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John W. Adams, Chairman and Founder, Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

John Adams is the Chairman and founder of the Oxford-affiliated Foundation for Law, Justice and Society. Previously, he was President of Smith Management Company, served as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the US Air Force, and was in private law practice.   He is a former member of NCLEJ’s Board of Directors.

Dean Penelope (Penny) Andrews, President and Dean, Albany Law School

Before being named Dean of Albany Law School in 2012, Andrews was Associate Dean and a Professor of Law at CUNY Law School. Prior to joining CUNY, she was a Professor of Law at Valparaiso Law School and held a Chair in Law at LaTrobe University, Australia. She has been a visiting professor at several law schools, including the University of Maryland, the University of Natal, the University of Aberdeen, the University of Potsdam, and the University of Amsterdam. Dean Andrews has served as a Board Member for several organizations, including NCLEJ.

Carol Bellamy, Chair, Education for All/Fast Track Initiative

Carol Bellamy chairs the EFA/FTI Board of Directors. Previously, she served as President and CEO of World Learning, as Executive Director of UNICEF, and as the Director of the Peace Corps. She worked in the private sector at Bear, Stearns & Co., Morgan Stanley, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and spent 13 years as an elected public official, including service as President of the New York City Council from 1978 to 1985.

Richard Clary is a partner in Cravath’s Litigation Department, and until recently, the Head of Litigation. He has twice received the Distinguished Service Award from his alma mater, Amherst College, and has received five Outstanding Pro Bono Service Awards from Legal Aid. He is a former Vice Chair of Legal Aid and currently serves on its Board of Advisors. In 2008, he spoke at a program sponsored by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in association with the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford.

Douglas F. Curtis, Partner, Wimer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP

Douglas Curtis is a partner in WilmerHale's Securities and Litigation/Controversy Departments. He is a member of the Business Trial Group and the Investigations and Criminal Litigation and Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Groups.  In addition to serving as Vice Chair of NCLEJ, he is Vice Chair of the Legal Aid Society.

George David, Retired Chairman and CEO, United Technologies Corporation

George David joined United Technologies in 1975 and was elected its President and Chief Operating Officer in 1992, Chief Executive Officer in 1994, and Chairman in 1997.  He left the CEO position in 2008 after 14 years and retired from UTC at the end of 2009 as its Chairman.  He earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard and MBA at the University of Virginia’s Darden School.  He is a board member of BP, a member of The Business Council, and Vice Chairman of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.  He is a former board member of Citigroup.

Michigan native Pete Dawkins, formerly Vice Chairman of Global Wealth Management at the Citigroup Private Bank, was a Heisman Trophy-winning running back at West Point, and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.  Following service in Vietnam and Korea, he left the Army as a young Brigadier General.  Pete then went on to hold senior positions at Lehman Brothers, Bain & Company, Primerica, Travelers and Citi.  He is currently a founding partner of Flintlock Capital Asset Management.

Steven M. Edwards, Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP

Steve Edwards, NCLEJ’s Board Treasurer, is a litigation partner at Hogan Lovells.  He also serves as President of Nazareth Housing, an organization that provides housing and social services to the homeless, and a Director and Executive Committee member of the Jazz Foundation of America, an organization that helps jazz musicians who are in need.

Chrystia Freeland, Editor, Thomson Reuters Digital

Chrystia Freeland is the editor for Thomson Reuters Digital. Prior, she was U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times.  Before that, Freeland was deputy editor, Financial Times, in London, editor of the FT’s Weekend edition, editor of FT.com, U.K. News editor, Moscow bureau chief and Eastern Europe correspondent.  From 1999 to 2001, Freeland served for two years as deputy editor of The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper.  She began her career working as a stringer in Ukraine, writing for the FT, The Washington Post and The Economist. She attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

John DeWitt Gregory, Sidney and Walter Siben Distinguished Professor of Family Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

John DeWitt Gregory is a former Vice Dean of Hofstra Law School. He was the first General Counsel and Executive Director of New York City's Community Action for Legal Services, Inc., the country's largest federally funded program providing legal services for poor people. He was among the initial directors of the Community Legal Assistance Corporation, Hofstra Law School's neighborhood law office and first clinical program, where he worked as an attorney.

James Grosfeld, Director, BlackRock, Inc.

New York City native and Michigan resident James Grosfeld serves as a director of BlackRock, Inc. and as a trustee of Lexington Realty Trust.  He is a member of the Board of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and chairs its Investment Committee. He is also a Trustee of Henry Ford Health System.

Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., Harvard Law School

From 1987-2003, Ben Heineman was General Electric’s Senior Vice President-General Counsel and served as Senior Vice President for Law and Public Affairs until his retirement in late 2005.  He is a Senior Fellow at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Program on the Legal Profession at the Harvard Law School.

Stephen L. Kass, Partner, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP

Steve Kass, a former NCLEJ Board Chair and longtime Board member, is co-chair of Carter Ledyard & Milburn’s Environmental Practice Group.  He teaches international environmental law at Brooklyn Law School, chairs the International Human Rights Committee of the New York City Bar Association, of which he is a former Vice President, and is an Emeritus Board Member of Human Rights Watch.

Darlene and John Reid-Dodick

Darlene Reid-Dodick is a Trustee of The Purnell School for Girls, and a volunteer with the TEAM Schools, a network of KIPP charter schools in Newark, New Jersey.  True to her heritage as Paul Dodyk's first-cousin-once-removed, she was a union organizer in the successful campaign to unionize Harvard's clerical and technical workers in the mid-1980's before devoting herself full-time to raising her children.  John Reid-Dodick is the Chief People Officer at AOL and was the Global Head of Human Resources for the Markets Division of Thomson Reuters.  Before joining Reuters in 1995, he was a litigation associate with Sullivan & Cromwell, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert W. Sweet.

Philippe Z. Selendy, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Philippe Selendy’s primary practice area is complex civil litigation and arbitration with an emphasis on financial products, securities, and insurance. He is co-chair of Quinn Emanuel’s Structured Finance Litigation Group.

Daniel Slifkin, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Daniel Slifkin is a partner in Cravath's Litigation Department. His broad experience includes litigations and trials in both state and Federal courts throughout the United States, as well as in domestic and international arbitrations. He serves on the Board of Americans for Oxford.