The USIPA Board
USIPA Executive Committee
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Scott Frank
AT&T, Georgia IP Alliance, NCEIA, USIPA Cabinet - Chair
David Kappos
Cravath, (Former) Dir USPTO/Chief IP IBM, USIPA Cabinet -Vice Chair
Creators (Patents & Tech)
Paul Michel
(Retired) Chief Justice Federal Circuit, USIPA Cabinet -Vice Chair
Protectors
Joyce Ward
Director, Office of Education and Outreach Success, USPTO, USIPA Cabinet -Vice Chair
K-12 Education Co-chair
Mike Wright
(Retired) Coca-Cola, GIPA, USIPA Cabinet -Treasurer
Enablers
Mike Hobbs
Troutman Pepper, GIPA, USIPA Cabinet -Secretary
Barry Brager
Perception Partners, GIPA, USIPA Cabinet -Strategy & Technology
Awareness
Nikhil Marathe
AT&T, ILIPA, USIPA Cabinet -Strategy
D&I
Jim Malackowski
Ocean Tomo, USIPA Cabinet -Strategy
Enablers
Marshall Phelps
(Retired) IBM, Microsoft
University Education
Bruce Berman
Brody/Berman, Center for IP Understanding
Awareness
Penny Collins
Women In Technology, GIPA
D&I
Mickie Piatt
Chicago Kent Law School
University Education
Stephanie Couch
Lemelson - MIT
K-12 Education Co-chair
Suzanne Harrison
IP Gathering
D&I Co-chair
Allen Lo
Facebook
D&I Co-chair
Elizabeth Dougherty
US Patent & Trademark Office
Awareness Co-chair
Lisa Jorgenson
WIPO
Global IPA
Andrei Iancu
Partner Irell & Manella, (Former) Director USPTO
Global IPA
USIPA State IP Alliance Leaders
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Scott Frank
AT&T, National Council for Expanding American Innovation (NCEAI), Georgia IP Alliance (GIPA)
Chair, President
Adam Kelly
Loeb & Loeb
Protectors
Monique Kuykendoll Quarterman
Kentucky IP Alliance (Chair),
Kentucky Commercialization Ventures
Committee Pending
USIPA Ecosystem Constituents
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Hannah Paulin
National Inventor Hall of Fame
K-12 Education
Laura Huffman
Georgia Tech, GIPA, King & Spalding
University Education
David Petite
Native American IP Enterprise Council
D&I
Griff Griffin
Eversheds, GIPA
Protectors
Manny Schecter
IBM
Enablers
Brian Hinman
AON, (Former) IBM, Verizon, Phillips
Enablers
Rory Cooper
Human Engineer Research Labs, National Science Foundation
Creators (Patents & Tech)
Ruud Peters
(Retired) Phillips
Enablers
Vincent Garlock
American IP Law Assoc (AIPLA)
Protectors
Jessica Landacre
Intellectual Property Owners (IPO)
D&I
Louis Foreman
Everyday Edisons, Inventors Digest, Enventys
Creators (Patents & Tech)
Arthur Daemmrich
Smithsonian-Lemelson
Creators (Patents & Tech)
Stephen Key
Inventors Group of America
K-12 Education
Russell Binns
Allied Security Trust (AST)
Protectors Co-chair
Dan McCurdy
RPX
D&I
Warren Tuttle
United Inventors Assoc, NCEIA
Creators (Patents & Tech) Co-chair
Bo Heiden
Center for IP
University Education
Daryl Lim
Associate Dean for Research & Innovation; Founding Director, Intellectual Property & Innovation Initiative, Penn State
University Education Co-chair
Josh Malone
Bunch of Balloons
Creators (Patents & Tech)
Patrick Kilbride
US Chamber
Awareness
Brian Pomper
Innovation Alliance, Akin Gump
Creators (Patents & Tech)
Terry Rea
Crowell Moring, (Former) USPTO, AIPLA, NIH
Protectors
Bob Taylor
US Inventors for Jobs (USIJ)
Creators (Patents & Tech)
Mike Waring
(Retired) University of Michigan
Awareness Co-Chair
Brian O'Shaughnessy
Licensing Executive Society (LES) - US, Dinsmore & Shohl
Enablers
Dana Colarulli
Licensing Executive Society (LES) - International
Enablers
Adam Mossoff
George Mason, Forum for IP
University Education
Steve Susalka
AUTM, National Council for Expanding American Innovation
Enablers Co-Chair
James Conley
Northwestern
University Education
Ken Seddon
License on Transfer (LOT)
Protectors Co-chair
Hans Sauer
Biotech Innovation Group, BIO
Enablers
James Howard
Black Inventors Hall of Fame
Creators (Patents & Tech) Co-chair
Peggy Still Johnson
Film Producer, Composer, Music Supervisor
EAS Committee Co-chair
Bruce Siegal
Greenspoon Marder LLP
EAS Committee Co-chair
Miriam Lord
US Copyright Office
Copyright Committee
Jack Bernard
University of Michigan
EAS Committee
Keith Kupferschmid
Copyright Alliance
Copyright Committee Co-chair
Edward Murgitroyd
Hexos IP
State Alliances
Lateef Mtima
Howard University
University Education Co-chair
George York
Recording Industry Association of America
Copyright Committee
Mala Sharma
Georgia Film & Entertainment Commission
EAS Committee
Julio Mejia
International Visual Artist
EAS Committee
Jamie Renee
Executive Director, NAI
Creators (Patents & Tech)
David Sohn
(Former) CDT General Counsel, Copyright Creativity
K-12 Education
Roy Kaufman
Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations for CCC
Copyright Committee Co-chair
Joshua Kresh
Managing Director, Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2
University Education
Phil Weilerstein
President & CEO VentureWell
Enablers Co-Chair
Jim Patterson
Chair, AIA Pro Bono Advisory Council
Protectors
Carolyn Ward
Senior Director, The Henry Ford (KYIPA)
D&I
Zakery Tutino
Director of Global Sales & Strategy at Clarivate
State Alliances Co-Chair
Gail Podolsky
Chair, Technology Industry Group at Carlton Fields
Global IPA
Laura Peter
Former Deputy Director USPTO
Global IPA
Alan Marco
Georgia Inst. Tech., (Former) Chief Economist USPTO
University Education
Andrea Evans
Intellectual Property Attorney, Author
State Alliances
Gwilym Roberts
Partner, Kilburn & Strode LLP, Podcast Co-host
Global IPA
Jay Erstling
Director PCT, Director-Advisor to DG WIPO, MNIPA
State Alliances
Alan Kasper
(Former) President of Global Network of National IP Law Associations
Global IPA
Tony Rollins
President, Global Network of National IP Practitioner Associations
Global IPA
Sam Mullman
Attorney at Wellborn & Wallace, LLC; IP Job Fair
Global IPA
Nancy Conrad
Chairman, Conrad Foundation
K-12 Education
Kathleen O'Malley
U.S. Federal Circuit Judge (Ret)
Protectors
Lucy Sanders
Exec Dir, National Center for Women in Technology
D&I
Esther Lim
Partner & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Finnegan
D&I
Siva Raghupaty
Chief Commercialization Officer, Georgia Tech
University Education
Auma Reggy
Chief Trademark Counsel, McKesson Corporation
Trademarks
Rob Sterne
Founder & Director Sterne Kessler
Protectors
Daretia Austin
Trademarks, Copyrights, Online Brand Protection at AT&T
Trademarks Co-Chair
Vincent Castellucci
CEO CCC Music Industry Pro
EAS Committee
Chakshu Kalra
Co-founder, and Director of GreyB
Protectors
David Lowery
Senior Lecturer at University of Georgia - Terry College of Business
EAS Committee
Valencia Martin-Wallace
Deputy Commissioner for Patents, USPTO
K-12 Education
Chinwe Ohanele
Director of Michelson IP
University Education
Carmine Denisco
President, United Inventors Association
Creators (Patents & Tech)
Susan G Braden
Retired Judge of the US Court of Federal Clains
Protectors
Gene Quinn
President & CEO, IP Watchdog, inc.
Awareness
Lita Rosario-Richardson
Schulman Rogers
Trademarks
Roberte Makowski
Retired Chief IP Counsel & Assistant Secretary, FMC Corp
D&I
Ray Guarnieri
Head of Global Business Development at ExecutiveIP
Awareness
Mary Guzman
Founder/CEO of Crown Jewel® Insurance
Trade Secrets Co-Chair
Lana Love
Celebrity Artist, Songwriter, Producer
Copyright Committee
Alejandro Menchaca
Attorney at McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Professor UIC John Marshall Law School
D&I
Tony Vann
Senior Counsel - Brand, Marketing, Trademark & Copyright at Wells Fargo
Trademarks
Scott Hayden
Chief IP Counsel for Amazon
Wayne Overstreet
Co-CEO, GO Media Productions
EAS Committee
David Korn
Vice President, PhRMA
Enablers
Rose James
Expedia Group
Trade Secrets
Megan Carpenter
Franklin Pierce School of Law
University Education
Steve Akerley
Vice President, InterDigital
Enablers
Erin Hennessy
Partner, Haynes Boone
Trademarks Co-chair
Franklin Graves
HCA Healthcare
Copyright Committee
Elishia Thompson
Founder, EST Global LLC
EAS Committee
Bryan Alkemeyer
Senior Writer, CreativeFuture
University Education
Aseet Patel
Illinois IP Alliance
Program Leaders
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Sam Zellner
CEO InspireIP, GIPA, ILIPA, USIPA Cabinet -Strategy
State Alliances Co-chair
Issac Dolgovskij
AT&T, GIPA
Creators (Patents & Tech)
Milan Ruzicka
Thought Horizon, GIPA
Awareness