Board
Officers
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Colleen Kelly Faherty
President
Colleen is an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Federal Initiatives within the Executive Division…
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Yan Fu
First Vice President
Yan is a civil rights and employment lawyer and the founder of The Fu Firm PLLC…
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Cristina Quiñones-Betancourt
Vice President, Law School Division
Cristina is a Supervising Attorney at Hudson Valley Justice Center (“HVJC”)…
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Maya Brodziak
Vice President, College Division
Maya is an associate at Sher Tremonte LLC, focusing on complex criminal litigation and criminal defense…
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Dianisbeth Acquie
Vice President, High School Division
Dianisbeth currently leads the Office of Judicial Careers at Columbia Law School…
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Kwok Kei Ng
Deputy Vice President, High School Division
Kwok is an Associate Court Attorney in New York City Civil Court, Kings County. In his previous position, he worked as an…
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Hannah Colter
Deputy Vice President, College Division
Hannah is an associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen, & Hamilton, LLP, where she focuses on investigations, enforcement, civil litigation, and pro bono matters…
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Marya Burnette Carter
Acting Secretary
Marya is an associate at Perkins Coie LLP., where she focuses on commercial litigation and a variety of pro bono matters…
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Christine Gibbs
Deputy Treasurer
Christine is a law student at Columbia Law School and will be with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom upon graduation…
Directors
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Judge Pamela K. Chen
Board Chair
Pamela K. Chen is a federal district judge in the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. She was nominated to the federal bench in January 2013 by President Barack Obama…
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Judge Peggy Kuo
Director
Peggy Kuo is a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. She was appointed on October 9, 2015. She received a B.A. summa cum laude in history from Yale…
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Celina Cabán Gandhi
Founder & Director
Celina Cabán Gandhi is the Founder and Director of the Sotomayor Program. She is currently a staff attorney with Manhattan Legal Services…
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Rahul Agarwal
Director
Rahul Agarwal is the Deputy Chief Counsel in the Office of Counsel to the Mayor of New York City. Prior to joining the the Mayor’s…
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Elaine Chiu
Director
Elaine Chiu is Professor of Law and the Director of the Ronald H. Brown Center of Civil Rights at St. John’s University School of Law in New York City…
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Karen Leyva-Drivin
Director
Karen Leyva-Drivin serves as legal counsel for Bloomberg L.P. where she handles commercial transactional matters while serving as co-chair of the Pro Bono Program…
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Linda S. Lin
Director
Linda S. Lin is the founder of the Law School Division of the Sotomayor Program (formerly Joint Minority Bar Judicial Internship Program, which merged with the Sotomayor Program in 2015)…
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Anna Stowe
Director
Anna Stowe is the Chief Operating Officer for Hecker Fink. She is responsible for managing and overseeing the firm’s daily business operations…
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Sahng-Ah Yoo
Director
Sahng-Ah Yoo is a litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, with experience in complex federal litigation…
Committees
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Eydsa La Paz
Education Director
Eydsa is the HQ-based Compliance Counsel aligned with the Latin America (LAD) region…
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Cheska Tolentino
Alumni Committee Chair
Cheska assists clients nationwide navigating complex business litigation, with an emphasis on health and life sciences…
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Daniza Tazabekova
Board Intern
Daniza is a junior studying political science and English literature at Middlebury College…