Committee Leadership
Committee Chair
Erika L. Amarante
Wiggin and Dana LLP
New Haven, CT
Committee Vice Chair
Andrew DeSimone
Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney PLLC
Lexington, KY
Immediate Past Chair
Laura A. DeMartini
Hall Booth Smith PC
Atlanta, GA
Board Liaison
Slater C. Elza
Underwood Law Firm
Amarillo, TX
Law Institute Liaison ( Senior Living)
Ted J. McDonald, III
McDonald Law Group PA
Kansas City, MO
Law Institute Liaison
Jodi V. Terranova
Wilson Elser
Washington, DC
Annual Meeting Chair
David Perron
Brown & James PC
Saint Louis, MO
Membership Chair
Ashley Sumner Heslop
Hall Booth Smith PC
Mount Pleasant, SC
Membership Vice Chair
Kevin T. McCarthy
Larson King LLP
St. Paul, MN
2025 Program Chair - Senior Living and LTC Litigation
Whitney Horak
Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer
Memphis, TN
2025 Program Chair - Medical Liability and Health Care Law
Joseph G. Mattson
Devine Millimet & Branch
Manchester, NH
2025 Program Vice Chair - Medical Liability and Health Care Law
Justin A. Hardin
Brown & James PC
Saint Louis, MO
2025 Program Vice Chair - Senior Living and LTC Litigation
Shana A. O'Grady
Cray Huber
Chicago, IL
Online Programming Chair
David Kaiser
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Lexington, KY
Online Programming Vice Chair
Tal A. Bakke
Bassford Remele PA
Minneapolis, MN
Publications Chair
Katherine L. Vojas
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
St Louis, MO
Publications Vice Chair
LaDonna L. Boeckman
HeplerBroom LLC
Chicago, IL
Publications Vice Chair
Michael Allen Dial
Hall Booth Smith PC
Edmond, OK
Publications Vice Chair
Laura Ann K. Froning
Wiggin and Dana LLP
New Haven, CT
Online Community Chair
Ethen R. Shapiro
Hill Ward Henderson
Tampa, FL
Online Community Vice Chair
John F. Mahon, Jr.
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice
Saint Louis, MO
Social Media/Marketing Chair
Whitney Leigh Burkett
HeplerBroom LLC
Chicago, IL
Social Media/Marketing Vice Chair
Matthew L. Johnson
Johnson & Bell
Chicago, IL
Specialized Litigation Group (SLG) Chair
Anna Claypool
Keating Jones Hughes PC
Portland, OR
Specialized Litigation Group (SLG) Chair
Joseph Dronet
Chaffe McCall
Baton Rouge, LA
Corporate Counsel Liaison
Jay D. Mitchell
Jackson Healthcare
Alpharetta, GA
Corporate Counsel Liaison
Stephen L. Rossetti, Jr.
Fresenius Medical Care
Waltham, MA
DRI for Life Liaison
Madeleine Loeffler
Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney PLLC
Lexington, KY
DRI for Life Liaison
J. Richard Moore
Bleeke Dillon Crandall
Indianapolis, IN
DRI Cares Liaison
Lorie Hall
Hall Professional Consulting LLC
Sterling Heights, MI
Women in the Law Liaison
Andrea L. Merolla-Simister
Gidley Sarli & Marusak
Providence, RI
Young Lawyer Liaison
Catherine Baiocchi
Wiggin and Dana LLP
New Haven, CT
Young Lawyer Liaison
Jessica Keeler
DENNIS JACKSON MARTIN & FONTELA P A
Tallahassee, FL
Young Lawyer Vice Liaison
MarlaRose Gridley
Hinkle Shanor LLP
Santa Fe, NM