2026-2027 KBA Board of Governors
Officers
Terri Pemberton
President-Elect
William L. Townsley, III
Vice-President
Dell Marie
Shanahan Swearer
Shanahan Swearer
Treasurer
John Schoemaker
Secretary
Gregory Schwartz
Immediate Past President
Members
Danielle Atchison
District 1
Betsey Lasister
District 1
Mandi Hunter
District 1
Leslie Miller
District 2
Sarah Elnicki
District 3
Lucy Herlocker
Disrict 4
Danielle Hall
District 5
Meryl Carver-Allmond
District 5
Lauren Hughes
District 6
Megan Townsley
District 7
Sabrina Standifer
District 7
Sara Zafar
District 7
Rachel Keenan
District 8
Clayton Kerbs
District 9
Justin Barrett
District 10
Branton Grissum
District 11
Ashley Billam
District 12
Bruce Ney
District 12
Curtis Tideman
District 12
Brian Kong
Diversity-at-Large
Johnathan Goodyear
Young Lawyer's Section President
Ben Cohen
YLS Immediate Past President
Diana Stanley
YLS Delegate to ABA House
Joy Springfield
KBA Delegate to ABA House
Joslyn Kusiak
KBA Delegate to ABA House
Rachael K. Pirner
ABA State Delegate
Eunice Peters
KBF Representative
Hon. Cheryl Rios
KDJA Representative
Dean Stephen Mazza
University of Kansas School of Law
Dean Jeffrey Jackson
Washburn University School of Law
