Diversity Committee Mission Statement
The Diversity Committee is a Standing Committee of the NJSBA. The Standing Committees of the NJSBA focus on the organization and operation of the Association as well as topics of concern that affect all lawyers globally.
The NJSBA Diversity Committee works with the entire NJSBA community to support the mission and vision of the NJSBA, and to ensure that diversity, in its many forms, is understood, respected and valued. The NJSBA Diversity Committee will guide efforts to conceptualize, assess, and cultivate diversity as an institutional and educational resource. The NJSBA works to promote equality in the profession and justice system and identifies ways in which the NJSBA can promote diversity in the practice of law. The NJSBA Diversity Committee seeks to collaborate with all sections and committees to ensure the full and equal access to and participation by individuals in the NJSBA, the legal profession and in the justice system regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
Diversity Committee members can access the group’s CommunityNet website here.
Co-Chair Valerie A. Jackson
Diversity Officer & Legal Liaison
Division of Administration
Department of the Treasury
50 West State Street – 2nd Floor
PO Box 211
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-292-0555
Co-Chair Albertina Webb
Hill Wallack LLP
2 Bridge Avenue
Suite 211
Red Bank, NJ 07701
732-852-7550
2023-2024 Diversity Committee Members
Punam P. Alam
Janice Arellano
Jeffrey Bernstein
Lisa R. Burke
Dean L. Burrell
Joanne L. Butler
Crystal L. Cochren
Melinda Colon Cox
Monica De Los Rios
Crystal W. Edwards
Leslie A. Farber
Steven Fernandez
Jeffrey Fiorello
Lora L. Fong
Rohini C. Gandhi
Norberto A. Garcia
Lisette Guzman
Karen Gwynn
Ayesha Krishnan Hamilton
Kisha Hebbon
Christopher Jackson
Leonard V. Jones
Emily A. Kaller
Christopher J. Keating
Roger Lai
Diana-Marie Laventure
James Lewis V
Joseph L. Linares
Eugenia Lynch
Linda A. Mainenti-Walsh
Rachna Malkana
Brenda Maneri
Carmen Mendiola
Mariel M. Mercado-Guevara
Jessica Merejo
Frank J. Morano
Susan L. Nardone
Gigio K. Ninan
Telge N. Peiris
Samuel J. Perez
NaSheena Porter
Thomas H. Prol
Jeyanthi C. Rajaraman
Josan Robinson
Prema Roddam
William T. Rogers III
Rajeh A. Saadeh
Andrew J. Sarrol
Cheyne R. Scott
Hon. Marcia Silva
Brittany N. Tovar
Corinne L. McCann Trainor
G. Glenn Troublefield
Maria P. Vallejo
Amy Vasquez
Daryl Williams
Brett Yore