A Legacy of Committed Leaders

LMA members may obtain up-to-date contact information for Past Presidents by visiting the member directory.

2023
Roy Sexton
Director of Marketing, Clark Hill PLC 
Detroit, MI
Midwest Region

2019
Cynthia P. Voth
Director of Client Engagement & Innovation
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP
Seattle, WA
West Region

2018
M. Ashraf Lakhani
Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer
Porter Hedges LLP
Houston, TX
Southwest Region

2017
Jill S. Weber
Chief Business Development Officer
Quarles & Brady LLP
Minneapolis, MN
Midwest Region

2016
Keith N. Wewe
Vice President – Strategy and Solutions, Content Pilot LLC
Dallas, TX
Southwest Region

2015
Adam Severson
Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Nashville, TN
Southeast Region

2014
Timothy B. Corcoran
Principal
Corcoran Consulting Group
Lawrenceville, NJ
Northeast Region

2013
Aleisha Gravit
Chief Client Services and Marketing Officer
Akin Gump Strauss & Feld Hauer LLP
Dallas, TX
Southwest Region

2012
Alycia Sutor
Managing Director
GrowthPlay
Chicago, IL
Midwest Region

2011
Jeanne Hammerstrom
Chief Marketing Officer
Benesh, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Cleveland, OH
Midwest Region

2010
Nathan A. Darling
Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Washington, DC
Mid-Atlantic Region

2009
Jennifer A. Manton
Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
New York, NY
Northeast Region

2008
Lisa M. Simon
Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Kansas City, MO
Midwest Region

2007
Nathaniel (Nat) E. Slavin
Founding Partner
Wicker Park Group
Newport Coast, CA
West Region

2006
Kim A. Perret
Chief Marketing Officer
Jones Walker
Baton Rouge, LA
Southwest Region

2005
Diane E. Hamlin
President
Hamlin Strategy Group

2004
Nathalie Daum
Regional Director of Business Development and Marketing
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Las Vegas, NV
West Region

2003
Heather Gray-Grant
Director of Business Development
Borden Ladner Gervais
Vancouver, BC
Western Canada Region

2001
Silvia L. Coulter
Principal
LawVision Group
Manchester, MA
Northeast Region

2000
Barbara Sessions, Esq.
Chief Marketing Officer
Winston & Strawn
Chicago, IL
Midwest Region

1999
Maggie T. Watkins
Chief Marketing Officer
Sedgwick
Birmingham, AL
Southwest Region

1998
Betsy W. Huntley
Principal
Huntley Marketing
Wayfield, MA
Northeast Region

1997
Robbin L. Smith

1996
Norm Rubenstein
Partner
Zeughauser Group LLC
Washington, DC
Mid-Atlantic Region

1995
Karen L. Braun
Co-Executive Director & Chief Marketing Officer
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York, NY
Northeast Region

1994
Vicki Cummings
Director of Marketing and Business Development
Smith Moore Leatherwood
Charlotte, NC
Southeast Region

1993
Kelly Kiernan Largey
Chief Marketing Officer
Fish & Richardson PC
Boston, MA
Northeast Region

1992
Kevin D. McMurdo
Principal
McMurdo Consulting
Seattle, WA
West Region

1991
Marceline O'Conner Johnson
Chicago, IL
Midwest Region

1990
Michael R. Ralston
Business Development Proposal Manager
Foley & Lardner LLP
Chicago, IL
Midwest Region

1989
Donna L. G. Shaft
Marketing Counsel
Professional Business Development
Oak Park, IL
Midwest Region

1988
Merrilyn Astin Tarlton
Principal 
Astin Tarlton
Golden, CO
Southwest Region

1987
Carol Scott James
Director of Marketing & Business Development
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
San Francisco, CA
West Region

1986
Sally Schmidt
President
Schmidt Marketing, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
Midwest Region