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 & Nadelhaft, P.C.
Reston, VA

Vice President of Public Policy
Mark Hanna
Murphy Anderson PLLC
Washington, DC

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

Secretary
Summer H. Murshid
Hawks Quindel, SC
Milwaukee WI

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

Donna Williams Rucker
Tully Rinckey, PLLC
Washington, DC

Karla Gilbride
Public Justice, PC
Washington, DC

Robert W. Schmidt
Crews Law Firm, PC
Austin, TX

Maureen Truax Holland
Holland & Associates, PLLC
Memphis, TN

Rachhana T. Srey
Nichols Kaster, PLLP
Minneapolis, MN

Christopher Houk
Houk Law Firm, PLLC
Tempe, AZ

Jeffrey Neil Young
Solidarity Law
Cumberland Foreside, ME

Ben Lebsack
Lowrey Parady Lebsack, LLC
Denver, CO

Paul H. Tobias, Founder
In Memoriam
1930-2021