CLI Executive Board

The Honorable Rayna Gokli, Judge, 17th Judicial District (Chair)
Chalyse Robinson, Partner, WilmerHale LLP (Treasurer)
Jon Olafson, Shareholder, Buchalter (Secretary)

J. Ryann Peyton, Director, Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program (2021-23 Chair Emerita)
Phyllis Wan, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Holland & Hart LLP (2023 Chair Emerita)

Working Board

Marika Rietsema Ball, Holland & Hart (YLD Board Chair)

John Baker, Attorney At Law

Cyrus Chung, Ass't U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office

Jennifer Collins, Deputy GC, Denver Public Schools

Jordan Fox, Member, Sherman & Howard, LLC

“Skip” George W. Gray, III, Retired Senior Assistant Denver City Attorney, Denver City Attorney's Office 

Yamini Piplani Grema, Counsel, Securities & Exchange Commission

Fernando Guzman, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusive Excellence, University of Colorado Law School 

Misae Nishikura, Director of Recruitment and Professional Development, Holland & Hart LLP

Meshach Rhoades, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

Joel Sayres, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Jill Szewczyk, Ass't Attorney General, Colorado Attorney General's Office

Connie Talmage, Executive Director, Colorado Lawyers Committee

CLI Advisory Board

Naomi Baez Amos

James Anyaya, University of Colorado Law School

The Honorable Christine Arguello, U.S. District Court Judge,

District of Colorado

Justin Cruz, Attorney, 3i Law

Patrick O’Rourke, Executive Vice Chancellor & COO, University of Colorado - Boulder

Y E Scott, retired Senior Assistant Attorney General

Bruce Smith, Dean, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Michael Song, Partner, Feldmann Nagel Cantafio, PLLC