NAWJ Welcomes New 2024-2025 Leadership

Welcome New NAWJ Leadership

NAWJ is proud to announce the 2024-2025 Board of Directors.

Congratulations to our newly elected and appointed officers elected during the NAWJ Annual Conference in San Diego, CA. We thank the countless volunteers for their leadership, service, and dedication to NAWJ!

Officers

President
Hon. Michelle M. Rick
Michigan Court of Appeals

Immediate Past President
Hon. Karen R. Sage
299th District Court of Texas

Vice-President Publications
Hon. Heather Welch
Marion Superior Court (Ret.)

Finance Committee Chair
Hon. Leslie A. Stroth
Supreme Court of NY, NY County

President-Elect
Hon. Pamela Washington
Anchorage District Court

Vice-President Districts
Hon. Vivian Medinilla
Superior Court of Delaware

Treasurer
Hon. Victoria Willis
15th Judicial Circuit Virginia

Secretary
Hon. Mary Margaret Rowlands
Summit County Common Pleas Court

Status Directors

International Director
Hon. Bernadette D'Souza
Orleans Parish Civil District Court

ABA Delegate
Hon. Ann Breen-Greco
Independent Administrative Judicial Professional

Liaisons to the Board

Committee Liaison
Hon. Mimi Tsankov
National Association of Immigration Judges

Resource Board Liaison
David Horrigan, Esq.
Relativity

Projects Committee Chair
Hon. Carmen Velasquez
Queens County Supreme Court, Civil Term

District Directors

District 1 Director
Hon. Amy Blake
Massachusetts Appeals Court

District 2 Director
Hon. Bianka Perez
Supreme Court, Bronx County Civil Term

District 3 Director
Hon. Lisa James- Beavers
New Jersey Superior Court

District 4 Director
Hon. Francine Applewhite
U.S. Department of Labor, OAJ

District 5 Director
Hon. Jennifer Fleet
26th Judicial District, NC

District 6 Director
Hon. Barbara Holmes
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee

District 7 Co-Director
Hon. Linda Murnane
United States Air Force, Retired

District 7 Co-Director
Hon. Miriam Perry
15th District Court, Michigan

District 8 Co-Director
Hon. Patrice Ball-Reed
Circuit Court of Cook County

District 8 Co-Director
Hon. Julie Verheye
St. Joseph Superior Court


District 10 Director
Hon. Rachel Pickering
Kansas Court of Appeals

District 11 Director
Hon. Julie Countiss
First Court of Appeals of Texas

District 12 Director
Hon. Jennifer Mabey
Utah Fourth Judicial District Court

District 13 Director
Hon. Bride Seifert
Homer Superior Court


District 14 Co-Director
Hon. Victoria Kolakowski
Alameda County Superior Court

District 14 Co-Director
Hon. Renee Stackhouse
San Diego Superior Court