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International Law Section Staff

Leanne Pfautz
Section Director
202/662-1661
pfautzl@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Overall Management of Section operations and staff
  • Works directly with the Section Chair, Executive Committee, Administration Committee and Council

Julie Pasatiempo
Manager, Program Administration
202/662-1670
pasatiej@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Overall financial management, including budgeting, budget reports, expense reports
  • Appointments – Section and ABA
  • Leadership Directory production

Angela Benson
Director of Membership
202/662-1664
bensona@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Membership recruitment and retention initiatives
  • Liaison to Membership and Diversity Committees
  • Pathways to Employment in International Law Program
  • Internship Program

Duane Propst
Meetings Manager
202/662-1667
propstd@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Programs and meetings development, including procedures, budgets, logistics and deadlines
  • On-site management of Meetings and Programs
  • Primary contact with meeting Co-Chairs

Jenny Abreu
Senior Meeting Planner
202/662-1663
abreuj@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Sponsorship and exhibitor management
  • Media outreach
  • Marketing for meetings and programs
  • CLE Coordinator

 

Jessica Smith
Meeting Planner
202/662-1673
smithj@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Oversight of registration for seasonal meetings and stand-alone programs
  • Oversight of program proposal requests and database development of seasonal meeting programming
  • CD-ROM for seasonal meetings and stand-alone programs

Christina Heid
International Projects Director
202/662-1034
heidc@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Oversees ILEX Delegations
  • Staff Liaison to Section Special Task Forces
  • Oversight of J1 Visa Program
  • Organizes visits for international visitors

Taliaferro E. White
Committees Coordinator
202/662-1672
whitet@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Committee support including committee web site maintenance, committee newsletter design and scheduling conference calls
  • CLE teleconference support
  • Non-CLE program support including brown bags, hot topic briefings and Breakfast at the Bar Programs
  • Listserve Manager
  • Works directly with the Section Vice-Chair, Division Chairs, and Committee Leadership

Katie Van Geem
Staff Assistant - Leadership, Rule of Law and Policy
202/662-1675
vangeemk@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Assists Section Director and International Projects Director
  • Responsible for sending out Council and Administration Committee agenda books and taking minutes

Aaron Madhavan
Staff Assistant - Membership and Publications
202/662-1671
madhavaa@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Assists Section Membership Director and Committees Coordinator
  • Assists with Section publications, including The International Lawyer, International Law News and books

Adam Vogel
Technology Coordinator
202/662-1727
vogela@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Section web site, including design and maintenance of all pages

Andreea Vesa
ABA-UNDP International Legal Resource Center Director
202/662-1668
vesaa@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Identification and provision of legal experts and materials at the request of UNDP Country Offices
  • Program planning and overall management of the ABA/UNDP International Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
  • Oversight of ILRC finances
  • Outreach to ABA Sections, foreign and international bar associations, and other professional associations

Jacqueline Gichinga
ABA-UNDP International Legal Resource Center
Project Coordinator

202/662-1662
gichingj@staff.abanet.org

Responsibilities:

  • Maintains ILRC expert database, listserves, and web site
  • Provides logistical and administrative support
  • Provides follow-up for ILRC legal experts and oversees correspondence to same

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