D.C. Bar Former Officers, Governors and Senior Staff

The following former officers, governors and senior staff of the District of Columbia Bar joined as amici in American Bar Association v. Executive Office of the President, et al., filed on October 2, 2025.

Former D.C. Bar Officers and Governors

  • Francis D. Carter, Board of Governors, 2002-2005
  • William F. Causey, Board of Governors,1995-1998
  • H. Guy Collier, Board of Governors, 2010-2013
  • Robert D. Dinerstein, Board of Governors, 2002-2005
  • Ann K. Ford, Board of Governors, 2015-2018
  • Elizabeth Sarah Gere, Board of Governors, 2018-2024
  • Nathalie F.P. Gilfoyle, Board of Governors, 2004-2007
  • Jeffrey S. Gutman, Treasurer, 2011-2012, Board of Governors, 2012-2015
  • Su Sie Ju, Board of Governors, 2019-2022
  • Sara Kropf, Secretary, 2013-2014
  • Annette K. Kwok, Board of Governors, 2016-2019
  • Rebecca M. McNeill, Secretary, 2007-2008, Board of Governors, 2008-2011
  • Mira Nan Marshall, Secretary, 2003-2004
  • Amy E. Nelson, Treasurer, 2018-2019, Board of Governors, 2019-2022
  • Don Resnikoff, Treasurer, 2007-2008
  • Martha Purcell Rogers, Board of Governors, 2002-2005
  • Paul M. Smith, Board of Governors 2002-2005
  • Leslie T. Thornton, Board of Governors, 2018-2021
  • Benjamin F. Wilson, Board of Governors, 2008-2011 and 2014-2018

Former D.C. Bar Senior Staff

  • Katherine A. Mazzaferri, Executive Director, 1982-2010 and Chief Executive Officer, 2010-2017
  • Cynthia D. Hill, Assistant Executive Director for Programs, 1990-2010 and Chief Programs Officer, 2010- 2017
  • Maureen Thornton Syracuse, D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, Director/Executive Director, 1992-2011

For a complete list of amici on each brief filed, please refer to Amicus Briefs.