The USIPA Board
Executive Committee
Scott Frank
AT&T, GIPA
Chair & President
David Kappos
Cravath, (Former) Dir USPTO/Chief IP Counsel IBM
Vice Chair
Judge Paul Michel
(Retired) Chief Justice Federal Circuit
Vice Chair
Joyce Ward
US Patent & Trademark Office
K-12 IP Education Co-Lead
Vice Chair
Carol Beckham
(Retired) BellSouth/AT&T, GIPA
Executive Director
Mike Hobbs
Troutman Pepper, GIPA
Secretary , Legal, Corp Compliance
Mike Wright
(Retired) Coca-Cola, GIPA
Treasurer
Bruce Berman
Center for IP Understanding, Brody/Berman
IP Awareness Co-Lead
Barry Brager
Perception Partners, GIPA
Strategy, State IP Alliances Co-Lead, Digital Platform
Penny Collins
Women In Technology, GIPA
IP Diversity & Inclusion
Stephanie Couch
Lemelson - MIT
K-12 IP Education Co-Lead, Diversity & Inclusion
Elizabeth Dougherty
USPTO
IP Awareness Co-Lead
Suzanne Harrison
IP Gathering, Percipience
Diversity & Inclusion Co-Lead, Consulting
Andrei Iancu
Irell & Manella, (Former) Director USPTO
Global IPA
Lisa Jorgenson
WIPO
Global Intellectual Property
Allen Lo
Facebook
Diversity & Inclusion Co-Lead, Corporations
Britt Magneson
National Inventors Hall of Fame
K-12 IP Education
James Malackowski
Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, (Former) Licensing Executives Society (LES)
Enablers Co-Lead, Consulting
Nikhil Marathe
AT&T, ILIPA
Strategy & Planning
Jelani Odlum
Michelson IP
University IP Education Co-Lead
Marshall Phelps
(Retired) IBM, Microsoft
Corporations
Mickie Piatt
Chicago Kent Law School, IIT
University IP Education
State IP Alliance Leaders
Scott Frank
AT&T, National Council for Expanding American Innovation (NCEAI), Georgia IP Alliance (GIPA)
Chair, President
Adam Kelly
Illinois IP Alliance (Chair),
Loeb & Loeb
Law Firms
Monique Kuykendoll Quarterman
Kentucky IP Alliance (Chair),
Kentucky Commercialization Ventures
Committee Pending
Ecosystem Constituents
Jack Bernard
University of Michigan
Entertainment, Arts & Sports
Russell Binns
Allied Security Trust (AST)
Consultants
Shawn Boger
National Inventor Hall of Fame
K-12 IP Education
Dana Colarulli
Licensing Executives Society International (LESI)
Corporations, Law, Universities, International
Nancy Conrad
Conrad Foundation
K-12 IP Education
Rory Cooper
Pitt Human Engineer Research, National Science Foundation
Creators Co-Lead, Diversity & Inclusion
Arthur Daemmrich
Smithsonian-Lemelson
Inventors
Jay Erstling
Patterson Thuente Pedersen, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
State Alliances
Andrea Evans
Andrea Hence Evans, LLC, Author
State Alliances
Louis Foreman
Everyday Edisons, Inventors Digest, Enventys
Creators Co-Lead, K-12, Startups
Vincent Garlock
American IP Law Assoc (AIPLA)
Law Firms
Ben Golant
The Entertainment Software Association
Entertainment, Arts & Sports
Griff Griffin
Eversheds Sutherland, GIPA
Law Firms
Bo Heiden
Center for IP
University IP Education Co-Lead
Brian Hinman
AON, (Former) IBM, Verizon, Phillips
Corporations, Consulting
James Howard
Black Inventors Hall of Fame(AST)
Inventors, Startups
Laura Huffman
Georgia Tech, GIPA
Universities, IP Education
Alan Kasper
Sughrue Mion, Global Network of National IP Law Associations
Global IPA
Roy Kaufman
Copyright Clearance Center
Entertainment, Arts & Sports
Stephen Key
Inventors Group of America
Inventors, Start Ups
Patrick Kilbride
US Chamber
Government
Joshua Kresh
Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy
Entertainment, Arts & Sports
Keith Kupferschmid
Copyright Alliance
Entertainment, Arts & Sports
Jessica Landacre
Intellectual Property Owners Assoc (IPO)
Corporations, Law Firms, IP Education
Josh Malone
Bunch of Balloons
Inventors
Alan Marco
Georgia Tech, USPTO
Global IPA
Dan McCurdy
RPX
Consultants
Julio Mejia
International Visual Artist
Entertainment, Arts & Sports
Adam Mossoff
George Mason, Forum for IP
Universities, IP Education
Lateef Mtima
Howard University
IP Law & Social Justics
Samuel Mullmann
Wellborn & Wallace
Global IPA
Kathleen O'Malley
U.S. Federal Circuit Judge
Global Intellectual Property
Brian O'Shaughnessy
LES USA, Dinsmore & Shohl
Law Firms
Scott Partridge
(Retired) Baker Botts, (Former) ABA - IP Section
Protectors Co-Lead
Jim Patterson
Patterson Thuente, AIA Pro Bono Advisory Council
Protectors
Ruud Peters
(Retired) Phillips
Corporations, International
Laura Peter
(Former) Deputy Director USPTO
Global IP
David Petite
Native American IP Enterprise Council
Inventors, Startups, Diversity & Inclusion
Gail Podolsky
Carlton Fields
Global IPA
Brian Pomper
Innovation Alliance, Akin Gump
Inventors
Jim Pooley
(Former) WIPO
International
Terry Rea
Crowell Moring, (Former) USPTO, AIPLA, NIHF
Protectors Co-Lead
Jaime Renee
Good Day Solutions, National Academy of Inventors
Creators
Gwilym Roberts
Kilburn & Strode LLP
Global IPA
Tony Rollins
The Global Network of National IP Practitioner Associations
Global IPA
Lucy Sanders
National Center for Women & IT
Diversity
Jayde Stewart
National Academy of Inventors
Inventors, Startups
Hans Sauer
Biotech Innovation Group, BIO
Corporations
Manny Schecter
IBM
Enablers Co-Lead, Corporations
Ken Seddon
License on Transfer Network (LOT)
Consultants
Mala Sharma
Georgia Film & Entertainment Commission
Entertainment, Arts & Sports
Bruce Siegal
Greenspan Marder, LLP
Entertainment, Arts & Sports Co-Chair
David Sohn
(Former) Center for Democracy & Technology
Entertainment, Arts & Sports
Steve Susalka
AUTM, NCEAI
IP Education, International
Peggy Still Johnson
Pendulum-Productions, GO Media Productions, GIPA
Entertainment, Arts & Sports Co-Chair
Bob Taylor
RPT Legal Strategies, USIJ
Inventors
Zakery Tutino
Clarivate
State IPAs
Warren Tuttle
United Inventors Assoc, NCEAI
Inventors
Mike Waring
(Ret.) University of Michigan
Universities, Lobbying
Phil Weilerstein
VentureWell
Enablers
George York
Recording Industry Association of America
Entertainment, Arts & Sports
Program Leaders
Milan Ruzicka
Thought Horizon, GIPA
Social Media
Isaac Dolgovskij
AT&T, GIPA
Fundraising
Doug Isenberg
GigaLaw, GIPA
Domain Names, WIPO
Sam Zellner
(Ret.) AT&T/BellSouth, GIPA, ILIPA
State IP Alliances Co-Lead, Patent Quality AI (PQAI)