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VIP’s Board of Directors

Chanda A. Miller
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Partner
Board President

Robert S. Tintner
Fox Rothschild LLP
Partner
President-Elect

Bethany R. Nikitenko
Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP
Partner
Vice President

Benjamin E. Gordon
Horn Williamson LLC
Senior Counsel
Board Secretary

Michael A. Budner
Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky P.C.
Partner
Board Co-Treasurer

Nia N. Meeks
Board Co-Treasurer

Robin C. V. Holts
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Assistant General Counsel – Senior Manager
Board Equity Officer

James Becker
Cisco Systems
Senior Counsel

Edward Brant
Chemours
Chief IP Counsel

George J. Farrell
Greenberg Traurig
Associate

Mark Fidanza
Reed Smith
Partner

Samantha J. Fitzpatrick
Watermark Retirement Communities
Director of Resident Risk

Hope Freiwald
Dechert LLP
Partner

Katelyn M. Gillece
Troutman Pepper Locke eMerge
Senior Attorney

Ethan Heller
Cozen O’Connor
Associate

Marko W. Kipa
Comcast
Deputy General Counsel

The Honorable Viktoria Kristiansson
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Kevin M. Levy
Saul Ewing LLP
Associate

Alyson Walker Lotman
Duane Morris LLP
Partner

Margaret M. McDowell
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Associate

Matthew Pilcher
TE Connectivity
Assistant General Counsel

Willie Pollins
Pollins Law Firm, LLC
Attorney

Richard L. Scheff
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Partner

Mark S. Stewart
Ballard Spahr LLP
Senior Counsel

Kathryn Van Scoy
Future Standard
Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel

Stephanie Searles Vogel
Dilworth Paxson LLP
Partner

Courtney Wilborn
Legacy Partners
Managing Partner

Ex-Officio Members

The ex-officio members for the current term are Kristine Calalang, Deborah Freedman, Christie Jones, Maureen Olives, Vikram Patel, and Ezra Wohlgelernter. The Young Lawyers Division Liaison is Charnae Supplee.