2026-2027 Leadership
Executive Committee
Marcus Quintanilla, President
Brody Greenwald, First Vice President
Giorgio Sassine, Second Vice President
Katie Connolly, Secretary
Ghada Qaisi Audi, Treasurer
Robert Mockler, Officer at Large
Nicolas Wiegand, Officer at Large
Ivana Cingel, Officer at Large
Jeffery Daar, Immediate Past President
Board of Directors
Gary Benton, Chair
Dana Welch, Vice Chair
Laura Abrahamson
Ghada Qaisi Audi
Cedric Chao
Paul Cohen
Katie Connolly
Jeffery Daar
Ruth Glick
Brody Greenwald
Sally Harpole
Drew Holiner
Daniel Kolkey, Chair Emeritous
Neil Popovic
Marcus Quintanilla
Barbara Reeves
Giorgio Sassine
Steven L. Smith
Nicolas Wiegand
Administration
David Pollock, Executive Director
Committees
ICCA SAN FRANCISCO 2028 CALARB HOST COMMITTEE
Steve Anderson – Co-Chair
Paul Cohen – Co-Chair
Laura Abrahamson – CalArb
Gary Benton – CalArb
Jeff Daar – CalArb
Brody Greenwald – CalArb
Sally Harpole – CalArb
Steve Smith – CalArb
Nicolas Wiegand – CalArb
CALARB MEMBERS ICCA 2028 WORKING COMMITTEE
Laura Abrahamson – Mohamed Abdelfattah – Ghada Audi – TJ Auner – Gary Benton – Cristian Boruzi – Daniel Boyle – Patrick Byrne – Cedric Chao – Paul Cohen – Jeff Daar – Peter Durning – Brody Greenwald – Sally Harpole – Nilufar Hossain – David Huebner – Grant Kim – Yasmine Lahlou – Peter Neumann – Neil Popović – Colin Rule – Giorgio Sassine – Les Schiefelbein – Steve Smith – Dan Tan – Colin Ward – Dana Welch
LAW FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS COMMITTEE
Advises on messaging and support for law firms, corporations, and trade groups. Promotes law firm and corporate membership, education, and financial support. Recruits law firm and corporate Board members. Supports law firm and corporate programming.
Robert Mockler, Co-Chair
Paul Hines, Co-Chair
Marco Molina, Co-Chair
MARKETING COMMITTEE
Gustavo Llorenz, Co-Chair
Andreas Schapowalow, Co-Chair
LAW SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Coordinates relations with universities and law schools. Addresses California international arbitration issues and educational resources. Oversees the CalArb International Arbitration & ADR Writing Competition for law students and young practitioners. Supports other committees on educational matters.
Gary Benton– Chair
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Advises on membership and diversity. Oversees membership enrollment, directory, programs and communications.
Ghada Audi – Co-Chair
Fernanda Flores – Co-Chair
PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
Plans online and in-person educational programs, including monthly webinars. Supports law firms and other organizations on programming sponsored by CalArb, including joint CalArb/CLA programming as part of California International Arbitration Week. Advises on programming policies.
Charles Dick – Co-Chair
Nilufar Hossain – Co-Chair
Giorgio Sassine – Co-Chair
Marcus Quntinilla – Co-Chair
YOUNG CALARB
Promotes and coordinates activities for young practitioners and law students.
Young CalArb Steering Committee:
Katie Connolly – Co-Chair
Ernesto Hernandez – Co-Chair
Mohamed Abdelfattah
Ibrahim Ati
Larissa Barhebreus
Tuyana Molokhoeva
Yesul Pae