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	Anthony Herman Tony Herman joined the Children's Law Center's Board of Directors in 2009 and became Chair of the Board in September 2011. He is a former senior litigation partner at Covington & Burling LLP. While there, in addition to a busy commercial litigation practice, Tony had a substantial pro bono practice and long served as chair of Covington’s Public Service Committee. His commitment to the community is reflected in his many board positions for organizations such as the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs and Bread for the City. He was honored with the Legal Aid Society’s Servant of Justice Award in 2009 and was named as a top Washington pro bono lawyer by the Washington Business Journal. He also was recognized as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 US in Trade Secrets litigation in 2007 and 2008, and is listed in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in America Law. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. He has two adopted children.

	Jessica Abrahams Jessica Abrahams joined Children's Law Center's Board of Directors in 2010. She is a partner in the Government Contracts practice at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, where she is Co-Chair of the firm's Government Contracts/Corporate Initiative. She is a frequent public speaker and has co-authored numerous articles on topics such as commercial contracting, international procurement, health care and procurement reform. She is also Chair of the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee. Jessica has been involved in pro bono work with Children’s Law Center for a number of years and was named the DC Bar Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year in 2000 for her child advocacy work. She serves on the boards of the American Jewish Congress and the Weizmann Institute of Science, and she was a founding member of Advising Women Executives. Jessica holds a JD from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, an MA from Georgetown University, and a BA from Wellesley College.

	Thomas N. Bulleit, Jr. Tom Bulleit joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 1999 and served as the chair from 2002 to 2005. Tom studied developmental psychology at Yale and was co-author of a study of peer and sibling interaction that was published in Developmental Psychology in 1984. Prior to law school he worked in human services, first as a preschool teacher and later a counselor in a psychiatric halfway house. At the University of Michigan Law School he represented children and families in child protective proceedings as a student attorney in the Child Advocacy Law Clinic. After law school Tom clerked for the Honorable Bailey Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Since then he has pursued a career in health care law in Washington, DC, where he is currently a partner with Hogan Lovells. Tom is also a past chair of the DC Bar Health Law Section and a fourth generation Washingtonian.

	H. Guy Collier Guy Collier joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2008 and was Chair of the Board from 2009 to 2011. He is a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, where he specializes in health law. Guy is Chair of the firm’s Global Pro Bono and Community Service Committee as well as Chair of the DC Bar Pro Bono Committee. In 2010, Guy was elected to the Board of Governors of the DC Bar. He is past-Chair of its Clinics Subcommittee and past-Chair of its Senior Lawyer Public Interest Subcommittee. Guy earned his JD from the University of Richmond School of Law and his MPH from Johns Hopkins University. He previously served in the Office of General Counsel for the Department of Health and Human Services and at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. Guy serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Board of Trustees of the Legal Aid Society of DC, Board of Directors of Hope House DC and former member of the Board of Directors of the University of Richmond Law School Association.

	Wayne Curtis Wayne Curtis joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2001. He served as Chair of the Board from 2005 to 2009 after serving a two year term as vice-chair. Wayne is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Curtis Concepts, LLC, a full service investment and customer relations advisory firm. Prior to this, Wayne was an officer with Fannie Mae for more than fifteen years. Wayne has a master of science in economic development from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Planning and a bachelor of administration, with honors, from Harvard University. One of the many highlights in Wayne's career was his work as an advisor to the mayors of New York and Philadelphia on matters of economic development. Wayne formerly served on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capital Area. In the fall of 2006, Wayne began pursuing his PhD in Leadership and Change at Antioch University.

	A. Patrick Doyle Pat Doyle joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2011. He is a partner at Arnold & Porter LLP, where he specializes in banking and financial services regulation. Pat is co-head of the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group and earned his JD from the Syracuse University College of Law. Over the years, Pat has been involved in pro bono initiatives designed to help bring banking services to underserved communities, including the formation of the American Indian National Bank. Prior to joining Arnold & Porter in 1983, Pat served in a variety of legal positions at the US Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, including Counsel to the Multinational Banking Group and as the Acting General Counsel of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Pat is a member of the Executive Counsel of the Banking Law Committee of the Federal Bar Association and is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) (2006-2011); The Best Lawyers in America 2011 for Banking Law and Washingtonian's "Top Lawyers" 2009 for Financial Services. Pat is married to Elizabeth Downes who is an active pro bono lawyer with Children’s Law Center.

	Evan R. Farber Evan R. Farber is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Advisory Board Company, which provides best practices research, business intelligence and analytics, and best practice installation support primarily to the health care and education industries. Previously, he was a partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP. He serves as Children's Law Center Board secretary.

	Joseph C. Figini Joe Figini joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2009. He is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc., where he has worked since 2000. Prior to his tenure at CGI, Joe practiced technology law at the Washington DC law firm Shaw Pittman LLP. Joe is a member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association and the NVTC General Counsel Forum. Joe is a 1998 recipient of the Frederick B. Abramson Award from the D.C. Bar. He earned his JD from University of Michigan Law School and is an adoptive father of a beautiful son named Isaac.

	Nina Gross Nina Gross joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2006. She is a Director of Forensics & Dispute Services in the Deloitte & Touche Washington, DC office. A graduate of the George Mason University School of Law, Nina has over twenty years of experience in law and public policy. She has previously served as the Director of Legislative Affairs at the US Securities Exchange Commission. Nina is Co-Chair of the International Bar Association's Creditors Rights and Insolvency Committee. She is also the author of "Reducing the Risks of International Insolvency: A Compendium of Work in Progress."

	Ed Lazere Ed Lazere joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in September 2006. He is Executive Director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, where he has worked since 2001. Prior to that, Ed had been a policy analyst for 12 years at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and had worked on numerous issues at both the state and federal level. Ed is the president of the board of Micah House, a small transitional housing program in DC, and member of the board of Mary House, another housing program. He has been a cub scout den leader for four years, and is a member of the executive board of the PTA for his son's school. Ed holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Maryland.

	May Liang May Liang joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2008. She serves as the Board treasurer. May, currently with OpenConcept Systems Inc., was previously General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer for Total Music, LLC a digital entertainment service. She served for almost three years as Executive Director of the Epilepsy Therapy Project, and as Vice President and Associate General Counsel at America Online, Inc. for almost eight years. May sits on the Advisory Board of the YMCA – Fairfax County and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Epilepsy Therapy Project and the Children’s Chorus of Washington. She is also a Fellow of the U.S.-Japan Leadership Program and Co-Chair of its Executive Committee. In addition, she is a member of the Stanford University Special Gifts Committee, the Sidwell Friends National Leadership Gift Board. May has previously served on the advisory boards of George Washington University’s Virginia Campus and the American Corporate Counsel Association as well as the Board of Directors of the Falls Church-McLean Children’s Center.

	Margaret J. McKinney Meg McKinney joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors 2008. She is a founding partner in Delaney McKinney, LLP. Her entire career has been devoted to the practice of family law in the District of Columbia and Maryland. She has been active in the DC Bar, including tenure as the Family Law Section co-chair, and has served on a number of court and city-wide committees. She has testified on a number of occasions before the DC Council, as well as committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, on a variety of family law issues.

	Carmen G. McLean Carmen G. McLean joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2009. Carmen is a partner at Jones Day, where she specializes in antitrust litigation and electronic discovery counseling. She also has experience in a broad range of litigation and alternative dispute resolution matters. Carmen has been actively involved in pro bono work with CLC for a number of years. She is chair of Children's Law Center's Advisory Board. She successfully represented a grandmother in one of DC’s first third-party custody cases under the Safe and Stable Homes Act. Carmen received her JD from Georgetown University in 2001.

	Nancy Sidamon-Eristoff Nancy Sidamon-Eristoff joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2006 and has been a member of CLC's Benefit Committee since 2004. Nancy has served as Vice President at Large for St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School Parents Association and is a former board member for Discovery Creek. She has worked with the New York Zoological Society and was a member of the Junior League. In her professional capacity, Nancy has acted as an Account Executive for McCann-Erickson, as a Marketing Associate for Christie's, Manson & Woods, as a consultant to the Natural Resources Defense Council, as a News Associate at Satellite News Channel, and as a Media Planner at Grey Advertising. Nancy is a graduate of Princeton University and serves as Chairman of the Princeton class of 1981 Scholarship Program. She received an MS in Journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism.

	Page Lane Smith Page Lane Smith joined Children's Law Center's Board of Directors in 2011 after serving on CLC's Benefit Committee for several years. Page is a former member of Georgetown Ministry Center's Board of Directors and Executive Committee as well as chair of the Spirit of Georgetown. Actively involved with Christ Church Georgetown since 1987, she serves as a Sunday School teacher and has served as Youth Education Committee Chair, homeless shelter volunteer coordinator, and outreach committee liaison to Georgetown Children's House. She also enjoys volunteering for Missionaries of Charity. A mother of five, she has served in a range of positions in her children's schools. In her professional capacity, Page was a marketing and management consultant to law firms prior to joining Prentice Hall Law & Business as associate editor for two legal trade journals. She also brings experience from work at a PR firm and a law and economics consulting firm. Page is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

	Catharine E. Snowdon Katie first became involved with Children's Law Center through the Helping Children Soar Benefit in 2009 and 2010 and joined the Board of Directors in 2011. She is a banker by trade, having managed Personal Trust departments in Boston and Washington over three decades. She continues her profession as a Private Trustee managing a long-term client's family office. She has served as a Board member of Discovery Creek Children's Museum, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, and Circle of Care of Children's National Medical Center. Both Katie and her husband Dick have been extensively involved with Children's, Arena Stage, The Black Student Fund, The Washington National Cathedral, and its schools- Beauvoir, NCS, and St. Albans. She is the stepmother of 3 adult children, 4 grandchildren and the mother of Alexander, a student at Vanderbilt University.

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