Leadership

Professional Activities

Committed to professionalism, I am deeply involved with multiple professional organizations. I have held or currently hold the following leadership positions:

Leadership Positions

Legal:

American Bar Association
- Co-Chair – Dispute Resolution Committee, Arbitration Committee (2024 – present)
- Co-Chair – Dispute Resolution Committee, International Committee (2022 – 2023)
- Chair – Dispute Resolution Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (2018 – 2019)
- Chair-Elect – Dispute Resolution Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (2017 – 2018)
- Vice-Chair – Dispute Resolution Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (2016 – 2017)
- Vice-Chair – International Litigation Committee, International Law Section (2016)

Association of Commercial and Transactional ADR Professionals (ACT-ADR)
- Founder (2024)
- Treasurer (2024 – present)

Association of Attorney Mediators
- Board of Directors (2022 – present)
- Executive Committee, Illinois Chapter (2019 – 2022)

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators North America Branch
- Chairperson – North America Branch (2018)
- Vice Chair – Training (2019 -2021; 2016 – 2018)
- Board of Directors, North America Branch (2015 – 2023)

Business:

National Association of Corporate Directors
- Board Leadership Fellow
Private Directors Association

Professional Organizations

Legal

Academy of Court-Appointed Neutrals (ACAN)
ADR Institute of Canada
ADR Institute of Ontario
ADR Institute of Alberta
American Arbitration Association (AAA)
- Arbitration Panel of Neutrals:
  - Large / Complex Commercial Disputes
  - Joint Ventures
  - Mergers & Acquisitions
  - General Commercial
  - Mediation Panel of Neutrals: [this bullet should be positioned under the Arbitration Panel of Nuetrals header bullet]
    - Master Mediator Panel
    - General Commercial
American Bar Association (ABA)
- Section Memberships: Business Law Section; Dispute Resolution Section (Arbitration, International and Mediation Committees); Section of Litigation (ADR / Settlement, Corporate Counsel and Legal Ethics Committees); International Law Section (International Litigation Committee)
American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
- Panel of Neutrals
Association of Attorney Mediators (AAM)
Association of Commercial and Transactional ADR Professionals (ACT-ADR)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
Chicago Bar Association
International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)
- Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators
International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)
- Panel of Distinguished Neutrals (Arbitrators and Mediators)
  - Real Estate
  - Insurance Policy Holder Coverage
  - General Commercial