Harvard Law School Association Women's Alliance Network

U.S. Chapter Leaders

The HLSA Women's Alliance is an alumnae volunteer managed organization. We are thankful for our volunteers across the United States.

For more information about our Chapter Leaders or to get involved, please email us at hlswomensalliance@gmail.com.

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  Danielle Allison '06

  Chair, Auburn, AL

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  Johanna Dyer '08

  Co-Chair, Los Angeles, CA

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  Nancy McCullough '92

  Co-Chair, Los Angeles, CA

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  Tanya Greig Perara '96

  Co-Chair, Los Angeles, CA

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  Patty Le-Narula '96

  Co-Chair, Orange County, CA

  Patty Le-Narula (’96) is a corporate attorney who’s in-house at a software company.  Among other things, Patty helps to coordinate Harvard College alumni interviewing in her area, is a board member of the Harvard Law School Association of Orange County, serves as an officer of the Harvard Law School Women’s Alliance of Orange County, and is on the steering committee of the Orange County chapter of the Alumni Network of Harvard Women.

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  Nilab Tolton '10

  Co-Chair, Orange, County, CA

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  Sarah Apsel '03

  Chair, San Diego, CA

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  Page Mailliard '86

  Chair, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, CA

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  Kirsten Malm '04

  Chair, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, CA

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  Carrie Meyers '08

  Co-Chair, San Francisco/Silicon Valley

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  Eileen O'Pray '02

  Co-Chair, San Francisco/Silicon Valley

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  Kellen Wittkop '16

  Chair, Denver, CO

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  Juliana Soares Porto Fonesca '13

  Co-Chair, Washington, DC

   

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  Michelle Grando '10

  Co-Chair, Washington, DC

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  Susanne Sachsman Grooms '02

  Co-Chair, Washington, DC

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  Maryna Kavaleuskaya '13

  Co-Chair, Washington, DC

  Maryna Kavaleuskaya is an attorney with Miller & Chevalier. She is a common and civil law trained lawyer. Her practice focuses on matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), anti-corruption due diligence reviews and compliance audits, business and human rights, and other areas of international corporate compliance. In addition to her work at Miller & Chevalier, Maryna served as a human rights and development consultant at the World Bank and as a rule of law consultant at the Rule of Law Initiative of the American Bar Association. Prior to obtaining her LL.M. degree at HLS, Maryna practiced law in Minsk, Belarus, where she focused on high-profile politically-motivated cases.

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  Megha Parekh '09

  Chair, Jacksonville, FL

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  Yordanka Valdes Delionado '00

  Co-Chair, Miami, FL

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  Stephanie Jimenez '17

  Co-Chair, Miami, FL

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  Indira Sordo '14

  Co-Chair, Miami, FL

   

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  Kai Wang '08

  Chair, Hawaii

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  Heather White '95

  Co-Chair, Hawaii

  Heather White is a Counsel at Nixon Peabody LLP specializing in public finance.  She has worked remotely for the firm from Waimea (Hawaii Island), Hawaii since 2006.  Prior to joining Nixon Peabody, Heather worked at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles.  Heather received her PhD from the University of Western Australia in 2021. 

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  Stacey Austin '04

  Co-Chair, Chicago, IL

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  Kezmen C. Clifton '17

  Co-Chair, Chicago, IL

   

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  Sally Cohen '17

  Co-Chair, Chicago, IL

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  Shannan Stamper '97

  Chair, Kentucky

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  Laura Knoll '05

  Co-Chair, Boston, MA

  Laura Knoll is a Partner in Mergers & Acquisitions at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, advising public and private companies in a broad range of transactional and corporate contexts, including acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, securities law compliance, shareholder activism defense and corporate governance. She is a co-chair of the Boston chapter of the HLSWA, committed to fostering connections between Boston area alumnae and the Harvard Law School community.

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  Ally Turner '11

  Co-Chair, Boston, MA

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  Dawn Marshall '04

  Chair, Michigan

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  Katherine (Katie) Wiik '05

  Co-Chair, Saint Paul, MN

   

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  Patricia (Tricia) Kaufman '94

  Co-Chair, Saint Paul, MN

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  Julie Chiu '88

  Chair, Charlotte, NC

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  Charu Chandrasekhar '04

  Co-Chair, New York, NY

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  Carol Crossdale '95

  Co-Chair, New York, NY

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  Bea Drechsler '87

  Co-Chair, New York

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  Dorothy DeWitt '92

  Co-Chair, New York, NY

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  Maura Grinalds Barry '91

  Co-Chair, New York, NY

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  Sarah Ames '09

  Co-Chair, Portland, OR

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  Angie Geng '18

  Co-Chair, Portland, OR

  Angie Geng is an associate in the Business practice group at Perkins Coie in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 2018.

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  Kate Kilberg '01

  Co-Chair, Portland, OR

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  Kayla (Bakshi) Brochu '99

  Co-Chair, Philadelphia, PA

  Kayla (Bakshi) Brochu  - JD/MBA 1999 – is a veteran Human Rights Lawyer and Policy Expert.  Currently, she is a Lecturer on Human Trafficking at the Elliott School of Foreign Affairs at George Washington University.  Previously, she served as a federal prosecutor, specializing in Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation.  She also previously served on the designated Expert on the issue of the impact of technology on child trafficking, exploitation and abuse for the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime.   She lives in Bryn Mawr, PA with her husband and two elementary-school-aged children.

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  Susan Vivian Mangold '87

  Co-Chair, Philadelphia, PA

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  Mary "Mae" Hunter McDonnell '09

  Co-Chair, Philadelphia, PA

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  Rangita de Silva de Alwis '94 & '97

  Co-Chair, Philadelphia, PA

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  Jana Volante Walshak '10

  Co-Chair, Pittsburgh, PA

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  Kathryn Sevier Phillips '95

  Co-Chair, Brentwood, TN

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  Rachel Saldana '04

  Chair, Austin, TX

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  Pat Villareal '80

  Co-Chair, Dallas, TX

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  Regina Montoya '79

  Co-Chair, Dallas, TX

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  Shannon Schmoyer '91

  Co-Chair, San Antonio, TX

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  Lisa Sun '97

  Chair, Utah

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  Laura McIntyre '08

  Co-Chair, Seattle, WA