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NYIAC’s Directors and Advisors

NYIAC’s professional leadership works with New York’s international arbitration leaders who serve as members of NYIAC’s Executive Committee, its Additional Members of the Board of Directors and its Committee Chairs.  NYIAC’s Founding Chair is Judith S. Kaye.  NYIAC is also guided by a Global Advisory Board, comprising leading international arbitration practitioners, academics, and institutional leaders from around the globe.

NYIAC Officers & Executive Committee Members

Louis B. Kimmelman,
Kimmelman Arbitration
Chair
Jeffrey A. Rosenthal,
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
First Vice Chair / Director
Frances E. Bivens,
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Second Vice Chair / Director
Carla Chavich,
Compass Lexecon
Treasurer
Gaëlle E. Tribié,
Sidley Austin LLP
Secretary
Aldo A. Badini,
Winston & Strawn LLP
Executive Committee (Class of 2023)
Elliot Friedman,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Executive Committee (Class of 2023)
David Z. Pinsky,
Covington & Burling LLP
Executive Committee (Class of 2023)
Martin F. Gusy,
Bracewell LLP
Executive Committee (Class of 2024)
Tracy R. High,
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Executive Committee (Class of 2024)
Caline Mouawad,
Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
Executive Committee (Class of 2024)
Amal Bouchenaki,
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Executive Committee (Class of 2025)
Gregory A. Litt A.,
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Executive Committee (Class of 2025)
Marisa Marinelli,
Holland & Knight LLP
Executive Committee (Class of 2025)

Additional Members of the NYIAC Board of Directors

Patrick W. Pearsall,
Allen & Overy LLP
David Zaslowsky,
Baker McKenzie LLP
Laura R. Zimmerman (Alternate Director),
Baker McKenzie LLP
Jonathan D. Schiller,
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Philip Korologos (Alternate Director),
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Hon. Barbara Jones (Ret.) (Alternate Director),
Bracewell LLP
James Hosking (Alternate Director),
Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
Ari D. MacKinnon,
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Katie Gonzalez (Alternate Director),
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Erin Thomas (Alternate Director),
Covington & Burling LLP
Timothy G. Cameron,
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
Kiera S. Gans,
DLA Piper (US) LLP
Joshua Kane (Alternate Director),
DLA Piper (US) LLP
Antonio J. Perez-Margues (Alternate Director),
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
William H. Taft, V,
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Deborah Enix-Ross (Alternate Director),
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Sherman W. Kahn,
Dispute Resolution Section of the New York State Bar Association
Jill Pilgrim (Alternate Director),
Dispute Resolution Section of the New York State Bar Association
Richard H. Silberberg,
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Elizabeth Baksh (Alternate Director),
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Daniel Schimmel,
Foley Hoag LLP
Christina Hiroueas (Alternate Director),
Foley Hoag LLP
Noiana Marigo (Alternate Director),
Freshfields Bruchhaus Deringer LLP
Christian Leathley,
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Adolfo E. Jimenez (Alternate Director),
Holland & Knight LLP
Malik Havalic,
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Meaghan Gragg,
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Matthew J. Weldon,
K&L Gates LLP
Grace M. Haidar,
K&L Gates LLP
Edward G. Kehoe,
King & Spalding LLP
Jessica Beess und Chrostin (Alternate Director),
King & Spalding LLP
Keri Ann Law,
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Claudia Pak (Alternate Director),
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Lilia B. Vazova,
Latham & Watkins LLP
Santiago Bejarano (Alternate Director),
Latham & Watkins LLP
C. Mark Baker,
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Mark A. Robertson (Alternate Director),
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Peter J.W. Sherwin,
Proskauer Rose LLP
Ana Vermal (Alternate Director),
Proskauer Rose LLP
Henry Weisburg,
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Anna Stockamore (Alternate Director),
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Tai-Heng Cheng,
Sidley Austin LLP
Simon Navarro (Alternate Director),
Sidley Austin LLP
Jennifer Permesly,
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
John D. Branson (Alternate Director),
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Carlos,
Guzmán Plasencia
Andrew J. Finn,
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Ank Santens,
White & Case LLP
Damian Nyer (Alternate Director),
White & Case LLP
Claudio Salas,
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Margaret Artz (Alternate Director),
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Marcelo Blackburn,
Winston & Strawn LLP

NYIAC Committee Chairs

James Hosking,
Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
Program Committee
Marisa Marinelli,
Holland & Knight LLP
Program Committee
David Zaslowsky,
Baker McKenzie LLP
Governance Committee
Peter J.W. Sherwin,
Proskauer Rose LLP
Nominating Committee
Tracy R. High,
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Contracts Committee
Damien Nyer,
White & Case LLP
Contracts Committee
Amal Bouchenaki,
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Advisory Council
David Z. Pinsky,
Covington & Burling LLP
Advisory Council
Martin F. Gusy,
Bracewell LLP
Global Advisory Board Committee
Dana C. MacGrath,
Independent Arbitrator
Diversity Committee
Katie Gonzalez,
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Foreign Lawyers Committee
Edward G. Keho,
King & Spalding LLP
Finance Committee
Peter J.W. Sherwin,
Proskauer Rose LLP
Audit Committee
Caline Mouawad,
Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
Strategic Planning Committee
Gregory A. Litt,
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Strategic Planning Committee

Global Advisory Board

George A. Bermann,
Co-Chair
Eric A. Schwartz,
Co-Chair
Christian P. Alberti
Yas Banifatemi
Chiann Bao
Gary Born
Robert Davidson
Teresa Giovannini
Sandra González
Jean E. Kalicki
Ndanga Kamau
Neil Kaplan
Kevin Kim
Meg Kinnear
Christopher Lau
Salim Moollan
Richard Naimark
Jacqueline Nolan Haley
Jose Emilio Nunes Pinto
William W. Park
Jan Paulsson
Catherine Rogers
Linda J. Silberman
Tom Stipanowich
S.I. Strong
Janet Walker
Eduardo Zuleta