Foundation Board of Trustees

The UC Law SF Foundation generates private funds to support UC Law SF. Faculty development and student financial assistance are top funding priorities, adopted in consultation with the Chancellor & Dean. Foundation grants to UC Law SF support recruiting exceptional students, attracting a distinguished faculty, and creating innovative programs that keep UC Law SF at the forefront of excellence in legal scholarship and training.

Executive Committee

President: Thomas Gede ’81
Vice President: Jennifer W. Fung ’18
Second Vice President: Leo Martinez ’78
Third Vice President: Charanjit Brahma ’99
Secretary: Tracy Jolles Holland ’97
Treasurer: Nicholas Yoka ’16

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Thomas Gede

Foundation President | Of Counsel at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
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Jennifer W. Fung

Vice President | Attorney at KPMG LLP
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Leo Martinez ’78

Second Vice President | Emeritus Albert Abramson Professor of Law
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Charanjit Brahma

Third Vice President | Partner at Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
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Nicholas W. Yoka

Treasurer | Attorney at Panish Shea & Boyle, LLP
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Committee Chairs

Academic Engagement Committee: Judith Boyette ’81 & Phil Matthews ’77
UCLAS Liaison Committee: Kelly Matayoshi ’12 & Timothy Mills ’86
Finance Committee: Nick Yoka ’16
Fundraising Committee: Charanjit Brahma ’99,
Catherine A. Rivlin ’84 & Nicholas Yoka ’16
Nominating Committee:  Tracy Jolles Holland ’97 & J. George Hetherington ’78
Planned Giving Committee: John Koeppel ’76 & Scott Morris ’76
Stewardship Committee: Joan Cassman ’77 & Theresa Driscoll Moore ’81

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Judith Boyette

Academic Engagement Committee Co-Chair | Senior Partner at Hanson Bridgett LLP
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Phil Matthews

Academic Engagement Committee Co-Chair & Partner at Duane Morris LLP
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Kelly Matayoshi

ASUCH Liaison Committee Co-Chair | Partner at Farella Braun + Martel LLP
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Timothy Mills

ASUCH Liaison Committee Co-Chair | Mills Law Group, LLP
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Catherine A. Rivlin

Fundraising, Connecting & Giving Committee Co-Chair | Supervising Deputy Attorney General at Attorney General’s Office
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J. George Hetherington

Nominating Committee Co-Chair | Member at Yamamoto Caliboso Hetherington
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John Koeppel

Planned Giving Committee Co-Chair | Of Counsel at Law Offices of John Koeppel
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Scott Morris

Planned Giving Committee Co-Chair | Senior Vice President at Trilogy International Partners
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Joan Cassman

Stewardship Committee Co-Chair | Partner, Hanson Bridgett
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Theresa Driscoll Moore

Stewardship Committee Co-Chair | Founder at Law Office of Theresa D. Moore
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Trustees

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Dipanwita Deb Amar

Partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
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Debra Bogaards

Adjunct Professor of Law, Founder of Bogaards Law
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Alyson Cabrera

Partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
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Veronica Callahan

Partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
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Denelle M. Dixon-Thayer

Chief Executive Officer at Stellar Development Foundation
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Paulina do Amaral

Partner at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP
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Scott D. Elliott

Partner at O’Melveny & Meyers LLP
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Marilyn Klinger

Managing Partner, Salamirad Morrow Timpane Dunne
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John Lien

Vice President, Culture & People at Liquid IV
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Harvey Lung

Managing Partner at Bays, Lung, Rose, Rose & Holma
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Jane Pandell

President at Pandell Law Firm, Inc.
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Basil Plastiras

Partner & CEO at Plastiras & Terrizzi
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Rob Sall

Shareholder, Sall Spencer Callas & Krueger, ALC
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Alexa Smith

Director of Major Gifts at NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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Non-Voting Members

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Khaldoun Baghdadi

Shareholder at Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger
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Michael Kelly

Partner at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
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Carl Robertson

Principal at Warland Investments Company
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Tim Terry

General Counsel at Hartz Capital
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