Officers & Contact Information for 2025-2026 Officers

President: Judge John Kness U.S. District Court, N.D. Ill. President-Elect: Wasim Bleibel Troutman Pepper Locke Immediate Past President: Craig Leavell Barnes & Thornburg Second President Elect: Judge Virginia Kendall U.S. District Court, N.D. Ill. Judicial Counselors: Judge Matthew F. Kennelly U.S. District Court, N.D. Ill.  Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer U.S. District Court, N.D. Ill. Judge Thomas M. Durkin U.S. District Court, N.D. Ill. Judge Beth Jantz U.S. District Court, N.D. Ill.  Secretary: Lisa Iverson Iverson IP Achieving Excellence: Sarah Wang Russ August & Kabat Treasurer: Ryan Schermerhor Marshall Gerstein Treasurer Shadow: Peggy Herrmann The Kraft Heinz Company Membership Chair: Carrie Beyer Faegre Drinker Mentor Chair: Louise Arnott Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Program Chair: Devon Beane K&L Gates LLP Linn Inn Alliance Liaison/DIPLA Liaison: Emily Kappers Crowell & Moring

Events Chair: Marcus Harris Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Banner Scholarship Chair: Ryan Daniel Fresinius Keys Scholarship Chair: Clare Frederick K&L Gates Executive Director: Olivia Bedi Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP Past Presidents Circle: Mimi Martin Addy AddyHart P.C. Margaret M. Duncan Loyola University Chicago School of Law Charles Shifley Banner & Witcoff Judge James F. Holderman (Ret.) JAMS Robert Surrette McAndrews, Held & Malloy Judge Matthew Kennelly United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Julie Katz Katz Group Matthew Walch Latham & Watkins Olivia Bedi Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Adam G. Kelly Loeb & Loeb LLP Amy Ziegler Greer Burns & Crain Ltd. Thomas Durkin United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Julianne Hartzell Craig Leavell Barnes & Thornburg