth W. Anderson, Office of the Governor, Austin, TX
Stanton D. Anderson, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC
Jan W. Baran, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC
Roger V. Barth*, Washington, DC
Charles H. Bell, Jr., Bell, McAndrews, Hiltachk & Davidian, LLP, Sacramento, CA
Brigida Benitez , Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP, Washington, DC
Elliot Berke,Barbour Griffith & Rogers, LLC, Washington, DC
J. C. Boggs, Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC
James Bopp, Jr., Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN
Mark Braden, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, DC
Eric Buermann, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Miami, FL
Craig S. Burkhardt, Washington, DC
Douglas Chalmers, Jr., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, GA
Carville Collins, Piper Rudnick, LLP, Baltimore, MD
Charles J. Cooper, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, DC
Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC
Richard Cullen, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA
Hayden Dempsey, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, FL
Randy Evans, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Washington, DC
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., American Gaming Association, Washington, DC
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, Greenville, SC
Heather S. Heidelbaugh, Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, PC, Pittsburgh, PA
Dean A. Heyl*, Heyl Consulting, Inc., Washington, DC
Robert J. Horn*, Patton Boggs, Washington, DC
Manuel Iglesias*, Ruden McClosky, Miami, FL
Grant M. Lally, Lally & Lally, Mineola, NY
Alicemary Leach, Arlington, VA
Wendy E. Long, Judicial Confirmation Network, New York, NY
Jeffrey D. Mamorsky, Greenberg Traurig, New York, NY
Scott C. McCandless, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Washington DC
Laurie L. Michel, Merck, Washington, DC
Timothy B. Mills, Maggs & McDermott LLC, Washington, DC
Deborah N. Misir, Arlington, VA
Cleta Mitchell, Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, DC
Betty Southard Murphy, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC
David Norcross,Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC
Nancy A. Nord, Washington, DC
Robert C. O'Brien,Arent Fox LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Patricia J. Paoletta, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, Washington, DC
Fazle Rab Quadri, Redlands, CA
Kimberly A. Reed, Lehman Brothers, New York, NY
Charles A. Simmons Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY
Jonathan L. Snare,Washington, DC
Thomas R. Spencer, Jr., Thomas R. Spencer, P.A., Coral Gables, FL
Hon. Michael Steele, Washington, DC
Frank B. Strickland, Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP, Atlanta, GA
Nancy E. Taylor, Greenberg Traurig, Washington, D.C., VA
Harvey M. Tettlebaum, Husch & Eppenberger, Jefferson City, MO
Michael B. Thielen, Republican National Lawyers Association
Don Wallace, Jr., Washington, DC
Richard E. Wiley, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC
Joanne Young, Kirstein & Young PLLC, Washington, DC

*=RNLA life member