Board of Governors

    The State Bar of Arizona Board of Governors oversees the policy making and operations of the organization. The Board is comprised of 29 people: four non-attorney, public members; three at-large members and three district governors appointed by the Arizona Supreme Court; 16 attorney members elected by fellow Bar members in their district; and three ex-officio members (immediate past president/board advisor and the deans of Arizona's two law schools).

    Official Board minutes are approved at the subsequent meeting.


     

    President


    Samuel J. Saks
    Phone: 602.888.0725

       

    President-Elect

    Doreen N. McPaul
    Phone: 928.338.2537

       

    Vice President

    Kelsi Lane
    Phone: 602.277.2010

       

    Secretary-Treasurer

    D. Christopher Russell

    D. Christopher Russell
    Phone: 520.458.7246

       

    Young Lawyers Division President

     

    Rachel Romaniuk
    Phone: 602.478.3288

     

       

    District 1 (Apache, Coconino, Mohave and Navajo Counties)

    David J. Johns
    Phone: 928.864.6224

       

    District 2 (Yavapai County)

    Russell Duerksen
    Phone: 928.636.1884

       

    District 3 (Gila, Graham, Greenlee Counties)

    Preston L. Pollock
    Phone: 928.402.1125

       

    District 4 (Cochise County)

    D. Christopher Russell

    D. Christopher Russell
    Phone: 520.458.7246

       

    District 5 (Pima, Santa Cruz Counties)

    Louis Fidel
    Phone: 520.622.6900

     

       

    Amy Hernandez
    Phone: 520.209.1857

    District 5 Governor (Supreme Court appointment)

     

       

     

    Ted Schmidt
    Phone: 520.545.1670

    Board Advisor

    Immediate Past President 2024-2025

     

     

     

     

    District 6 (Maricopa County)

    J. Damon Ashcraft
    Phone: 602.382.6389

    Heather Baker-Mushkatel
    Phone: 623.889.0691

    Rebecca Baker
    Phone: 602.506.3411

    District 6 Governor (Supreme Court Appointment)

       

    Jena Decker-Xu
    Phone: 480.305.2843

       

    Robert J. McWhirter
    Phone: 480.980.0696

    David B. Rosenbaum

    David B. Rosenbaum
    Phone: 602.640.9345

    District 6 Governor (Supreme Court appointment)

    Thomas Ryan
    Phone: 480.963.3333

     

    Chloé Woods
    Phone: 202.718.4573

    District 7 (La Paz, Yuma Counties)

    Jimmie Dee Smith

    Jimmie Dee Smith
    Phone: 928.783.7809

       

    District 8 (Pinal County)

    Denis M. Fitzgibbons

    Denis M. Fitzgibbons
    Phone: 520.426.3824



    Ex-Officio Members

    Interim Dean Jason Kreag
    Phone: 520.621.1498

       

    Dean Stacy Leeds
    Phone:  480.965.6618

       

    Public Governors (Supreme Court appointments)

    Cedric Dave
    Phone: 480.206.5537

     

       

    Mignonne Hollis
    Phone: 520.458.6948

    Jack Lunsford

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Cortez W. Smith
    Phone: 520.621.3373

    At-Large Governors (Supreme Court appointments)

       

    David K. Byers

    David K. Byers
    Phone: 602.452.3307

    John Graham