2024-25 FDCC Officers & Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is elected each year at the Annual Meeting.

Officers

Chairman of the Board
Howard A. Merten
Partridge, Snow & Hahn
Providence, RI
Hmerten@psh.com
Secretary & Treasurer
Jennifer E. Johnsen
Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA
Greenville, SC
jjohnsen@gwblawfirm.com
President
Heidi G. Goebel
Goebel Anderson, PC
Salt Lake City, UT
hgoebel@gapclaw.com
Executive Director
Bernd G. Heinze, Esq.
King of Prussia, PA
bernie@thefederation.org
Marc H. HarwellPresident-Elect
Marc H. Harwell
Harwell & Hurst, PLLC
Chattanooga, TN
marc@harwelllawgroup.com

Senior Directors


Tiffany Alexander
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Berwyn, PA
tiffany.alexander@nelsonmullins.com


R. Jeff Kelsey
Federal Express Corporation
Memphis, TN
jkelsey@fedex.com

Heather A. Sanderson, K.C.
Sanderson Law
Calgary, Canada
hasanderson@sanderson-law.com

Sean C. Griffin
Longman & Van Grack
Washington, D.C.
sean@lvglawfirm.com
 
 


Daniel W.McGrath
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Chicago, IL
dmcgrath@hinshawlaw.com


Marisa Trasatti
Bowman & Brook
Towson, MD
Marisa.Trasatti@bowmanandbrooke.com

Lee M. Hall
Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC
Huntington, WV
lmh@jenkinsfenstermaker.com
 


Francisco Ramos, Jr.
Goldberg Segalla
Miami, FL
framos@cspalaw.com

Kile T. Turner
Norman Wood Kendrick & Turner
Birmingham, AL
kturner@nwkt.com

Directors

 
 
Caroline J. Berdzik
Goldberg Segalla
Princeton, NJ
cberdzik@goldbergsegalla.com



 
Jody E. Briandi
Hurwitz Fine P.C.
Buffalo, NY
jeb@hurwitzfine.com
  
Charlie T. Frazier, Jr.
Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, LLP
Dallas, TX
cfrazier@adjtlaw.com
 
Jeffery M. Guillory
First Acceptance Insurance Company
Columbia, MO
jguillory@acceptance.com
  

Valerie Kellner
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Valerie.Kellner@wilsonelser.com 		 

Shelly Masters
Cokinos Young
Austin, TX
smasters@cokinoslaw.com

 

 
Alycen A. Moss
Cozen O'Connor
Atlanta, GA
amoss@cozen.com   		 Micalann C. Pepe
Jaburg Wilk
Phoenix, AZ
mcp@jaburgwilk.com  

 



Alan Rutkin
Rivkin Radler
New York, NY
alan.rutkin@rivkin.com




Front row (L-R): Secretary/Treasurer Jennifer Johnsen; President-Elect Marc Harwell; President Heidi Goebel; Board Chair & Past President Howard Merten; Executive Director: Bernie Heinze

Back row (L-R): Kile Turner; Frank Ramos; Valerie Kellner, Shelly Masters; Dan McGrath; Sean Griffin; Micalann Pepe; Jeff Guillory; Jeff Kelsey; Caroline Berdzik; Jody Briandi; Alycen Moss

Not pictured: Tiffany Alexander; Charlie Frazier; Lee Hall; Heather Sanderson; Alan Rutkin; Marisa Trasatti