Please contact the Committee Chairs directly at the email addresses noted below if you are interested in getting involved. Our law student members are encouraged to join us as well.

Annual Dinner Meeting
Natalie Braswell, chair
vicepresident@georgecrawfordblackbar.org
Plan the Annual Meeting for April 2009 as per Article II, Section 8 and Article VIII, Section 4 of the Bylaws.

Bylaws
Alexis Highsmith, co-chair
alexishighsmith@gmail.com
Clarisse Thomas, co-chair
secretary@georgecrawfordblackbar.org
Monitor compliance with Bylaws; review Bylaws for necessary amendments and make recommended changes.

Community Investment and Public Issues
Alexis Highsmith, co-chair
alexishighsmith@gmail.com
Pia Pyles, co-chair
Pia.Pyles@ct.gov
Design programs and events to enhance the role of Black people in the legal profession, highlight legal issues which affect members of the Black community, as per Article VIII, Section 5 of the Bylaws.

Student Mentoring
Tokunbo Akinbajo, co-chair
akinbaja@jacksonlewis.com
Latonia Williams, co-chair
LWilliams@goodwin.com
Plan and coordinate Crawford’s mentoring and community outreach initiatives throughout all education levels, including our Exam Preparation Sessions, law school diversity initiatives, pipeline initiatives and public education programs.

Elections
Bryan Watson, chair
president@georgecrawfordblackbar.org
Coordinate the process for nominations and the election of the Executive Board members as per Article VIII, Section 6 of the Bylaws.

Finance and Fundraising
Fallon DePina, chair
treasurer@georgecrawfordblackbar.org
Develop the Annual Budget and monitor fundraising efforts.

Judicial Diversity
Moyahoena N. Ogilvie, co-chair
mogilvie@mccarter.com
Pia Pyles, co-chair
Pia.Pyles@ct.gov
Bryan Watson, co-chair
president@georgecrawfordblackbar.org
Coordinate and design programs and events targeted to increasing diversity within the Judicial Branch.

Meeting Programming
Genea O. Bell, co-chair
gbell@murthalaw.com
Latonia Williams, co-chair
LWilliams@goodwin.com
Coordinate logistics for Quarterly Membership Meetings, working with other committee chairs and President to ensure that programs for membership meetings run smoothly and properly from start to finish.

Membership
Cherie G. Phoenix, co-chair
cphoenix@murthalaw.com
Natalie Braswell, co-chair
vicepresident@georgecrawfordblackbar.org
Increase the active membership roster through various membership campaigns and appeals, as per Article VIII, Section 3 of the Bylaws.

Professional Development and Entrepreneurship Committee
(formerly known as the Solo Practitioner Committee)
Genea O. Bell, co-chair
gbell@murthalaw.com
Tokunbo Akinbajo, co-chair
akinbaja@jacksonlewis.com
Plan and coordinate programming for professional development for general membership, including panel presentations.

Political Awareness
John Johnson, co-chair
johnkjohnson@gmail.com
Alexis Highsmith, co-chair
ahighsmith@ghla.org
Plan and coordinate information dissemination to the general membership on the political process in the state of Connecticut.

Public Relations
Cherie G. Phoenix, co-chair
cphoenix@murthalaw.com
Bryan Watson, co-chair
president@georgecrawfordblackbar.org
Responsible with the brand management and enhancement of the organization’s goodwill in the public domain in the state of Connecticut, and draft any official responses or correspondences as needed.

Technology
Christine Jean-Louis, chair
christine.jeanlouis@gmail.com
Maintain and update Crawford website or coordinate updating of the same; assist Secretary with technical issues related to Crawford email list; coordinate use of technology at special programs and meetings.