The National Executive Committee (NEC) is the board of directors for the National Lawyers Guild. It serves to coordinate the wide variety of activities undertaken by Guild chapters, committees and projects. The NEC is comprised of active guild members. Board membership is determined by election at the Guild's annual convention.
National Officers
- David Gespass, President
- Azadeh Shahshahani, President-Elect
- Ian Head, Executive Vice President
- Renee Sanchez, Executive Vice President
- Roxana Orrell, Treasurer
- Teague Gonzalez, National Vice President
- Adrienne Wheeler, National Vice President
- Zak Wolfe, National Vice President
- Marcus Kryshka and Traci Yoder, National Vice Presidents for Legal Workers
- Nadia Kayyali and Jean Stevens, National Vice President for Students
- Mumia AbuÂ-Jamal, National Vice President for Jailhouse Attorneys
Regional Vice Presidents
- Rob Yanagida and Lisa Knox, Vice Presidents of the Far West Region
- Steve Gotzler and Michele Grant, Vice Presidents of the Mid-Atlantic Region
- Tony Paris and Rachel Rosnick, Vice Presidents of the Mideast Region
- Molly Armour, Vice President of the Midwest Region
- GrĂ¡inne O'Neill and Aaron Frishberg, Vice Presidents of the Northeast Region
- Martha Schmidt and Erica Rothman, Vice Presidents of the Northwest Region
- Anne O'Berry, Vice President of the Southern Region
- Sarah Erlinder, Vice President of the Southwest Region
- Robert Schmid and James Branum, Vice Presidents of the Texoma Region
National Office Staff
- Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director
- Nathan Tempey, Communications Coordinator
- Abi Hassen, Mass Defense Coordinator
- Jamie Munro, Membership Coordinator
Committee Representatives
- Garrett Wright, and Jessie Hahn, Anti-Racism Committee
- Aliya Karmali, Anti-Sexism Committee
- Aaron Frishberg, Disability Rights Committee
- Jeanne Mirer and Natasha Lycia Bannan, International Committee
- Matt Ross, Labor & Employment Committee
- Carol Sobel and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Mass Defense Committee
- Kathy Johnson, Military Law Task Force
- Brigitt Keller, National Police Accountability Project
- Beth Baltimore and Jessica Fry, NextGen Committee
- Nebula Li and Dana Christensen, Queer Caucus
- Bacilio Mendez II and Malika Chatterji, TUPOCC
