our 2025-2026 LEADERSHIP
JOEL CLYMER
PRESIDENT
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION & COUNSELING
TRINA L. GLASS
PRESIDENT ELECT
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW (NEWARK)
CORPORATE LAW
DOMINIQUE J. CARROLL
VICE PRESIDENT
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
LEONARD V. JONES
TREASURER
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW (NEWARK) COMMERCIAL/EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION
SOBANDE F. AFOLABE
SECRETARY
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW (NEWARK) STRATEGIC LEGAL & PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE
KENYA TYSON
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
WIDENER UNIVERSITY DELAWARE LAW SCHOOL
HIGHER EDUCATION / JUSTICE REFORM
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Aymen A. Abushi
Alan Babbitt
Janika Best
Courtney Johnson
Diana-Marie Laventure
Joyce Malliet
NaSheena Porter
Jason Redd
Victoria Salami
Malcolm X. Thorpe
Marlin Townes, III
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Regional Director (North) - Malcolm X. Thorpe
Regional Director (Central) - Courtney A. Johnson
Regional Director (South) - Temperance Williamson
SECTION CHAIRPERSONS
FAMILY LAW
Donnette Brown & Nilaja Ford
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
Cheyne Scott & Daniel Pierre
LITIGATION
Victoria Salami
LOBBYING AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Courtney Johnson & Jason Redd
committee chairpersons
FINANCE
Dominique J. Carroll
GALA (51ST ANNUAL)
Trina L. Glass
JUDICIAL AND PROSECUTORIAL APPOINTMENTS
Carolyn Chang, Willian T. Rogers, & Dean Burrell
MEMBERSHIP
Dominique J. Carroll
NOMINATIONS
Kenya Tyson
SCHOLARSHIP
Alan Babbitt
SOCIAL JUSTICE & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Leonard V. Jones & Portia Downing
TECHNOLOGY
Joel Clymer
WELLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH
Natalya Johnson & Cheyne Scott
YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION
Lauren B. Jones & Janika Best
