Board

Officers

  • Colleen Kelly Faherty

    President

    Colleen is an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Federal Initiatives within the Executive Division…

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  • Yan Fu

    First Vice President

    Yan is a civil rights and employment lawyer and the founder of The Fu Firm PLLC…

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  • Cristina Quiñones-Betancourt

    Vice President, Law School Division

    Cristina is a Supervising Attorney at Hudson Valley Justice Center (“HVJC”)…

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  • Maya Brodziak

    Vice President, College Division

    Maya is an associate at Sher Tremonte LLC, focusing on complex criminal litigation and criminal defense…

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  • Dianisbeth Acquie

    Vice President, High School Division

    Dianisbeth currently leads the Office of Judicial Careers at Columbia Law School…

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  • Kwok Kei Ng

    Deputy Vice President, High School Division

    Kwok is an Associate Court Attorney in New York City Civil Court, Kings County. In his previous position, he worked as an…

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  • Hannah Colter

    Deputy Vice President, College Division

    Hannah is an associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen, & Hamilton, LLP, where she focuses on investigations, enforcement, civil litigation, and pro bono matters…

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  • Marya Burnette Carter

    Acting Secretary

    Marya is an associate at Perkins Coie LLP., where she focuses on commercial litigation and a variety of pro bono matters…

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  • Christine Gibbs

    Deputy Treasurer

    Christine is a law student at Columbia Law School and will be with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom upon graduation…

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Directors

  • Judge Pamela K. Chen

    Board Chair

    Pamela K. Chen is a federal district judge in the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. She was nominated to the federal bench in January 2013 by President Barack Obama…

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  • Judge Peggy Kuo

    Director

    Peggy Kuo is a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. She was appointed on October 9, 2015. She received a B.A. summa cum laude in history from Yale…

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  • Celina Cabán Gandhi

    Founder & Director

    Celina Cabán Gandhi is the Founder and Director of the Sotomayor Program. She is currently a staff attorney with Manhattan Legal Services…

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  • Rahul Agarwal

    Director

    Rahul Agarwal is the Deputy Chief Counsel in the Office of Counsel to the Mayor of New York City. Prior to joining the the Mayor’s…

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  • Elaine Chiu

    Director

    Elaine Chiu is Professor of Law and the Director of the Ronald H. Brown Center of Civil Rights at St. John’s University School of Law in New York City…

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  • Karen Leyva-Drivin

    Director

    Karen Leyva-Drivin serves as legal counsel for Bloomberg L.P. where she handles commercial transactional matters while serving as co-chair of the Pro Bono Program…

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  • Linda S. Lin

    Director

    Linda S. Lin is the founder of the Law School Division of the Sotomayor Program (formerly Joint Minority Bar Judicial Internship Program, which merged with the Sotomayor Program in 2015)…

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  • Anna Stowe

    Director

    Anna Stowe is the Chief Operating Officer for Hecker Fink. She is responsible for managing and overseeing the firm’s daily business operations…

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  • Sahng-Ah Yoo

    Director

    Sahng-Ah Yoo is a litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, with experience in complex federal litigation…

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Committees

  • Eydsa La Paz

    Education Director

    Eydsa is the HQ-based Compliance Counsel aligned with the Latin America (LAD) region…

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  • Cheska Tolentino

    Alumni Committee Chair

    Cheska assists clients nationwide navigating complex business litigation, with an emphasis on health and life sciences…

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  • Daniza Tazabekova

    Board Intern

    Daniza is a junior studying political science and English literature at Middlebury College…

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