• Chair: Roger D. Winston (RP)
• Chair-Elect: Alan F. Rothschild, Jr. (TE)
• Real Property Division Vice-Chair: Andrew F. Palmieri (RP)
• Trust and Estate Division Vice-Chair: Tina Portuondo (TE)
• Secretary: Susan G. Talley (RP)
• Finance and Corporate Sponsorship Officer: Gideon Rothschild (TE)
• Assistant Finance and Corporate Sponsorship Officer: Jo Ann Engelhardt (TE)
• Section Delegates: David M. English (TE), Leopold Z.Sher (RP), David K.Y. Tang (RP)
• Immediate Past Chair: Steve R. Akers (TE)

The 15 RPTE Standing Committees represent the administrative and operative structure for the Section. Click on the links below to learn more about each Standing Committee.

• Groups and Substantive Committee (formerly Committee on Committees)
• Community Outreach
• Communications
• Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
• Coordination of Governmental Submissions
• Corporate Sponsorship
• Diversity
• Membership
• National Conference of Lawyers and Corporate Fiduciaries
• Nominating
• Planning
• Publications
• Section Advisory Board

The nominations committee is appointed each year and consists of five members. At least two past chairs of the Section must be appointed to the committee, and at least one member of the nominations committee can be neither a present nor former officer nor a member of the Section’s council. The nominations committee receives and consider suggestions for nominations and nominates (i) officers of the Section, Section delegates, and council members; (ii) recommends assistant secretaries; (iii) recommends, for the last Section fiscal year that a person is expected to serve as the finance and corporate sponsorship officer, an assistant finance and corporate sponsorship officer; and (iv) to the extent that notice can be given in time for the election, persons to fill vacancies in these positions for unexpired terms commencing at the next annual meeting.

2009 - 2010 Nominations Bios

If your group or committee would like to request funding, a request should be submitted by June 30, 2010. The request should include:

1. Sponsoring group(s) and/or committee(s) and primary project contact person
2. Description of the project
3. How project furthers the Section's goals
4. Project time line
5. Proposed budget

Requests will be reviewed by the executive committee in July and presented to the council at the annual meeting in August.

If you're a Section member, simply login to the RPTE website and you'll be able to access CLE program materials online approximately 2 weeks prior to each CLE meeting. A cd of program materials will also be available at each meeting.

Here are the forms and documents required for participation in our CLE programs.

• Policies and Procedures for Submission of eCLE Teleconferences
• Program Requirements to Qualify for CLE Credit
• Speaker Reimbursement and Registration Fee Policy

If you would like to set up a eCLE Teleconference/Webcast, please send an email to one of the RPTE CLE Committee Members below, and provide an outline of your topic and any suggested speakers.

• For Real Property Law eCLE, contact Sandra G Porter, sporter@carltonfields.com.
• For Trust and Estate Law eCLE, contact Bruce Tannahill, BTannahill@aegonusa.com.
• For more detailed information, access the Policies and Procedures for Submission of eCLE Teleconferences/Webcasts.

If you're a committee chair, vice chair or moderator and would like to set up a teleconference, please call Bunny Lee, Committees Coordinator, at 312-988-5651 or email her at leeb@staff.abanet.org. Bunny will email you with a call-in number and passcode, and either you or she can send out an email to all committee members notifying them of the upcoming teleconference. When a chairperson/moderator dials in, he/she will receive a voicemail prompt, "if you are the chairperson for this call, please press the "star" key." Please IGNORE this message, and the system will connect you automatically. You will hear a beep each time a new participant joins the call.

All conference call participants have the use of the following functions:

• * 6 Mute Line
• * 7 Unmute Line
• 0 0 To ask for an operator
• * * List available Commands

• NEW! Group/Committee Webmaster Instructions
• 2009-2010 Section Officers
• Standing Committees
• RP Substantive Groups and Committees
• TE Substantive Groups and Committees
• Task Forces
• Nominations Committee
• 2009 Spring Symposia
• Special Project Funding - Reserves Policy
• CLE Meeting Program Materials
• CLE Information for Group and Committee Chairs
• Instructions for Setting up eCLE Teleconferences/Webcasts
• Instructions for Setting up Teleconferences (Audio Only)

• Guide to Groups and Committees
• Policy and Procedure Manual
• RPTE Section 2009 Amended Bylaws
• 2009-2010 Leadership Reference Document
• Staff Information
• Instructions for Committee Chairs on Updating DCH Committee Web Pages