The Association for Women Attorneys has released the names of its new board members and committee chairs, including residents of Bartlett, Germantown, Cordova, Memphis and other locales.
Officers include:
- President: Diana Comes of Memphis
- Immediate Past President: Lisa J. Gill of Memphis
- President-Elect: Eileen Kuo of Cordova
- Vice-President: Laura Deakins of Memphis
- Treasurer: Anita Lotz of Memphis
- Secretary: Kirkland Bible of Memphis
- Historian: The Hon. Karen Williams of Memphis
- Board Member At-Large: Laurie Christensen of Drummonds
AWA Committee Chairs and Representatives for 2017 include:
- Annual Banquet Co-Chair: Megan E. Warden of Memphis
- Annual Banquet Co-Chair: Jenna Hoffman McDonald of Memphis
- Marketing Co-Chairs: Leah Hillis and Amy Strickland, both of Memphis
- Scholarship Committee Chair: Frances M. Riley of Memphis
- Membership Co-Chairs: Estelle Winsett and Jodi Runger, both of Memphis
- Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Co-Chairs: Ellen Kuo of Cordova and Amy Mulroy of Memphis
- Professional Mentoring Program Chair: Shannon Davis of Memphis
- Judicial Reception Chair: Ashley Martin of Memphis
- Golf Tournament Co-Chairs: Mary Morgan Whitfield of Memphis and Jessica Thomas of Germantown
- Community Outreach Chair: The Hon. Claudia Haltom of Memphis
- Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division Representative: Megan E. Warden of Memphis
- Memphis Bar Association Representative: LaQuita Stokes of Memphis
- Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women (TLAW) Representative: Holly Renken of Memphis
- Community Legal Center (CLC) Representative: Kimbrely Dandridge, a Senatobia, Miss., resident currently living in Memphis
- Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. (MALS) Representative: Keating Lowery of Memphis
- Judicial Liaison: The Hon. Valerie Smith, the new Shelby County Circuit Court Judge, of Memphis
- AWA Professional Liaison to the Law School Chapter: Elizabeth Rudolph of Memphis
- AWA Student Chapter Liaisons: Ashley Finch of Memphis, President of the Student Chapter; and Stephanie Tasch of Memphis, Student Liaison
- Social Media/Communications Director: Abbey Hall of Brentwood
- AWA Executive Director: Linda Schultz of Bartlett
