Childrens Law Center:: Family. Health. Education

	H. Guy Collier Guy Collier joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2008 and became Chair of the Board in September 2009. 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. 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.

	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 & Hartson LLP, Washington's oldest and largest major law firm. Tom is also a past chair of the DC Bar Health Law Section and a fourth generation Washingtonian.

	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.

	Donna Donlon Donna Donlon joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2004. Donna served as secretary from 2004 to 2007. She is a partner at McKenna, Long, & Aldridge LLP, specializing in commercial litigation and antitrust counseling. She serves on the firm's pro bono, diversity, and hiring committees. Donna earned her JD from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary and served as a law clerk to The Honorable Raymond A. Jackson, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Donna is married with three children.

	Janet Eakes Janet Eakes joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2004. Janet is Chief Operating Officer of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. She was previously a senior vice president at Freddie Mac where she had worked since 1988. Prior to Freddie Mac, Janet held positions with various insurance and financial services companies in Austin and Houston.

	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

	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.

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	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."

	Anthony Herman Tony Herman is a senior litigation partner at Covington & Burling LLP. In addition to his busy commercial litigation practice, he has a substantial pro bono practice and has 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. Tony joined the CLC Board of Directors in 2009.

	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.

	James Marsh James Marsh, founder and former Executive Director of Children’s Law Center, joined CLC’s Board of Directors in 1996. He is currently the Board Secretary. During his tenure, CLC received the National Association of Counsel for Children's Outstanding Legal Advocacy Award. A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, James is an experienced trial attorney who has represented hundreds of children and families at the trial and appellate level. He is a noted commentator on children's law and adoption issues and has published numerous works on those subjects, including The Adoption and Child Welfare Law Reporter. He is currently the managing partner of The Marsh Law Firm PLLC.

	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 an associate 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 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.

	Charles F. (Rick) Rule Rick Rule joined Children’s Law Center’s Board of Directors in 2003. He is a partner at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP and previously headed the antitrust practice at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson LLP. A graduate of The University of Chicago Law School, Rick served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department under President George H.W. Bush. Rick is currently on the Advisory Boards of the Washington Legal Foundation and the Landmark Legal Foundation. Rick is the adoptive parent of eight children.

	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.

	Mariella Trager Mariella Trager joined the Board of Directors of Children's Law Center in 2001. Prior to and since joining the Board, Mariella chaired CLC’s Helping Children Soar benefit for many years. And, when she is not the official benefit chair, Mariella is actively involved on the benefit committee – securing sponsorships and introducing new members to CLC and the benefit committee. Mariella is a graduate of American University with a degree in Political Science. Following graduation from college, she studied at the Universite d’Aix Marseille in Provence, France. In addition to CLC, Mariella devotes time to a number of nonprofit organizations around Washington, including Refugees International, where she recently served as the 30th Anniversary Benefit Chair for the annual gala. Mariella has been active with the Brady Campaign, the Washington Ballet and Washington National Opera, Very Special Arts, National Women's Museum for the Arts, So Others Might Eat, and the Go-Bo-Go Fund, and she has served on the Arts Advisory Board of American University. In 2000, she was the Hispanic Spokesperson for the Million Mom March. Mariella is a member of the Sulgrave Club and lives in Georgetown with her husband Michael, a senior partner at Arnold & Porter. Michael was the chair of the Law Firm Sponsors for CLC's Helping Children Soar benefit. She has two sons – Nick, a junior at Wesleyan University, and Alex, a sophomore at Georgetown Day School.

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