Who We Are

Commissioners

• Honorable Valerie Yarashus, Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court, Co-Chair (2024-2027)
• Lisa Goodheart, Esq., Partner, Fitch Law Partners, LLP, Co-Chair (2025-2028)

• Abeer Massri, Managing Attorney, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (2025-2028)

• Alethea O’Donnell, Head of Corporate Compliance, Ethics & Sustainability Compliance & Ethics Department, Mass Mutual (2026-2029)

• Allyson Dowds, Consultant, Services to Special Populations, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (2026-2029)

• Amy Copperman, Executive Director, Legal Key Partnership for Health and Justice (2026-2029)

• Barbara L’Italien, Executive Director, Disability Law Center (2026-2029)

• Honorable Brandon Freeman, First Justice, Chicopee District Court (2025-2028)
• Christopher Oldi, Esq., Executive Director, South Coastal Counties Legal Services (2024-2027)
• Honorable Connor M. Barusch, Associate Justice of the Boston Municipal Court (2026-2029)
• Colin Harnsgate, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division, Office of the Attorney General (2025-2028)
• Honorable Dana Doyle, Associate Justice, Hampden Probate and Family Court (2024-2027)
• Danielle Johnson, Esq., Deputy Director, Mayor’s Office of Housing Stability (2025-2028)
• Elizabeth A. Soule, Esq., Executive Director, MetroWest Legal Services (2024-2027)
• Gordon Shaw, Esq., Director of Client Access, Community Legal Aid (2026-2029)
• Ilana Gelfman, Esq. (ex officio), Chair, Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services (not term limited)
• Ines Kenney, Esq., Managing Attorney, Fitchburg Office, Community Legal Aid (2024-2027)
• James D. Smeallie, Esq. (ret.) (2025-2028)
• Jenna Miara, Executive Director, Massachusetts IOLTA Committee (2026-2029)
• Justine Dunlap, Esq., Professor, University of Massachusetts School of Law (2025-2028)
• Honorable Joanna Rodriguez, Associate Justice, Juvenile Court (2025-2028)
• Honorable Julie Bernard (ret.), The Flaschner Judicial Institute (2025-2028)
• Kate Barry, Senior Attorney, Family Law Unit, Greater Boston Legal Services (2025-2028)
• Kimberly Annesi, Assistant Clerk Magistrate, Boston Municipal Court, Roxbury Division (2024-2027)
• Krietta Bowens Jones, Esq., Senior Counsel, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2023-2026)
• Lynne M. Parker, Esq., Executive Director, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (2024-2027)
• Melanie Todman, Senior Legal Counsel, Mass General Brigham (2025-2028)
• Mychii Snape, Esq., Deputy Chief, Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (2024-2027)
• Nathan Wong, Public Defender, Committee for Public Counsel Services (2025-2028)
• Dr. Natoschia Scruggs, (ex officio), Chief Access, Diversity and Fairness Officer, Massachusetts Trial Court (not term limited)
• Honorable Neil K. Sherring, Presiding First Justice of the Metro-South Division of the Massachusetts Housing Court (2026-2029)
• Rachel Biscardi, Esq., Supervising Attorney, Family Law Unit, Northeast Legal Aid (2024-2027)
• Rose Webster-Smith, Executive Director, Springfield No One Leaves (2025-2028)
• Samuel (“Sandy”) Moskowitz, Attorney, Davis Malm & D’Agostine (2025-2028)
• Victoria Santoro, Esq., Partner, Santoro & Gray (2024-2027)
• Virginia Benzan, Legal Director, Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (2025-2028)

Supreme Judicial Court Staff Liaison,
Chip Phinney, Esq.