• Staff
• Board

• Anne Ford (Co-Chairperson) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
• Amy L. Neuhardt, Esq. (Co-Chairperson) Partner, Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP
• Maureen F. Browne Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
• Dorothy Capers Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Xylem
• Lyzka DeLaCruz, Esq. Managing Member, Bakker DeLaCruz LLC
• Kira Ford Community Volunteer
• Vanessa Hayes Community Volunteer
• Astor Heaven, Esq. Partner, Crowell & Moring
• Eric Humes (Lay Director) Social Entrepreneur
• Kevin Malone Community Volunteer
• Wilson D. Mudge. Esq. (Vice-Chair) Senior Counsel, Arnold & Porter LLP
• Sara B. Rearden, Esq. (Secretary) Attorney and Certified Mediator
• Paula D. Scott, Esq. Attorney
• April Williams, Esq. Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
• Tyra Williams Matthews, Esq. Attorney, United States Department of Homeland Security
• Melissa F. Zappala Attorney (Partner), Paul Weiss
• Cheryl L. Ziegler, Esq. (Treasurer) Supervisory Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Sara B. Rearden, Esq. (Secretary)Attorney and Certified Mediator

Sara Rearden was a senior attorney and mediator with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, and is a former staff member of NLSP.

For two years, Ms. Rearden was President of the Federal Circuit Bar Association. She has served as a volunteer Board member with NLSP for 25 years, and is also currently a member of the National Association of Professional Women.