Thank You Annual Conference Program Committee!

NACUA wishes to recognize the commitment and efforts of the members of the 2026 Committee on Program for the Annual Conference. Their volunteer service over the past year resulted in the timely and informative sessions that will aid NACUA members in the practice of higher education law for the benefit of the colleges and universities they serve. We believe that the members of the Program Committee exemplified the NACUA core values of quality, service, civility, collegiality, diversity, inclusiveness, and respect. We hope you will join us in thanking them for their service! 

Ona Alston Dosunmu, President and CEO

Francisco Pardo, Director of Legal Resources

Taylor Zelman, Legal Resources Attorney

Alexandra Schimmer, Chair

Denison University 

Karen Petrulakis, Vice Chair

Wellesley College

Nathan Adams

Holland & Knight LLP

Emily Babb

Northwestern University

Monica Barrett

Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

Scott Bearby

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Blake Billings

Kansas State University

Shelby Boseman

The University of Texas at Arlington

Venus Boston

Lincoln University 

Karl Brevitz

Karl Brevitz Consulting

Katherine Brodie

Duane Morris LLP

Lindsay Chapman

University of Central Missouri

Daniel Cohen

Barnes & Thornburg LLP 

Elizabeth Conklin

Yale University

Craig Cook

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Karen Courtheoux

Husch Blackwell LLP

Tobias Crawford

Yale University

Jessica Creighton

University of Washington

Benjamin Davidson

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Iris Elijah

Florida A&M University

William Ferreira

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Susan Friedfel

Jackson Lewis PC

Heather Gaines

Syracuse University

Grant Garber

Northern Kentucky University

Darren Gibson

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Michelle Gluck

The Pennsylvania State University

Stephanie Gold

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Scott Goldschmidt

Thompson Coburn LLP

Leslie Gomez

Cozen O'Connor

Donna Gooden Payne

University of Rochester

John Graff

Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP 

E. Katherine Hajjar

Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

Neil Hamburg

Hamburg Law Group, PLLC

Kevin Hayden

Binghamton University

Esther Henry

University of Colorado Boulder

Sunanda Holmes

American University of Cairo

Derek Ishikawa

Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

Stephanie Karn

Williams Mullen

Daniel Kaufman

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Martha Kim

Stanford University

Jacquelynn Kittel

Michigan State University

Lisa Lang

Ohio Northern University

Lauren London

Eastern Michigan University

Sarah Luke

Brooklyn Law School

Kai McGintee

Aleta Law PC

Michael McGrath

Ropes & Gray LLP

Vinita Mehra

Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter LPA

Jeffrey Meltzer

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Ashley Miller

George Washington University

Alexandra Mitropoulos

Nixon Peabody LLP

Pilar Morin

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

Nathiya Nagendra

Howard University

Jennifer Papillo

University of Vermont

Shannon Pipes

University of Louisville

Anthony Prather

Indiana University

Maureen Redeker

Kansas City University

Stephanie Rosenberg

University of Arizona

Manuel Rupe

Central Michigan University

Gabriel Sandoval

Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo

Eli Schlam

George Mason University 

Brittany Schoepp-Wong

Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

Jonathan Squires

Hillsborough College

Gerard St. Ours

Johns Hopkins University

Jonathan Tarnow

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Michelle Tellock

Vanderbilt University 

Stephen Vaughan

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Ariadna Vazquez

University of New Mexico

Esther Walker

Dartmouth College 

Jeffrey Weimer

Reed Smith LLP

Mishka Woodley

State University of New York