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April 17, 2025

Report on Nominations for 2025-26 Program Year

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The Nominating Committee of the Boston Bar Association—consisting of: Nigel W. Long (Chair), Mark C. Fleming, Erin K. Higgins, Emily F. Hodge, Barbara A. Robb, Ian D. Roffman, and Marc A. Rubenstein—has made the following nominations to fill the vacancies in officer positions and on the Council that will exist on September 1, 2025.

Officers nominated to serve a one-year term:

Suma V. Nair

President
Suma V. Nair
Fiduciary Trust Company

Mark C. Fleming

President-Elect
Mark C. Fleming
WilmerHale

Christopher Escobar Hart

Vice President
Christopher Escobedo Hart
Foley Hoag LLP

Shiva Kimari

Treasurer
Shiva Karimi
McLane Middleton

Andrew Strehle

Secretary
Andrew P. Strehle
Brown Rudnick LLP

 

Council nominees are:

Kristopher Austin

Kristopher “Neil” Austin
Polsinelli

Laura C. Bickel

Laura C. Bickel
National Grid

Amy H. Burkart

Amy H. Burkart
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Eric P. Christofferson

Eric P. Christofferson
DLA Piper

Bradley L. Croft

Bradley L. Croft
Ruberto, Israel & Weiner

Jason C. Gish

Jason C. Gish
TLG Law LLC

Eugene Hau-Jun Ho

Eugene Hau-Jun Ho
Verrill Dana LLP

Mandie A. LeBeau

Mandie A. LeBeau
Boston University School of Law

David Zimmer

David Zimmer
Zimmer, Citron and Clark


Those persons continuing on the Council are:

Carla Barrett, Christine Bellon, D’Andre T. Fernandez, Emily F. Hodge, Giselle J. Joffre, Robert Kubica, Elizabeth D. Matos, Diane M. McDermott, Andrew J. Merken, Young Paik, Amanda Petrillo, Carla A. Reeves, Payal Salsburg, Anita P. Sharma, David Solet, Peter Tobani, Colin G. Van Dyke, Edward G. Zacharias.

In addition, Megan N. Gates will serve as an ex-officio member of the Council in her capacity as President of the Boston Bar Foundation, and Matthew V.P. McTygue will serve as the Immediate Past President of the Council.

Further nominations may be made in writing by any group of at least twenty-five voting members of the Association by sending such nominations to BBA Executive Director Richard M. Page, Jr., within ten days from the date of this notice. No ballots for persons other than those nominated as aforesaid shall be received or counted in the election.