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NACUA's 2023-2024 Board of Directors

Officers

Chair

MELISSA HOLLOWAY
Vice Chancellor and General Counsel
North Carolina A&T State University

Chair-Elect

TRAEVENA BYRD
Vice President, General Counsel and Board Secretary
American University

Secretary

THERESE LEONE
Chief Laboratory Counsel
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Treasurer

DARRON FARHA
Vice President and General Counsel
Valparaiso University

Immediate Past Chair

JANINE DUMONTELLE
Vice President and General Counsel
Chapman University

Members-at-Large

2021-2024

MARY JO DIVELY
Vice President and General Counsel
Carnegie Mellon University

MARY PHELPS DUGAN
General Counsel
University of Nevada, Reno

KAREN JOHNSON SHAHEED
Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Chief of Staff
Bowie State University

PATRICIA "PATTY" PETROWSKI
Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
University of Michigan  

AUGUSTIN "AUGIE" RIVERA, JR.
General Counsel
Del Mar College District

FRANK ROTH
General Counsel
Lehigh University

 

2022-2025

TAMARA J. BRITT
Vice President and General Counsel
Teachers College, Columbia University

REBECCA "BECCA" GOSE
Vice President and General Counsel
Oregon State University

DANIEL “DAN” KAUFMAN
Partner
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

XINNING "SHIRLEY" LIU
President
XL Law & Consulting P.A. [Berklee College of Music]

ROSA LILIANA "LILI" PALACIOS-BALDWIN
Deputy General Counsel, Labor, Employment & Litigation
Tufts University

DANIELLE UY
Vice President, General Counsel and University Secretary
Saint Louis University

2023-2026

PHILIP 'PHIL' CATANZANO
Co-Founder
Education & Sports Law Group

PRIYA J. HARJANI
Associate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Northwestern University

ANTHONY HIGHTOWER
Senior Associate General Counsel
Augusta University

ART LEE
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
University of Arizona

LORENA PEÑALOZA
Chief Campus Counsel
University of California – Riverside

STEVEN 'STEVE' SANDBERG
Assistant to the President & General Counsel
Brigham Young University