Board Members
2025-2026
ALYSSA AGUILAR
BALIF Co-Chair | New Lawyers Chair | Programs/CLE Committee
Jamal Anderson
BALIF Co-Chair | Communications & Social Media Committee | Programs/CLE Chair
Kelsey Chetosky
Amicus & CCBA Committee | Gala Committee
Raisa Dyadkina
Communications & Social Media Chair | Programs/CLE Committee
Kasen Evans
Law Student Representative
Gerardo Gama
Community Engagement Committee | New Lawyers Committee
Hillary T. Irvin
Community Engagement Committee | DEI Committee
Brianna Jackson
Secretary | CCBA Chair
Melanie Kim
Treasurer | Fundraising & Finance Chair
Lindsey Kincaid
Membership Chair | Communications & Social Media Committee
Stephen Klavuhn
Law Student Representative | Social Committee
Connor Kratz
Amicus & CCBA Committee | Community Engagement Chair
Rafael Langer-Osuna
Amicus Chair | Community Engagement Committee
Andy Le
Law Student Representative | Social Committee
JON LUCCHESE
Fundraising & Finance Committee | Gala Committee | Membership Committee
Michael Mahoney
Amicus & CCBA Committee | Judiciary/Endorsements Committee
Ernie Mejia
DEI Chair | Social Chair
Virginia Millacci
Gala Committee | Programs/CLE Committee
Daniel Turner
Judiciary/Endorsements Chair | New Lawyers Committee
Nathan Wexler
Community Engagement Chair | Amicus & CCBA Committee
Keerthi (Kiki) Yalamanchili
Law Student Representative | Law Student Committee Chair | DEI Committee
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BALIF News
BALIF Condemns Supreme Court Decision Affirming Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Passport Policies
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court granted a Trump Administration request to stay a preliminary injunction in Orr v. Trump, allowing the government to enforce a discriminatory passport policy against transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people. As Justice Jackson noted...
BALIF stands in full support of Lambda Legal attorney Carl Charles
Dear BALIF Members, BALIF stands in full support of Lambda Legal attorney Carl Charles in response to the outrageous federal indictment filed against him earlier this month in the Middle District of Alabama. Mr. Charles is a highly respected civil rights lawyer who...
BALIF Joins Emergency Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case Defending LGBTQ Youth Access to Social Media
Last week, BALIF joined an emergency amicus brief submitted with the U.S. Supreme Court in NetChoice v. Fitch, urging the Court to vacate a Fifth Circuit decision that allowed a Mississippi law restricting minors' access to social media to take effect while its...
