The Board of the National Employment Lawyers Association consists of twenty-four members from around the country.
The President, Vice President of Public Policy, First Vice President, Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Secretary, Treasurer, and Immediate Past President constitute the Executive Committee. Two-thirds of the Board is elected by the general membership in the Spring, and one-third is appointed by the Board in the Summer of every year.
Questions and comments for the NELA Board may be sent to execboard@nelahq.org.
Our Board

President
Linda M. Correia
Correia & Puth, PLLC
Washington, DC

First Vice President
Carla D. Brown
Charlson Bredehoft Cohen Brown & Jones, PC
Reston, VA

Vice President of Public Policy
Karla Gilbride
Public Justice, PC
Washington, DC

Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
M. Nieves Bolaños
Fish Potter Bolaños, PC
Chicago, IL

Secretary
Katherine L. Butler
Butler & Harris
Houston, TX

Treasurer
Deborah H. Karpatkin
Law Office of Deborah H. Karpatkin
New York, NY

Immediate Past President
Wade B. Cowan
Attorney at Law
Nashville, TN

Bernard Alexander
Alexander, Morrison + Fehr, LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Rosemary Orsini
Orsini Law LLC
Littleton, CO

Heather Moore Collins
HMC Civil Rights Law
Brentwood TN

Nina T. Pirrotti
Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti, PC
New Haven, CT

Christine T. Elzer
Elzer Law Firm, LLC
Pittsburgh, PA

Scott M. Pollins
Pollins Law Firm
Swarthmore, PA

Amanda Farahany
Barrett & Farahany
Atlanta, GA

Phillis h. Rambsy
Rambsy Law PC
Nashville, TN

Mark Hanna
Murphy Anderson PLLC
Washington, DC

Donna Williams Rucker
Tully Rinckey, PLLC
Washington, DC

Maureen Truax Holland
Holland & Associates, PLLC
Memphis, TN

Dara S. Smith
AARP Foundation Litigation
Washington, DC

Ben Lebsack
Lowrey Parady Lebsack, LLC
Denver, CO

Rachhana T. Srey
Nichols Kaster, PLLP
Minneapolis, MN

Summer H. Murshid
Hawks Quindel, SC
Milwaukee WI

Jeffrey Neil Young
Solidarity Law
Cumberland Foreside, ME

Paul H. Tobias, Founder
In Memoriam
1930-2021