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NACUA's 2025-2026 Board of Directors

Officers

Chair

Vice President and General Counsel
University of Michigan

Chair-Elect

ALEXANDRA SCHIMMER
Vice President and General Counsel
Denison University

 

Secretary

LUCY FRANCE
General Counsel
University of Montana - Missoula

Treasurer

DARRON FARHA
Vice President and General Counsel
Valparaiso University

Immediate Past Chair

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

Members-at-Large

2023-2026

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

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

ANTHONY HIGHTOWER
Interim Vice President for Audit, Compliance, Ethics, and Risk Management
Augusta University

ART LEE
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
University of Arizona

LORENA PEÑALOZA
Chief Campus Counsel
University of California – Riverside

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

2024-2027

ANNE BILDER
General Counsel
University of Northern Iowa

YOUNDY COOK
Vice President and General Counsel
University of Central Florida

JAMES "JIM" KELLER
Co-Chair, Higher Education Practice Group
Saul Ewing LLP

CHRISTOPHER "CHRIS" LOTT
Deputy General Counsel
Duke University

Senior Associate General Counsel
Johns Hopkins University
 
Deputy General Counsel and Managing Attorney
Stanford University

2025-2028

VENUS BOSTON
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the University
Lincoln University


MARK BRANDENBURG
General Counsel
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina


GUILHERME COSTA
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation
Bentley University


DARRYL LUNON, II
Senior Counsel to the General Counsel
Vanderbilt University


LAKEISHA MARSH
Partner
Akerman LLP


ABBEY RICHARDS
Senior Counsel
The George Washington University