Executive Committee
Chair, Advisory Board
Prof. Charles H. Brower, II
Wayne State University Law School
Detroit
Senior Vice Chair
Rachael Kent
WilmerHale
Washington, D.C.
Chair - Academic Council
Dr. Crina Baltag
Queen Mary University of London
London
Vice Chairs
Elliot Friedman
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
New York
Barton Legum
Honlet Legum Arbitration
Paris
Silvia Marchili
White & Case LLP
Miami
Kevin O’Gorman
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Houston
Noradèle Radjai
Lalive
Geneva
Natalie Reid
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
New York
Members-at-Large
Christian Leathley
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
London
Dietmar Prager
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
New York
Sylvia Tonova
Pinsent Masons
London
Vice Chairs, Academic Council
Prof. Dr. Eric De Brabandere
Leiden Law School
Leiden
Interim Dean Mark Feldman
Peking University
School of Transnational Law
Shenzhen
Practice Committee Chairs
Chair, Americas Initiative
Julio César Rivera (h)
Marval O’Farrell Mairal
Buenos Aires
Chair, In-House Counsel Committee
Alberto Ravell
ConocoPhillips
Houston
Chair, Young ITA
Ciara Ros
Freeths LLP
London
Strategic Committee Chairs
Co-Chairs, Communications Committee
Rachel Howie
Dentons
Calgary
Samuel Pape
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
London
Co-Chairs, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Hamid Abdulkareem
Three Crowns
London
Christina L. Beharry
Foley Hoag
Washington, D.C.
Co-Chairs, Membership Committee
Julie Bédard
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
New York
Aaron Rofkahr
Chevron Corp.
San Ramon
Laura Sinisterra
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
New York
Co-Chairs, Programs Committee
Dr. Kabir Duggal
Arnold & Porter
New York
Hugh Meighen
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Toronto
Diora Ziyaeva
Dentons
New York
Co-Chairs, Strategic Planning Committee
Luke Sobota
Three Crowns LLP
Washington, D.C.
Sarah Vasani
Vasani International Arbitration Ltd.
London
Editors
Editor, News & Notes
Hansel T. Pham
White & Case
Washington, D.C.
General Editor, ITA Board of Reporters/ITA Arbitration Report/KluwerArbitration.com
Prof. Roger P. Alford
University of Notre Dame, The Law School
Notre Dame
Co-Managing Editors, ITA Board of Reporters/ITA Arbitration Report/KluwerArbitration.com
Dr. Crina Baltag
Associate Professor
Queen Mary University of London
London
Monique Sasson
DeliSasson
Milan
Co-Editors-in-Chief, ITA in Review
Rafael T. Boza
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Houston
Charles B. (Chip) Rosenberg
Diamond McCarthy LLP
Washington, D.C.
Task Forces
Co-Chairs, Arbitrator Task Force
Chiann Bao
Independent Arbitrator
Singapore
Michael Mcilwrath
MDisputes
Florence
Co-Chairs, Asia Task Force
Dr. Kabir Duggal
Columbia University / Akin
New York
Interim Dean Mark Feldman
Peking University
School of Transnational Law
Shenzhen
Nicholas Lingard
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Singapore
Co-Chairs, Europe Task Force
Dr. Richard Happ
Luther
Hamburg
Dr. Cosmin Vasile
Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners
Bucharest
Co-Chairs, Experts Task Force
Allan B. Moore
Covington & Burling LLP
Washington, D.C.
Tim D. Rooney
Baker & O'Brien, Inc.
Dallas
Chair, Life Sciences Task Force
Thomas W. Walsh
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
New York
Co-Chairs, MENA Task Force
Erin Miller Rankin
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Dubai
Jonathan H. Sutcliffe
K&L Gates LLP
Dubai
Chair, Nominations Task Force
Michael Ostrove
DLA Piper
New York
Chair, Publications Task Force
Ann Ryan Robertson
Independent Arbitrator
Houston
Co-Chairs, Rule of Law Task Force
Stavros Brekoulakis
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Prof. Donald Earl Childress III (Trey)
Pepperdine University School of Law
Malibu
Chair, Technology Task Force
Kathleen Paisley
AMBOS
Brussels
Co-Chairs, UNCITRAL Task Force
Dr. Crina Baltag
Queen Mary University of London
London
Kiera Gans
DLA Piper
New York
Thomas Innes
Steptoe
London
Co-Chairs, 2027 Workshop
Prof. Donald Earl (Trey) Childress III
Pepperdine University School of Law
Malibu
Montserrat Manzano
Von Wobeser y Sierra
Mexico City
Kevin O’Gorman
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Houston
Past Chairs
R. Doak Bishop
King & Spalding LLP
Houston
The Hon. Charles N. Brower
20 Essex Street Chambers
Washington, D.C.
Donald Francis Donovan
Arbitration Chambers
New York
Joseph E. Neuhaus
Neuhaus Arbitration
New York
Lucy F. Reed
Arbitration Chambers – Hong Kong/London/New York
New York
Tomasz J. Sikora
Senior Counsel
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Houston
Abby Cohen Smutny
White & Case LLP
Washington, D.C.
Ex-Officio
Thomas (T.L.) Cubbage
President
The Center for American and International Law
Plano
Jay E. Ray
Director
Institute for Transnational Arbitration
Plano