Board Members

Consisting of 32 active alumni and one current student representative, and spanning several decades of class years, members of the Law Alumni Association Board demonstrate professional excellence in the corporate, non-profit, private and public sectors. 

President

Rhonda Baker Debevec '97
Attorney, Debevec Law Firm

Vice President

Margaret "Maggie" J. Grover ‘83
Mediator, Investigator, Counselor, Workplace Solutions

Secretary / Treasurer

Bonnie McNee ’17
Managing Legal Counsel, Wolters Kluwer

Past President

Matthew O’Connell ’83
Partner, Sutter O’Connell

Members

  • Carly Cathlyn Barnes ’21; Associate, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Victoria Bonds ‘24; Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • Robert Breetz ’19; Associate, Jones Day
  • Hannah Caldwell ‘19; Thompson Hine LLP
  • McClellon “Don” Cox ’19; U.S. Attorney’s Office, No. District of Georgia
  • Judge Michelle Early ’99; Cleveland Municipal Court
  • Laura Friedman ’13; Sr. Director of Professional Development, Taft Stettinius & Hollister
  • Matt Grashoff ’13; Partner, Hahn, Loeser & Parks
  • Jeffrey Heller ‘11; Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy, LPA
  • Gabe Kaufman ’23; Associate, Thompson Hine
  • Morgan Kearse ’15; VP, Sr. Corporate Counsel, Kroll
  • Gillian Lindsay ‘08; Taft, LLP
  • Yao Liu ’14; Shareholder, Cavitch Familo & Durkin 
  • Michael Makofsky '99; Administrative Principal, McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman
  • Adam Marshall ’99; Managing Partner, Lorium Law
  • Mark McDougall ‘06; Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
  • Bonnie McNee ’17; Managing Legal Counsel, Wolters Kluwer
  • Mark Mikhaiel ’13; Partner, Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell LLP
  • Karen Greve Milton ’81; Danosky & Associates LLC
  • Michelle Reese '13; Partner, BakerHostetler
  • Ann Rowland ‘76; U.S. Justice Department (Ret.)
  • Dalpreet Saluja ‘05; Cruise
  • Stephen Schlegelmilch ’00; Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  • Jay Shapiro ’80; Partner, White and Williams LLP
  • Melanie Shakarian ’03; Dir. of Development & Communications, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
  • Myra Barsoum Stockett ’99;  Partner, Reminger Co. LPA
  • David Walbert ‘72; Parks, Chesin & Walbert, PC
  • Andrew Young ’99; Managing Partner, Truck Crash Survivors & Families