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NACUA's 2024-2025 Board of Directors

Officers

Chair

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

Chair-Elect

Vice President and General Counsel
University of Michigan

Secretary

THERESE LEONE
Chief Laboratory Counsel
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Treasurer

DARRON FARHA
Vice President and General Counsel
Valparaiso University

Immediate Past Chair

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

Members-at-Large

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 Secretary of the University
Saint Louis University

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

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