CIAS is governed by a Board of Directors operating under a set of Bylaws.
The Members of the Board are listed below. Please click on a name to see his or her biographical information.
CIAS Members of the Board and Advisory Board Members
Mica Nguyen Worthy, Cranfill Sumner LLP, Chair
Chase Saunders, Superior Court Judge, Ret’d, SaundersLaw PLLC, Chair Emeritus
James (Jim) Gronquist, Former Assistant Public Defender MCPD, Vice Chair
Jack Wright, Cranfill Sumner LLP, Secretary
Kaumil Shah, Frazier Deeter, Treasurer
Melanie Huffines, Cranfill Sumner LLP, Social Media Chair
Norma Abbene, ASG Consulting
Christopher Campbell, International Arbitration Specialist
Carolyn Carlburg, AAA/ICDR Arbitrator
Raul Castellanos-Malave, Development and Construction Law Group
Jim D. Cooley, Miles Mediation & Arbitration
Eric Cottrell, Parker Poe
Steven Dunn, Miles Mediation & Arbitration
Alan S. Gordon, Gardner Gordon Immigration Law
Deborah Hylton, Arbitrator/Mediator, Hylton ADR Services
John Floyd, Moore & Van Allen
Ryan Grover, K&L Gates
Reinhard von Hennigs, Bridgehouse Law
Julius “Sam” Hines, Hines & Gilsenan Law
Howard King, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Kurt E. Lindquist, Cozen O’Connor
Susan Luck, Pfeiffer Professor of Business Communications
Daniel McClurg, K&L Gates
Nicole Murphy, ForrestFirm
Nancy Norelli, Miles Mediation & Arbitration
Apoorva Patel, Burford Capital
Daniel Piar, Arbitrator, Piar Liccione
Marla Tun Reschly, K&L Gates
David S. Robinson, Nexsen Pruet
Andrea Carska-Sheppard, Workplace Options LLC
Sterling Spainhour, Miles Mediation & Arbitration