3/26/2013
Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts
27 School Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02108
Ph: 617.973.6666 Fax: 617.973.6663 www.womensbar.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Contact:
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Lurleen Gannon,
President
Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts
lgannon@connkavanaugh.com
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Patricia Comfort,
Executive Director
Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts
(617) 973-6666
pcomfort@womensbar.org
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WBA ANNOUNCES NEW 2013-2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Women’s Bar Association Transitions to New Leadership
BOSTON, MA – March 26, 2013 – The Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts (WBA)
announces the results of the election held at its annual meeting on March 20, 2013. The organization welcomes the following new and returning officers and directors.
WBA Officers:
President - Lurleen Gannon, Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP
President-Elect - Kara DelTufo, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Vice President, Membership & Statewide Outreach - Meredith Ainbinder, Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers, LLP
Vice President, Operations - Kimberly Dougherty, Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLP
Treasurer - Jennifer Saubermann, Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Secretary - Kristin W. Shirahama, Rosenberg, Freedman & Lee, LLP
WBA Immediate Past President:
Andrea Kramer, Hirsch Roberts Weinstein, LLP
WBA Board of Directors:
At-Large Directors
Stefanie Balandis, Greater Boston Legal Services
Marie E. Chafe, Cornell & Gollub
Nancy Cremins, Gesmer Updegrove, LLP
Heather Engman, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Nicole Forbes, Holtz & Reed, LLP
Tamsin Kaplan, Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C.
Krina Patel, The Suffolk Group, LLC
Michelle Peirce, Donoghue, Barrett & Singal, P.C.
Rebecca Pontikes, Pontikes Law, LLC
Bronwyn Roberts, Duane Morris, LLP
Jamie Ann Sabino, Administrative Office of the Trial Court
Kimberly Winter, White, Freeman & Winter, LLP
Raquel Webster, National Grid
Regional Directors
Middlesex - Shani Rea Collymore, Law Office of Shani Rea Collymore, P.C.
Cape Cod & Islands - Lisa Edmonds, Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office
New Bedford/Fall River - Michelle Keith, Attorney at Law, M.B.A., LL.M Candidate at University of London
North Shore - Michele Liu Baillie, North Shore Patents, P.C.
Central Massachusetts - Donna Truex, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
WBA President Lurleen Gannon stated, “Congratulations to all of the newly elected and re-elected board members. I am thrilled for the opportunity to be working with all of you this year. ”
Lurleen will lead this accomplished group of 25 legal professionals who are committed to the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society.
About the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts
Founded in 1978 by a group of activist women lawyers, the Women’s Bar Association boasts a large membership of women lawyers, judges, policy makers, and law students across Massachusetts. The WBA is committed to the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society. The WBA works to achieve this mission through committees and task forces and by developing and promoting a legislative agenda to address society’s most critical social and legal issues. Other WBA activities include drafting amicus briefs, studying employment issues affecting women, encouraging women to enter the judiciary, recognizing the achievement of women in the law, and providing pro bono services to women in need through its sister organization, the Women’s Bar Foundation. For more information, visit
www.womensbar.org.
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