2025 Committee Rosters

 

Awards committee

Board Liaison: Janet Shelly, Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
Chair: Tom Ehrhardt, Kopka Pinkus Dolin
Vice Chair: June Essis, Weber Gallagher
Committee Members:

  • Taylor Allin, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
  • Rebecca Burroughs, Ward Hocker & Thornton, PLLC
  • Donna Dunn, JM Bozeman Enterprises
  • Sara Miemiec, Schneider National Inc
  • Shane O'Dell, Naman Howell Smith & Lee, PLLC
  • Carole Ridgeway, Maverick Transportation, LLC
  • Julie Spandet, Lockton Companies
  • Brandon Woodard, Porter Rennie Woodard Kendall, LLP

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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) committee

Board Liaision: Jaion Chung, Kahana & Feld LLP
Chair: Flavia Pemberton, Everspan Group
Vice Chair: Whitney Greene, Chartwell Law
Committee Members:

  • Amy Caddell, North American Risk Services, Inc.
  • Andrew Deutsch, Intact Insurance Accident & Health
  • Erin Fassler, Great American Insurance Co.
  • Danielle Foster-Smith, Ruan Transportation Management Systems
  • Jeanne Givner, FedEx Freight, Inc.
  • Jacquelyn Harrison, Travelers Insurance Company
  • Edwina Kessler, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
  • Popi Kousis, Kahana Feld LLP
  • Michael McFarlane, Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C.
  • Noelle Natoli, Foley Mansfield, PLLP
  • Elizabeth Overmann, Ragsdale Liggett
  • Christa Peterson, Higginbotham
  • Jaron Warner, Lockton Companies

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Judicial Fairness & Advocacy committee

Board Liaisons: Pam Halford, Carr Allison & Nathan Lundquist, Progressive Insurance Company
Chair: Curt Fenley, Fenley & Bate LLP
Vice Chair: Jay Starrett, Scopelitis Garvin Light Hanson & Feary
Committee Members:

  • Marc Bardack, Freeman Mathis & Gary 
  • Maxwell Brusky, Bulkmatic, LLC
  • James Bryan, Nexsen Pruet, LLC (Amicus Brief Lead)
  • Brian Del Gatto, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP 
  • Owen Ellington, Ellington & Associates
  • Curt Fenley, Fenley & Bate LLP 
  • Angie Leathers, Averitt Express, Inc. 
  • Todd Lezon, Murchison & Cumming, LLP
  • Jason Moyers, Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, P.C.
  • Shanda Pearson, Federated Mutual Insurance Company
  • Mark Perkins, Perkins & Associates, LLC
  • Mark Pickett, Hall Booth Smith, P.C. 
  • Lynn Rodgers, Evans & Dixon LLC
  • Lisa Rolle, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP
  • Heather Stover, Ogden Sullivan Stover & Saar, P.A. 
  • Konor Swedberg, Crum & Forster
  • Inga Upshaw, Ryan, Drewniak & Upshaw, LLC

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Member Engagement & Communication

Board Liaisons: Lindsay Gorbach, Mayer, LLP, Meghan Hvizdos, MV Transportation, Inc, & Lara Lickhalter, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Chair: Theresa Bratton, National Interstate/Vanliner Insurance
Vice Chair: Julie Brennan, Pion, Nerone, Girman & Smith, P.C.
Committee Members:

  • Fred Arias, Fletcher, Farley, Shipman & Salinas, LLP
  • Chris Dunnells, Chartwell Law (Newsetter Editor)
  • Daniel Erwin, Kahana Feld LLP
  • Glenn Fahl, Fahl & Donaldson, PLLC
  • Rebecca Gregg, Blue Star Claims, LLC
  • Ryan Heller, Callahan & Fusco, LLC
  • Steele Holman, Speegle, Hoffman, Holman & Holifield, LLC
  • Wade Johnson, Lommen Abdo P.A.
  • Andrea Jones, Shadow Investigations Inc
  • Brenda-Lee McIntyre, Skyward Insurance
  • Jack Mann, Great Plains Casualty (Newsletter Editor)
  • Kevin Marajh, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
  • Scott Pfeiffer, Cray Huber Horstman Heil & VanAusdal LLC

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Seminars & Education

Chair: Rob Boroff, Gallagher Sharp LLP
Vice Chair: Adam Konopka, Chartwell Law

Sub-Committees:

2026 Advanced Seminar (January 15-16, 2026 | New Orleans, LA)
Board Liaison: Paul Yarbrough, Hall & Evans, LLC
Chair:
Vice Chair:
Committee Member: Christopher Del Bove, Callahan & Fusco

2025 Annual Seminar (October 15-17, 2025 | San Antonio, TX)
Board Liaison: Cheryl Ubick, TFI International, Inc.
Chair: Rob Boroff, Gallagher Sharp LLP
Vice Chair:
Committee Members:

  • Renee Bowen, Franklin & Prokopik
  • Chris Dunnells, Chartwell Law
  • Danielle Foster-Smith, Ruan Transportation Management Systems
  • Jack Mann, Great Plains Casualty

2025 Cargo Skills Seminar (April 1, 2025 | Charlotte, NC)
Board Liaison: Libby Block, Roehl Transport, Inc
Chair: Jim Wescoe, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP
Vice Chair: 
Committee Members:

  • Dirk Beckwith, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC
  • Julie Maurer, Husch Blackwell LLP
  • Katie Tenzinger, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP

2025 Liability Skills Seminar (April 2-3, 2025 | Charlotte, NC)
Board Liaison: Libby Block, Roehl Transport, Inc
Chair: Kelly Milam, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Vice Chair: Charles Albrecht, Kopka Pinkus Dolin PC
Committee Members: 

  • Sophia Bernard, Taylor Nelson PL
  • Rob Boroff, Gallagher Sharp, LLP
  • Sherri Edgecombe, TFI International
  • Jim Hrycay, HRYCAY Consulting Engineers
  • Christina Kooiman, TFI International, Inc.

Webinars
Board Liaison: Paul Yarbrough, Hall & Evans, LLC
Chair: Chris Dunnells, Chartwell Law
Committee Members:

  • Danielle Foster-Smith, Ruan Transportation Management Systems
  • Sarah Hansen Burden & Hansen, LLC