WBA ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WBA ANNOUNCES NEW 2014-2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Women’s Bar Association Transitions to New Leadership

BOSTON, MA – March 21, 2014 – The Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts (WBA) announces the results of the election held at its annual meeting on March 20, 2014. The organization welcomes the following new and returning officers and directors.

WBA Officers:

President - Kara DelTufo, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

President-Elect - Kimberly Dougherty, Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLP

Vice President, Membership & Statewide Outreach - Kristin Shirahama, of Rosenberg, Freedman & Lee, LLP

Vice President, Operations - Michele Liu Baillie, North Shore Patents, P.C.
Treasurer - Jennifer Saubermann, Associate General Counsel & Director of Intragovernmental Affairs at Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Secretary - Heather Engman, Deputy General Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

WBA Immediate Past President:

Lurleen Gannon, Deputy General Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Transportation/MBTA

WBA Board of Directors:

At-Large Directors

Meredith Ainbinder, Osram Sylvania

Stefanie Balandis, Greater Boston Legal Services

Marie E. Chafe, Cornell & Gollub

Nancy Cremins, Gesmer Updegrove, LLP
Nicole Forbes, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP

Tamsin Kaplan, Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C.
Andrea Kramer, Hirsch, Roberts & Weinstein, LLP

Krina Patel, The Suffolk Group, LLC

Michelle Peirce, Donoghue, Barrett & Singal, P.C.
Rebecca Pontikes, Pontikes Law, LLC
Bronwyn Roberts, Duane Morris, LLP
Jamie Ann Sabino, Administrative Office of the Trial Court

Raquel Webster, National Grid

Regional Directors

Middlesex - Shani Rea Collymore, Law Office of Shani Rea Collymore, P.C.

Cape Cod & Islands - Lisa Edmonds, Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office

New Bedford/Fall River - Michelle Keith, Attorney at Law, M.B.A., LL.M Candidate at University of London

North Shore – Brianna Sullivan, Gallagher & Cavanaugh, LLP

Central Massachusetts - Donna Truex, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP

WBA President Kara DelTufo stated, “Congratulations to all of the newly elected and re-elected Board members.  The organization is fortunate to have an amazing group of dedicated members comprising its leadership, and I look forward to working with all of you this year.”

Kara will lead this accomplished group of 25 legal professionals who are committed to the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society.

About the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts
Founded in 1978 by a group of activist women lawyers, the Women’s Bar Association boasts a large membership of women lawyers, judges, policy makers, and law students across Massachusetts.  The WBA is committed to the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society. The WBA works to achieve this mission through committees and task forces and by developing and promoting a legislative agenda to address society’s most critical social and legal issues.  Other WBA activities include drafting amicus briefs, studying employment issues affecting women, encouraging women to enter the judiciary, recognizing the achievement of women in the law, and providing pro bono services to women in need through its sister organization, the Women’s Bar Foundation.  For more information, visit www.womensbar.org.