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2017-2018 Committee Year

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Officers

Chair

Ryan M. Baron
Santa Ana

Co-Vice Chairs

Caroline Fowler
Santa Rosa

Scott C. Smith
Irvine

Treasurer

Bernadette S. Curry
Fairfield

Secretary

Christopher J. Diaz
Walnut Creek

Immediate Past Chair

John M. Appelbaum
Sacramento

Members

Alex Calero
San Diego

Charles A. N. Carriere
San Francisco

Katherine A. Cook
Sacramento

Carmen Gibbs
Sacramento

Kathleen Kane
Burlingame

Leslie R. Lopez
West Sacramento

Tara Newman
Los Angeles

Eugene Park
Oakland

Holly Rickett
Santa Rosa

Tiffani L. Shin
Long Beach

Christopher Whitman
Martinez

Christine N. Wood
Los Angeles

Advisors

Justine R. Block
Los Angeles

Jodi L. Cleesattle
San Diego

Scott Dickey
San Francisco

David H. King
Torrance

Donna R. Mooney
Alameda

Elizabeth G. Pianca
San Jose

Rachel H. Sommovilla
Richmond

Brian E. Washington
Oakland

Arthur Wylene
Red Bluff

California Lawyers Association Staff

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Annie Tsai
San Francisco
415-795-7184

Director of Governmental Affairs

Saul Bercovitch
415-795-7326

Director of Sections

Tricia Horan
San Francisco
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