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Business Law Leadership

Officers

Chair
David Popham Broughton | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Immediate Past Chair
Ritchie W. Taylor | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
Secretary
Jonathan L. Jenkins | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Treasurer
Andrew David Steffensen | Schell Bray PLLC
Vice-Chair
Jennifer Weaver | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA

Ex-Officio

Communities Manager
Sherard Johnson | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA Executive Director
Jason M. Hensley | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA President
Patti West Ramseur | Ramseur Maultsby LLP
NCBA President-Elect
Kimberly H. Stogner | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Council Members

Melissa Williams Bailey | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Donna Ray Berkelhammer
Brooks Freeman Bossong | Maynard Nexsen PC
Edward Chaney | Schell Bray PLLC
Lisa Marie Crandall | PLG Law
Charles Eugene Davis III | Poyner Spruill LLP
Robert Edward Duggins | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Seth M. Huffstetler | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
James Robert Jolley | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
April E. Kight | Schell Bray PLLC
Kimberly E. Zirkle | Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Committee Leadership

Business Corporations Committee Chair
Heyward Dubose Armstrong | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
CLE Committee Chair
Jennifer Weaver | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Edward Chaney | Schell Bray PLLC
Communications Chair
Andrew David Steffensen | Schell Bray PLLC
Franchise Law Committee Chair
Ritchie W. Taylor | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
Ethics Committee Chair
Brooks Freeman Bossong | Maynard Nexsen PC
Legislative Committee Chair
Stephen Fredericks Later | Robbins May & Rich LLP
LLC and Other Unincorporated Entities Committee
John William Babcock | Wall Babcock LLP
Membership & Diversity Committee Chair
Kimberly E. Zirkle | Moore & Van Allen PLLC
Mergers & Acquisitions Committee Chair
April E. Kight | Schell Bray PLLC
Mergers & Acquisitions Committee Chair
Robert Edward Duggins | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Mergers & Acquisitions Committee Chair
Mark Thomas Cain | Schell Bray PLLC
Nominations Committee Chair
Ritchie W. Taylor | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
Nonprofit Organizations Committee Chair
Robert W. Saunders | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Pro Bono Committee Chair
Donna Ray Berkelhammer
Secretary of State Liaison
Jennifer Weaver | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
Technology Committee Co-Chair
Jonathan L. Jenkins | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Technology Committee Co-Chair
Carolyn Whitney Minshall | Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
YLD Liaison
Joseph Newlon | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP