Judge Hernan D. Vera is currently a District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He served as a Judge of the Los Angeles County, California, Superior Court from 2020 to 2023. He was appointed to the SJI Board of Directors in 2010 and served until 2023.
Judge John Nalbandian is currently a Circuit Court Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Court for the Central District of California. He previously was a partner in the Litigation Department of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he concentrated on appellate and complex litigation in state and federal courts and was a member of the firm’s Appellate Practice group. He was appointed to the SJI Board of Directors in 2010 and served until 2018.
Chief Justice Robert A. Miller (ret.) served over 30 years as a member of the South Dakota judiciary. He took office as Chief Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court in 1990. He was appointed to the SJI Board of Directors in 1998, which he chaired until 2010.
Chief Justice Arthur A. McGiverin (ret.) served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa from 1987 to 2000. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1998, and served until 2010.
Tommy E. Jewell (ret.) was a judge on the Second Judicial District Court of New Mexico in Albuquerque from 1991 to 2005, where he served as the Presiding Children’s Court Judge. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1995, and served until 2010.
Carlos R. Garza (ret.), Administrative Judge, U.S. Department of Energy Board of Contract Appeals, was a member of the Board of Directors from 1992 until 2009.
Terry Adamson is the Chief Legal Officer and Board of Trustees Secretary at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1990, and served until 2010.
Joseph F. Baca was a member of the New Mexico Supreme Court from 1989 until 2003, serving as Chief Justice from 1994 to 1996. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1994, and served until 2010.
Robert Baldwin is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the National Center for State Courts. He previously served as State Court Administrator of Virginia from 1976 to 2005. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1994, and served until 2010.
Carl F. Bianchi, former Administrative Director of the Courts for the State of Idaho, was a member of the Board of Directors from 1990 to 1994.
David A. Brock (ret.), Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1992, and served until 1998. He served as Co-Chairman of the Board from 1995 to 1998.
Joseph W. Brown, an attorney with Jones, Jones, Close & Brown of Las Vegas, Nevada, was a member of the Board of Directors from 1988 to 1990.
James Duke Cameron (ret.), Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, was a member of the Board of Directors from 1986 to 1994.
Lawrence H. Cooke (ret.), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, was a member of the Board of Directors from 1986 to 1988.
John F. Daffron (ret.), a Chief Judge for the 12th Judicial Circuit, Chesterfield, Virginia, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1986, and served until 1998. He served as Chairman of the Board in 1994, and Co-Chairman of the Board from 1995 to 1998.
Vivi L. Dilweg (ret.), a Circuit Court Judge in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1990, and served until 1995.
Ralph J. Erickstad (ret.), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1987, and served until 1990.
Janice L. Gradwohl (ret.), Presiding Judge of the County Court, Third Judicial District of Nebraska, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1986, and served until 1995.
Sophia Hall is the Administrative Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department of the Cook County (Chicago), Circuit Court of Illinois. She was appointed to the SJI Board of Directors in 1998, and served until 2010.
Jim Hannah served as the Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 2005 to 2015. He was appointed to the SJI Board in 2010, and served as Chairman until his death in 2016.
Malcolm M. Lucas (ret.), Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1990, and served until1994. Chief Justice Lucas served as Chairman of the Board from 1991 to 1994.
Keith McNamara was a lawyer with the firm of McNamara & McNamara in Columbus, Ohio. From 1961 to 1972, he served as a member of the House of Representatives, Ohio General Assembly. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1990, and served until 2010.
Daniel J. Meador, James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Virginia, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1986, and served until 1992.
Florence K. Murray, was an Associate Justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. She was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1994, and served until her death in 2004.
Judge John Nalbandian sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was previously a partner in the Litigation Department of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. He was appointed to the SJI Board of Directors in 2010, and served until 2018.
Sandra Ann O’Connor was the States Attorney for Baltimore County, Maryland from 1975 to 2006. She was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1986, and served until 2010.
Rodney A. Peeples (ret.), Circuit Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1986, and served until 1990.
Larry P. Polansky, former Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Courts, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1986, and served until 1990.
Janie L. Shores (ret.), an Associate Justice on the Alabama Supreme Court, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1995, and served until 1998.
C. C. (Bo) Torbert, Jr. (ret.), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1986, and served until 1992. Chief Justice Torbert served as Chairman of the Board from 1986 to 1991.