Capital Center Advisory Board

The Capital Center Advisory Board provides advice and support to Pacific McGeorge School of Law's Capital Center for Public Law & Policy. The group recommends speakers for the Capital Center Lecture Series, on topics related to government and decision making. The group also works on expanding co-curricular opportunities for students participating in the Capital Lawyering Program. 

Capital Center Advisory Board Members

• Gregory Aghazarian — Beattie & Aghazarian
• Dennis Albiani — Calif. Advocates, Inc.
• April Alexander — Molina Healthcare, Inc.
• Nathan Barankin — Attorney General's Office
• Michael Belote — Calif. Advocates, Inc.
• Louie Brown — Kahn, Soares & Conway, LLP
• Tristan Brown — Recent graduate
• Tom Clark — Assembly Judiciary Committee
• Daniel Conway — Office of Mayor Kevin Johnson
• Michael Daponde — Wilke Fleury
• Kim Delfino — Defenders of Wildlife
• Sheila Dey — Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association
• Dominic DiMare — DiMare, Van Vleck & Brown LLC 
• Noreen Evans — State Senator
• Erin Evans-Fudem — Recent graduate  
• Colleen Flannery — Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
• Rex Frazier — Personal Insurance Federation CA
• Steve Hansen — Sacramento City Councilmember
• Maureen Higgins — Sloat, Higgins, Jensen & Associates
• Thomas Hiltachk — Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP
• Alan Lofaso — Calif. State Board of Equalization
• Brian Maas — Calif. New Car Dealers Association
• Fred Main — Clear Advocacy, LLC
• Amber Maltbie — Nossaman LLP
• Fredericka McGee — Office of Calif. State Assembly Speaker John A. Perez 
• Steve Merksamer — Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross & Leoni LLP
• Christopher Micheli — Snodgrass & Micheli, LLC
• Melissa Mikesell — Alliance for Justice
• Vigo G. (Chip) Nielsen, Jr — Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross & Leoni LLP
• Sarah Olson — Fair Political Practices Commission
• Lance Olson — Olson Hagel & Fishburn LLP
• Benjamin Palmer — State Judiciary Committee
• Katie Pettibone — Civil Justice Association of California
• Brian Putler — Office of Gov. Jerry Brown
• Dan Richard — Calif. High-Speed Rail Authority
• Art Scotland — Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross & Leoni LLP
• George Soares — Kahn, Soares & Conway, LLP
• Stuart Somach — Somach Simmons & Dunn
• Tori Sundheim — Recent graduate
• Margie Swartz — State Assembly Health Committee
• Jennifer Wada - Wada Government Relations LLC
• Anthony Williams — Office of Calif. State Senate Pro Tempore
• Allan Zaremberg — Calif. Chamber of Commerce