Brittany N. James

Program Manager

Brittany N. James serves as Program Manager for LCD. Joining the LCD Team in 2018, Brittany has been an integral part in the expansion of our membership and mission through her facilitation of programming aimed at diversifying Connecticut’s legal profession. For more than a decade, Brittany has dedicated her career to work that benefits the citizens of Connecticut through the legal, business and environmental sectors. With a Master’s Degree in Communication and Information Management, she’s helped facilitate the growth and development of organizations like LCD, as well companies such as EverSource Energy, Connecticut Water and Power, Yankee Gas, and others.

contact@lcd-ne.org

Joelle A. Murchison

Founder & Principal, ExecMommyGroup (EMG)

Joelle A. Murchison combines her passion and expertise in education, equity & inclusion and communications in her work as the Founder & Principal of ExecMommyGroup LLC (EMG), an inclusion and leadership strategic consulting practice.

A career diversity and inclusion champion, Murchison, a graduate of Brown University, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, also currently serves as the Executive Director of The Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity and as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Connecticut School of Business.

A native of Queens, and raised in Long Island, NY, Joelle takes her professional and leadership queues from her mother, a trailblazer in her own right, who was the first African American woman manager in the Social Security Administration in the 1970s. Joelle began her career in higher education followed by a stint in the non-profit sector; then transitioning to corporate America – first with United Technologies and then as the inaugural Chief Diversity Officer at Travelers Insurance. Murchison returned to higher education in 2016 as the inaugural Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Connecticut where she served before launching EMG.

A recipient of numerous awards, Joelle serves as the chair of the board of RE-Center Race and Equity in Education and is a member of the board of directors and chair of the Human Capital and Diversity committee for College Possible, a national nonprofit focused on college access. In 2020, Joelle was elected to serve as a trustee of the Corporation of Brown University, the university’s decision-making body and currently serves as the chair of the Corporation’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion standing committee. 

Additionally in her most demanding yet fulfilling role, Joelle is the mother of four children between the ages of 7 and 18 who are the wind beneath her wings. At her core, she is passionate about encouraging and inspiring all people to reach their highest potential and about creating space for open dialogue to enhance inclusion and understanding. 

  860.937.6271

Calvin K. Woo

Partner
Verrill Dana LLP

cwoo@verrill-law.com

Tyler I. Williams

George W. Crawford
Black Bar Association Representative
Associate
Berchem Moses, PC

Richard J. Wasserman

Partner
Day Pitney LLP

rjwasserman@daypitney.com

Evan Seideman

Partner
Holland & Knight LLP

evan.seideman@hklaw.com

James M. Sconzo

Shareholder
Carlton Fields, P.A.

JSconzo@carltonfields.com

Leonard Rodriguez

Deputy General Counsel
Avangrid

Leonard.Rodriguez@avangrid.com

Lucas Rocklin

Partner
Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.

Lrocklin@npmlaw.com

Moyahoena N. Ogilvie

Partner
McCarter & English, LLP

mogilvie@mccarter.com

Eboni S. Nelson

Dean and Professor of Law
University of Connecticut
School of Law

eboni.nelson@uconn.edu

John H. Mutchler

Partner
Murtha Cullina LLP

jmutchler@murthalaw.com

Andrea Lockenour

Partner
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation

andrea.lockenour@boehringer-ingelheim.com

Tamu Lewis

Partner
Finn Dixon & Herling LLP

tlewis@fdh.com

John Lynch

Partner
Robinson & Cole LLP

jlynch@rc.com

Steven Lapp

Partner
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP

slapp@mdmc-law.com

Jessica Grossarth Kennedy

Partner
Pullman & Comley LLC

jkennedy@pullcom.com

Kyle R. Johnson

Partner
Brown Rudnick LLP

kjohnson@brownrudnick.com

Gabriel J. Jiran

Partner
Shipman & Goodwin LLP

gjiran@goodwin.com

Sabrina Houlton

Executive Director,
Associate General Counsel
& Chief Privacy Officer
Raytheon Technologies

sabrina.houlton@rtx.com

Janet M. Helmke-Elmore

Senior Counsel
Eversource Energy

janet.helmke-elmore@eversource.com

Theresa Guertin

Partner
Saxe, Doernberger & Vita, P.C.

tag@sdvlaw.com

Marilyn J. Ford

Professor of Law
Quinnipiac School of Law

marilyn.ford@quinnipiac.edu

Julie Datres

Staff Attorney
Office of Consumer Counsel

julie.datres@ct.gov

Gregory Chase
CHBA Representative
Counsel
Travelers

GCHASE@travelers.com

Albino M. Caporale

Executive Director
CATIC Exchange

acaporale@caticexchange.com

Rashimi Chandra

SABAC Representative

rashmichandra246@gmail.com

Kevin Budge

Partner
Wiggin and Dana LLP

KBudge@wiggin.com

Dan A. Brody

CAPABA Representative
Associate
Robinson & Cole LLP

dbrody@rc.com

Tanya A. Bovee

Managing Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.

boveet@jacksonlewis.com

Dr. Bridgette Baldwin

Professor of Law
Western New England University
School of Law

bridgette.baldwin@law.wne.edu

Noble F. Allen

Partner
Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP

nallen@hinckleyallen.com

Ginny Kim

LCD Treasurer
Assistant General Counsel,
Chief Compliance and
Diversity Officer
Office of Treasurer

treasurer@lcd-ne.org

Inez Diaz Galloza

LCD President Elect
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Attorney General

Marilyn.ford@quinnipiac.edu

Marie Caroline Bertrand

LCD Secretary
Partner
Day Pitney LLP

mbertrand@daypitney.com

Deirdre M. Daly

LCD President
Partner
Finn Dixon & Herling LLP

ddaly@fdh.coms