Officers

George Field '78, President
George Field is a partner at Burns & Levinson LLP, and was a member of the former Alumni Council. Prior to joining Burns & Levinson, George was the founding partner and Partner in Charge of the Boston office of Verrill Dana, LLP. In the past, George served as Board member for Alumni Programs and as chair of the Law Day Committee for several years.

Chris Dillon '88, President Elect
Chris is a partner at Gibson Dunn in San Francisco.  Prior to joining this firm, he was a partner at Union Square Advisors, a financial and strategic advisory firm focusing on the technology sector.  

Barbara Cusumano '08, Vice President
Barbara is an attorney at Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP in New York. She is an experienced volunteer both as a student and an alumna. She was LSA Vice President as a 3L and led her class gift effort to record highs of giving and participation. She is currently the New York Chapter Leader.

Kevin Curtin ’88, Secretary
Kevin serves as the Senior Supervisor, Appeals and Training Bureau, for Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone, Jr. Kevin has tried approximately 100 jury cases and has handled approximately 100 appeals. He was previously our Alumni Board member for Reunions & Classes.

Tom Burton ’96, Treasurer
Tom is founder and chair of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo’s Energy and Clean Tech Practice Group. Tom regularly represents emerging growth Energy and Clean Technology and Life Sciences companies, as well as larger established public companies. He was previously our Alumni Board member for Career Services.

Marty Ebel '94, Immediate Past President 
Marty is the Director of the Houston District of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Prior to that, he had been a Commissioner at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) since 2006.  Marty was a member of the former Alumni Council.

Board Members

Earl Adams, Jr. '02, Communications and Media
Earl is of counsel at DLA Piper in Baltimore. Prior to this position, Earl was Chief of Staff to the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland.  

Brigida Benitez ’93, Admissions
Brigida is Chief of the Office of Institutional Integrity at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC, where she handles all fraud investigations. Prior to this position she was a partner at Wilmer Hale.

Lynda Connolly ’74, Advocacy Programs
After practicing law for 22 years and raising four children, Lynda is now Chief justice of the District Court - the largest and busiest department of the Massachusetts Trial Court.

Margie Palladino ’85, Reunion & Classes
Margie Palladino is principal of Reunions Reinvented LLC, a business that generates momentum for reunions and helps alumni reconnect with each other and their school. Margie was a partner at the Boston law office of Sherburne, Powers and Needham (now known as Holland and Knight) where she practiced litigation for over 12 years and served as the firm’s hiring chairperson. She was the inaugural recipient of the Boston College Law School’s Outstanding Reunion Volunteer Award for generating record attendance for her class’s 25th Reunion in 2010.

Steven Riden ’99, Career Services
Stephen Riden is a founding partner of Beck Reed Riden LLP, a litigation and employment boutique in Boston. Prior to starting Beck Reed Riden LLP, he was a Senior Counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP. In 2010, Stephen received BC Law School’s Chapter Award for Boston. Stephen established and administers the BC Law School group on LinkedIn, which boasts more than 2,000 members. Stephen is a member of the Boston Chapter and Law Day Committees.

Pat Rocha ’82, Regional Chapters
Pat is a partner at Adler Pollack in Providence RI. She is a longtime BC Law volunteer, serving as Rhode Island Chapter Leader and as an associate member of the Board of Overseers. Pat received the 2011 Law Day Chapter Award for her work with the Rhode Island Alumni Chapter.

Ingrid Chiemi Schroffner ‘95, Affinity Groups
Ingrid is an Assistant General Counsel at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.  Prior to this position, she practiced at Burns Levinson, clerked for Chief Justice Warner (Massachusetts Appeals Court), and clerked for the Massachusetts Superior Court justices. Ingrid serves on the BC Law Boston Alumni Chapter Leadership Team.

Joseph M. Vanek '87, Annual Giving
Joe Vanek is a partner of Vanek, Vickers & Masini, P.C. in Chicago and co-founder of Automark Technology Systems LLC, which developed a ballot machine to be used by voters with disabilities. For the past five years Joe has served on the Board of Overseers.

Elaine (Shimkin) Ventola '94, Student Programs
Elaine is currently an Assistant Director for J.D. Advising at Harvard Law School. Prior to this position, Elaine was an associate at Hale and Dorr (now WilmerHale) and then an associate and Senior Training Manager at Goodwin Procter. Elaine has been an active and dedicated volunteer on our Mentoring Committee, and was instrumental in restructuring the program in 2009 to focus on matching students and alumni in both the practice area and geographic area in which they want to practice.

Mark Warner '89, Alumni Programs
Mark is a partner at Witmer Karp, Warner & Ryan where he concentrates his practice in divorce and other family law cases. Mark is the current Co-Chair of the Law Day Committee, and awardee of the 1st annual Boston Chapter Law Day Award.