Meet the COSA Board
Chair
Sam S. Harben, Jr.
Harben, Hartley & Hawkins LLP
Wachovia Center, Suite 750
340 Jesse Jewell Parkway
Gainesville, Georgia 30501
(770) 534-7341 ext. 190
(770) 532-0399 fax
sharben@hhhlawyers.com
Chair-elect
A. Dean Pickett
Mangum, Wall,
Stoops & Warden, P.L.L.C.
P.O. Box 10
Flagstaff, AZ 86002-0010
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100 North Elden Street
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-5295
(928) 779-6951
FAX: (928) 773-1312
E-mail: dpickett@mwswlaw.com
Vice-chair
Thomas E. Wheeler
Locke Reynolds LLP
P.O. Box 44961
Indianapolis, IN 46244-0961
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1000 Capital Center South
201 N. Illinois Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204-4210
(317) 237-3810
FAX: (317) 237-3900
E-mail: twheeler@locke.com
Secretary
Patrice McCarthy
Connecticut Association of
Boards of Education
81 Wolcott Hill Road
Wethersfield, CT 06109-1242
(860) 571-7446
FAX: (860) 571-7452
E-mail: pmccarthy@cabe.org
Directors-At-Large
(Term expires 2009)
Denise M. Bainton
(First term expires 2009)
DeConcini McDonald
Yetwin & Lacy, P.C.
2525 E. Broadway, Ste. 200
Tucson, AZ 85716
(520) 322-5000
FAX: (520) 322-5585
E-mail: dbainton@dmyl.com
John Bukey
(First term expires 2009)
General Counsel
California School Boards Association
3100 Beacon Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95691
(916) 372-4691
FAX: (916) 371-3407
jbukey@comcast.net
Gregory J. Guercio
(First term expires 2009)
Law Offices of Guercio & Guercio
77 Conklin St.
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(516) 694-3000
FAX: (516) 694-4738
E-mail: gguercio@guerciolaw.com
Elizabeth Eynon-Kokrda
(Second term expires 2009)
Baird Holm Law Firm
1500 Woodmen Tower
Omaha, NE 68102-2068
(402) 636-8225
FAX: (402) 231-8556
E-mail: eekokrda@bairdholm.com
Jeffrey J. Horner
(Second term expires 2009)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300
Houston, Texas 77002-2781
(713) 221-1219
FAX: (713) 222-3257
E-mail: jeffrey.horner@bgllp.com
Anne McCully Murphy
(First term expires 2009)
Division Counsel
Fairfax County Public Schools
8115 Gatehouse Rd, Ste 5149
Falls Church, VA 22042
(571) 423-1250
FAX: (571) 423-1257
E-mail: Anne.Murphy@fcps.edu
R. Craig Wood
(Second term expires 2009)
McGuireWoods
Court Square Building
310 Fourth Street, N.E., Suite 300
P.O. Box 1288
Charlottesville, VA 22902-1288
(434) 977-2558
Fax: (434) 980-2274
E-mail: cwood@mcguirewoods.com
Directors at Large
(Term expires 2010)
JOHN W. BORKOWSKI
(First term expires 2010)
Hogan & Hartson, LLP
105 E. Jefferson Blvd., Ste. 800
South Bend, IN 46601-1917
(574) 239-70170
FAX: (575) 287-3110
E-mail: jwborkowski@hhlaw.com
Kenneth L. Childs
(Second term expires 2010)
Childs & Halligan, P.A.
The Tower at
1301 Gervais Street, Suite 900
PO Box 11367
Columbia, SC 29211-1367
(803) 254-4035
FAX: (803) 771-4422
E-mail: kchilds@childs-halligan.net
Shellie Hoffman Crow
(Second term expires 2010)
Walsh, Anderson, Brown,
Schulze & Aldridge, PC
La Costa Centre
6300 La Calma, Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78768-2156
(512) 454-6864
FAX: 512-467-9318
E-mail: scrow@wabsa.com
Elizabeth A. Kaleva
(Second term expires 2010)
Elizabeth A. Kaleva, PC, Atty. at Law
P. O. Box 9312
305 South Fourth St., East, Ste. 301
Missoula, MT 59807-9312
(406) 542-1300
FAX: (406) 721-1046
E-mail: eakaleva@msn.com
Forrest Jack Lance
(Second term expires 2010)
Rockdale County School District
954 N Main Street, NW
Conyers, GA 30012-1199
(770) 761-1458
FAX: (770) 761-1459
E-mail: jlance@rockdale.k12.ga.us
Justino D. Petrarca
(First term expires 2010)
Scariano, Himes & Petrarca
180 N. Stetson Ave., Ste. 310
Two Prudential Plaza
Chicago, IL 60601-6702
(312) 565-3100 ext. 234
FAX: (312) 565-0000
E-mail: jpetrarca@edlawyer.com
Elizabeth B. Valerio
(First term expires 2010)
Deutsch, Williams, Brooks, etc.
1 Design Center Pl., Ste. 600
Boston, MA 02210-2349
(617) 951-2300
FAX: (617) 951-2323
E-mail: evalerio@dwboston.com
Maurice A. Watson
(First term expires 2010)
Hush Blackwell Sanders LLP
4801 Main St., #1000
Kansas City, MO 64112-2502
(816) 983-8164
FAX: (816) 983-8080
E-mail: Maurice.Watson@huschblackwell.com
Ex-Officio Members
NSBA President
Barbara L. Bolas
NSBA Executive Director
ANNE L. BRYANT
Council Chairman 2007-2008
JAY WORONA
General Counsel
New York State School Boards Association
24 Century Hill Drive, Suite 200
Latham NY 12110-2125
(518) 783-0200
FAX:(518) 783-0211
E-mail: jay.worona@nyssba.org
Council Chairman 2006-2007
DERYL W. WYNN
McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips
P.O. Box 171300
Kansas City, KS 66117-0300
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707 Minnesota Avenue, Floor 4
Kansas City, KS 66101-2792
(913) 371-3838
FAX: (913) 371-4722
E-mail: dwynn@MVPlaw.com
Council Chairman 2005-2006
DAVID A. FARMELO
The Guaranty Building
140 Pearl Street, Ste. 100
Buffalo, NY 14202-4040
(716) 856-4000
FAX: (716) 849-0349
E-mail: dfarmelo@hodgsonruss.com