Representative of a cross-section of the Illinois legal community, PILI's Board of Directors is the governing body responsible for the overall management of the organization. Members of the board come from law firms, corporations and law schools as well as representatives from our Participating Agencies (at which we place PILI Law Student Interns and Fellows) and foundations that support PILI. Representatives from our two most recent Intern and Fellow classes and representatives from our Alumni Network Leadership Council and Young Professionals Board also serve as non-voting members of the Board of Directors.

OFFICERS

Directors

Sioban Albiol, DePaul University College of Law
Sarah M. Bernstein, Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
Barbara A. Bertini, Legal Aid Chicago
John J. Bourke, Attorney at Law
Traci M. Braun, Retired Attorney
Perry J. Browder, Simmons Hanly Conroy
David K. Callahan, Retired Attorney
Honorable Alison C. Conlon, Circuit Court of Cook County
Julian Dibbell, Mayer Brown LLP
David T. Erie, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
William V. Essig, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Kevin Fee, ACLU of Illinois
Abigail M. Fleming, Fleming Law Office
Matthew T. Furton, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Charles P. Golbert, Cook County Public Guardian
Paul E. Greenwalt III, ArentFox Schiff LLP
Christopher A. Hall, Jones Day
Tracy Hannan, Exelon Corporation
Janelle Ibeling, Sidley Austin LLP
Jonathan S. Jennings, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
Maureen Kieffer, Federal Judicial Center
Sarah F. King, Clifford Law Offices
Daniel Lange, Vedder
David P. Lindner, Crowell & Moring LLP
Michael Lohnes, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Jennifer Luczkowiak, Prairie State Legal Services Inc.
William C. Meyers, Goldberg Kohn Ltd.
Ronald Ohren, Clyde & Co LLP
J. Damian Ortiz, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Brandon E. Peck, Peck Ritchey, LLC
Benjamin M. Rhode, Latham & Watkins LLP
Ms. Elise D. Robie, Office of the Cook County Public Guardian
Cuyler Robinson, Charles River Associates
Kristen C. Rodriguez, Dentons US LLP
Hari Santhanam, Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP
Reid Smith, Winston Taylor LLP
Frederick Snow, First American Bank
Patrick Spangler, Vedder
David B. Sudzus, Attorney at Law
Elise Tincher, University of Chicago Law School
Hope Tone-O'Keefe, Jenner & Block
Wendy Vaughn, Northern Illinois University College of Law
Joshua G. Vincent, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Angelica W. Wawrzynek, Constant, Wawrzynek & Grove LLC
Christopher G. Wells, Office of the Illinois Attorney General
Susan L. Zielke, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid

Life Directors

Kimball R. Anderson
Myles D. Berman
Susan Curry
Thomas B. Dorris
Nancy Felton-Elkins
Richard J. Hess
Brad Lane
Stephen Libowsky
Maureen Mosh
Mary Ann O'Connor
Richard F. O'Malley, Jr.
James A. Rolfes
Lee Ann Russo
Nikki Will Stein

Intern & Fellow Representatives

Molly Levinson, Chicago-Kent College of Law (2025 Intern Representative)
Victoria Wang, Sidley Austin LLP (2025 Graduate Fellow)

Liaisons

Cara Lawson, McDermott Will & Schulte (Young Professionals Board)
McKenna Deutsch, Grund & Leavitt, P.C. (Alumni Network Leadership Council)

If you are interested in learning more about the work of PILI's Board of Directors or how to get involved, contact PILI's Executive Director, Michael G. Bergmann, by email or at 312-832-5129.

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