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Members Seek Leadership Roles: Nominating Committee Will Interview Candidates Next Week

By NJSBA Staff posted 01-21-2026 10:07 AM

  

The New Jersey State Bar Association’s Nominating Committee will conduct interviews of candidates seeking leadership positions next week.

The interviews will be conducted at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick on Jan. 26 and 29.
   
The candidates seeking leadership positions are:
*denotes incumbents
   
Executive Committee (one-year term)
G. Glennon Troublefield – President-Elect
Diana C. Manning - First Vice President
Craig J. Hubert - Second Vice President 
Richard F. Klineburger III - Treasurer  

Secretary (one-year term)
Alexandra V. Gallo 
Ayesha Krishnan Hamilton
Joseph L. Linares

County trustee (one seat for each county, each for a two-year term)
Joseph A. Maurice* - Bergen 
Brenda Román Maneri* - Burlington 
Yolanda Garcia Balicki - Cumberland 
Shari-Ann Sasu - Cumberland
Alexandra V. Gallo* - Essex
Ronald J. Uzdavinis* - Gloucester
Diane L. Cardoso - Hudson 
Michael G. Donahue - Mercer
Kevin Moore - Mercer  
Robin C. Bogan* - Morris  
Jessica Ragno Sprague* - Passaic  
John A. Ferzetti* - Salem 
Thomas P. Fischer* - Warren 

Section/Committee trustee (Three seats, each for a two-year term)
David Bruno – Membership Committee
Holly Jean Burke – Real Property Trust and Estate Section 
Hon. Harriet F. Klein (Ret.) – Judicial Administration Committee
Thomas J. Manzo* - Civil Trial Bar Section  
Linda Mainenti Walsh – Women in the Profession Section 
Darryl Williams* - Minorities in the Profession Section 

At-large trustee (Three seats, each for a two-year term)
Natalya G. Johnson 
Hon. Harriet F. Klein (Ret.) 
Xiaosong “Larry” Li
Cory J. Rothbort
Asaad K. Siddiqi*
Leonor M. Torres
Maria P. Vallejo* 

Young Lawyers Division trustee (One seat, for a two-year term)
Maralee Sanders

Nominating Committee (Two seats, each for a two-year term)
Seth Ptasiewicz
Rippi Karda

American Bar Association House of Delegates (Two seats, each for a two-year term)
Raymond Kim 
Corey J. Gaul

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