At the 2024 DRI Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, on October 16–18, the DRI Board of Directors elected four individuals to join them as national directors (each serving three-year terms), as well as the next DRI second vice president and secretary-treasurer. Four new regional directors were also recognized, who will serve three-year terms, and fourteen new state representatives. Learn more about the DRI Election Hub.
Thank you to the Nominating Committee, chaired this year by DRI Past President Philip L. Willman, for its work during the 2024 DRI Elections.
Congratulations to the individuals below for their appointments.
Second Vice President
- Sara M. Turner, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Birmingham, Alabama
Secretary-Treasurer
- Ricardo A. Woods, Burr Forman LLP, Mobile, Alabama
New National Directors
- Michelle Thurber Czapski, Bodman PLC, Troy, Michigan
- Juan M. Marquez, Jr., Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, PA, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Morgan J. Milner, Modern Woodmen of America, Rock Island, Illinois
- Christopher B. Turney, Turney LG, Kansas City, Missouri
New Regional Directors
- Southwest Region – Slater Elza, Underwood Law Firm, PC, Texas
- Southern Region – Beth A. Lochmiller, Coleman Lochmiller & Bond, Kentucky
- Atlantic Region – Michael A. Malia, Peri, Stewart, Malia, New Jersey
- North Central Region – William K. McVisk, Tressler, LLP, Illinois
New State Representatives
- Connecticut – Erika Amarante, Wiggin and Dana LLP
- Illinois – Laura Beasley, Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice
- Kentucky – Todd Page, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
- Maryland – Christopher Jeffries, Kramon & Graham
- Minnesota – Tony Novak, Larson King LLP
- Mississippi – Penny Lawson, Parker & Lawson
- Nebraska – Emily Motto Bottorf, United Fire & Casualty Co
- New Jersey – Timothy R. Freeman, Tanenbaum Keale LLP
- New Mexico – Jeffrey Mitchell, Mitchell Law Firm
- New York – Thomas E. Liptak, Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak
- North Carolina – Ashley Brathwaite, Ellis & Winters LLP
- Oklahoma – Kari Hawthorne, Johnson Hanan Vosler
- Texas – Gayla Corley, MehaffyWeber PC
- Wisconsin – Nicole Marklein, Cross Jenks Mercer