Board
The NDLA Board represents Notre Dame Law School alumni and consists of 16 regional representatives, one at-large representative, three alumni constituency representatives, president-elect, immediate past-president, and president. NDLA also has an active group of past presidents and advisory committee members. Visit myNotreDame for additional contact and employment information.
Notre Dame Law Association Board
President
James S. Carr, ’87 JD
(2017-2019)
President Elect
Nancy Helling Gargula ’81 JD
(2019-2020)
Region 1
(Alaska, Hawaii, Northern California, Idaho, Northern Nevada, Oregon, Washington)
Larry Ward ’98 BA, ’00 M.Ed., ’03 JD
2018-2021 (2)
Region 2
(Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota-Black Hills, Utah, Wyoming, Calgary)
Paul Hurcomb ’94 JD
2017-2020 (2)
Region 3
(Arizona, Southern California, Southern Nevada)
Hon. Daniel J. Buckley ’77 BA, ’80 JD
2017-2020 (2)
Region 4
(Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
David C. Link ’81 BBA, ’86 JD
2016-2019 (1)
Region 5
(Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska)
Jason R. Scheiderer ’01 JD
2016-2019 (1)
Region 6
(Illinois, Northwest Indiana)
John Patrick McCabe ’86 BBA, ’89 JD
2016-2019 (1)
Region 7
(Michigan)
Gregory P. Ripple, ’94 BA, ’03 JD
2017-2020 (1)
Region 8
(Indiana, Kentucky)
Jane Dall Wilson, ’03 J.D.
2018-2021 (1)
Region 9
(Ohio, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania)
Jennifer Girard Gehrlein, ’97 J.D.
2018-2021 (1)
Region 10
(New Jersey, Southern Connecticut, Southern New York)
Matthew R. Nussbaum, ’00 BA, ’04 JD
2017-2020 (1)
Region 11
(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Northern Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Kathleen P. Lundy, ’01 JD
2016-2019 (2)
Region 12
(Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Delaware)
Kate O’Scannlain ’99 BA, ’05 JD
2017-2020 (2)
Region 13/14
(Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee)
Kyle A. Owens ’01 BA
2018-2021 (2)
Region 15
(Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina)
Matthew J. Hoefling ’97 BA, ’00 JD
2016-2019 (1)
Region 16
(Cook County, Ill.)
John V. Smith, II ’79 BA, ’82 JD
2018-2021 (2)
Region 17
(Florida, Puerto Rico)
Christopher D. Avila, ’11 JD
2017-2020 (1)
Region 18
(Northern New York, Toronto)
Joseph J. Karaszewski ’88 JD
2018-2021(2)
At-Large
Julie Veldman Harris ’11 JD
2016-2019 (2)
Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, ’09 JD
2017-2020 (1)
Affinity Representative, Asian-Pacific Alumni
Gabe Tsui ’00 JD
2016-2019 (2)
Affinity Representative, Black Alumni
Cristal Brisco ’06 JD
2018-2021 (2)
Affinity Representative, Hispanic Alumni
Juan C. Castaneda ’06 JD
2016-2019 (1)
Notre Dame Law Association Past Presidents
Timothy Nickels ‘79 BA, ‘82 JD
2015-2017
Jared des Rosiers ’89 BS, ’92 JD
2013-2015
Beth Schneider Naylor ’86 JD
2012-2013
Peter Witty ’89 BS, ’97 JD
2011-2012
Thomas Cushing ’84 BBA, ’87 JD
2010-2011
David Scheper ’85 JD
2009-2010
Gregory Shumaker ’87 JD
2008-2009
Frank Julian ’82 JD
2006-2008
Hon. David Dreyer ’77 BA, ’80 JD
2005-2006
Douglas Kenyon ’76 BA, ’79 JD
2004-2005
Robert Greene ’69 JD
2003-2004
Paul Mattingly ’75 JD
2002-2003
Charles Weiss ’68 JD
2001-2002
Thomas Curtin ’68 JD
2000-2001
Richard Catenacci ’62 BA, ’65 JD
1999-2000
Notre Dame Law Association Former Board Members/Advisory Committee
William Anaya ’97 JD
Robert Barton ’72 JD
Brian Bates ’79 BA, ’86 JD
Bruce Baty ’79 BA, ’82 JD
Walter Brown ’85 JD
Hon. Christopher Coury ’91 BA, ’94 JD
Carl Eiberger ’52 BS, ’54 JD
Philip J. Faccenda ’89 BA, ’92 JD
Maureen Watz Gornik ’83 BA, ’86 JD
Mike Gurdak ’84 BA, ’87 JD
Brian E. Hammell ’03 BA, ’06 JD
Maureen Hurley ’81 JD
Elizabeth Imhoff ’82 JD
Brendan Judge ’88 BA, ’91 JD
Hon. Peter King ’68 JD
Hon. Alfred Lechner, Jr. ’72 JD
Timothy McLean ’83 BA, ’88 JD
Perry A. Napolitano ’89 JD
Lee Piovarcy ’63 JD
Hon. Thomas D. Schroeder ’84 JD
Joseph Shannon, III ’85 JD
Scott Sullivan ’76 BBA, ’79 JD
Hon. Elizabeth F. Tavitas ’85 BA, ’90 JD
Patrick Van Tiflin ’76 JD
Zhidong Wang ’94 JD
Mark A. Wattley ’91 JD
Maureen Reidy Witt ’80 JD
Emeritus Members
Ellen LaBerge ’83 JD
In Memoriam
M. Ellen Carpenter, ’79 JD
James Gillece, Jr. ’69 JD
Anne Marie Finch, ’86 PLS, ’89 JD