2024-2025 Leadership
Executive Committee
Laura Abrahamson, Vice President
Jeffery Daar, First Vice President
Marcus Quintanilla, Second Vice President
Brody Greenwald, Treasurer
Giorgio Sassine, Secretary
Nilufar Hossain, Officer at Large
Ghada Qaisi Audi, Officer at Large
Dana Welch, Immediate Past President
Board of Directors
Daniel Kolkey, Chair
Laura Abrahamson
Ghada Qaisi Audi
Gary Benton
Cedric Chao
Paul Cohen
Jeffery Daar
Ruth Glick
Brody Greenwald
Sally Harpole
Drew Holiner
Nilufar Hossain
Neil Popovic
Marcus Quintanilla
Barbara Reeves
Giorgio Sassine
Steven L. Smith
Nicolas Wiegand
Dana Welch
Administration
David Pollock, Executive Director
Operating Committees
LAW FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS COMMITTEE
Advises on law firm, corporation and trade group messaging and support. 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
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
Eric Chang – 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
Tuyana Molokhoeva – Co-Chair
Anlin Ye
Gabi Lopez Stahl
Ibrahim Ati
Pragya Sharma