Program Planning Council

The Program Planning Council comprises subject-matter experts in various areas, representatives from our conference planning teams, and representatives who focus on our law firm and law department members’ needs at local, regional and international levels. They collaborate to develop an over-arching programming framework that serves all sectors of ILTA’s membership. Current members include:

SCOTT DAVID
SENIOR MANAGER - SERVICE SUPPORT
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Columbus, OH

CHERYL DISCH
SENIOR MANAGER - MARKETING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Duane Morris LLP
Philadelphia, PA

BRIAN DONATO
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Columbus, OH

CHRIS EMERSON
CHIEF PRACTICE ECONOMICS OFFICER
Bryan Cave, LLP
St. Louis, MO

CHRIS HUNT
DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, P.C.
Boston, MA

RICK KRZYMINSKI
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
Memphis, TN

TONY McKENNA
IT DIRECTOR
Gowling WLG (UK) LLP
London, UK

BEAU MERSEREAU
DIRECTOR OF APPLICATIONS, DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT
Fish & Richardson P.C.
San Diego, CA

SANDY MIKITA
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGER
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Pittsburgh, PA

KARA PORTWOOD
PRACTICE AREA SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
St. Louis, MO

DALE QUALLS
DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
Chicago, IL

SCOTT ROLF
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Tucker Ellis LLP
Cleveland, OH

KIRK SCRUGGS
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Bracewell LLP
Houston, TX

KEVIN SULLIVAN
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
Cohen & Grigsby, PC
Pittsburgh, PA

JOHN THOMPSON
SENIOR MANAGER - LITIGATION SUPPORT/LEGAL OPERATIONS
Sanofi
Bridgewater, NJ

PAUL WITTEKIND
DIRECTOR OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEGAL PROCESS SOLUTIONS
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.
Morristown, NJ