Damon Ashcraft 
Snell & Wilmer LLP

Mr. Ashcraft is a partner at Snell & Wilmer law Firm. He assists clients in identifying, protecting, and maximizing the value of their intellectual property.  As a registered patent attorney, Damon prepares and prosecutes patent applications in the biotechnology, medical device, electronics, software and business method areas, and manages numerous global patent portfolios. His technical experience includes medical devices, software,microbiology, optics, pumps, heaters, ultrasound, semiconductors, wireless devices, software and circuitry.

Damon is a frequent speaker on various intellectual property topics and has authored and co-authored various articles. He is also an active member of the International Trademark Association("INTA") and currently is serving on the Internet Committee as Chair of the Internet Governance and Contracts Subcommittee.

His community involvement include Epiphany Lutheran Church, Habitat for Humanity and Snell & Wilmer Community Committee.

Rachel Hernandez 
U.S. Attorney's Office

Ms. Hernandez is an Assistant United States Attorney in Phoenix, Arizona. She currently handles criminal appeals, representing the United States before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Prior to her stint in the appellate section, Rachel was assigned to the fraud section of the criminal division, where she prosecuted a wide range of fraud and public corruption cases.  From 2009 to 2012, Rachel was the Executive Assistant United States Attorney, where she advised the United States Attorney, oversaw administrative matters and developed and implemented office-wide policies.

She received her law degree from University of California, Hastings College of Law and her undergraduate degree from Brandeis University.  Over the course of her career, she has also prosecuted violent crimes, drug organizations and immigration cases. Prior to becoming an Assistant United States Attorney in 2000, she was a Deputy Maricopa County Attorney and an Assistant Arizona Attorney General.

Rachel served as chair of the State Bar Public Lawyer Section from 2002 to 2003 and as chair of the State Bar Legal Services Committee from 2008 to 2010.

Tom Giallanza   Treasurer  
Arizona Department of Financial Institutions

Mr. Giallanza previously served on the Arizona Bar Foundation Board from 2009-2015. He had been an Assistant Superintendent for the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions. Prior to moving to Arizona, he served as general counsel for a national real estate developer and later as manager of a national business unit for a major title insurance company. Tom earned his B.S. and J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago and is admitted to the Illinois bar. He is a member of the St. Thomas More Society of Phoenix.

Susan Brichler Trujillo
Board Member

Susan Brichler Trujillo, partner and the Phoenix chair of the Health Law
Practice Group, practices in the areas of Health Law and Litigation &
Dispute Resolution at Quarles & Brady. She works with clients across the pharmaceutical drug
and device distribution chain, helping manufacturers, wholesalers,
pharmacies and durable medical equipment providers operate successfully
within their highly regulated industry. She also represents health care
clients including retail pharmacies, pharmaceutical distributors, pharmacy
benefit managers, hospitals, behavioral health providers, residential care
providers and licensed professionals.

Robert Brooks
Maricopa Superior Court

Judge Brooks was appointed to the Juvenile bench in February of 2020.  Prior to the court he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office.  He also was an Assistant Attorney General and and Associate at Osborn Maledon. 

Susan Conrad
Arizona Bank & Trust

Ms.  Conrad has served in senior roles in Special Assets with financial institutions managing complex workout and turnaround situations, including restructuring, bankruptcy and commercial litigation claims. Her current venture is with Arizona Bank & Trust as their Portfolio Manager Team Lead. Ms. Conrad creates collaborative environments, leveraging the strengths and ideas of many to get things done. Provides expert financial analysis and consults with stakeholders, empowering them to make sound, evidence-based decisions. Intrinsically motivated to add value to teams, stakeholders, and business partners. Effortlessly identifies cost savings and profitable answers to complex financial situations, as demonstrated by multi-million dollar portfolio management experience.

Ms. Conrad received her MBA from Arizona State University and a Masters of Science in Accounting from Grand Canyon University.

Rodney Glassman
Beus Gilbert McGroder

Mr.  Glassman currently works for Beus Gilbert McGroder managing external affairs, government relations and strategic development among other areas. Prior to that, Mr. Glassman led Ryley Carlock & Applewhite's External Affairs and Government Relations practice. Rodney's practice is focused on driving relevancy, enhancing credibility, and developing substantive relationships for his government, corporate, and non-profit clients. In 2013, Rodney was appointed as the Acting Town Manager of Cave Creek, one of Arizona's most conservative communities, where he oversaw the completion of an independent audit, infrastructure planning for the town's utilities, and a national search for the community's new, permanent manager.

Prior to his service in Cave Creek, Rodney managed over $150,000,000 in annual sales revenue for Waste Management in Arizona and New Mexico. In 2010, Rodney won a four-way primary to then serve as the Democratic nominee for United States Senate. Previously, at the age of 29, Rodney was elected to the Tucson City Council by over 60% of the vote and was the first Democrat elected by residents of the Ward he represented in over two decades.

Having earned his Eagle Scout as a youth, Rodney serves as a Major in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps Reserves. There he acts as both a litigator and civil attorney in the Air Force, attached to the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. In 2012, Rodney was selected as the 12th Air Force, JAG Reservist of the Year, amongst reservists from more than 27 active and reserve duty units.

Kelsi Lane
Davis Miles

Kelsi works for Davis Miles McGuire Gardner PLLC in the LegalShield Department that provides affordable legal services to ensure equal access to legal advice for all people. She specializes in landlord tenant matters, estate planning, business, and Veteran’s law. She previously worked for the Board of Veterans Appeals in Washington, D.C. and Commercial Real Estate boutique law firm Herbert Law Offices, PLC in Phoenix. She attended Arizona State University for her undergraduate, Grand Canyon University for her MBA and Regent University for her law degree. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, their son, and two dogs. 

Kelsi also serves on the Board of Governors for the State Bar of Arizona and participates in the Junior League of Phoenix. 

Mark McCall
Board Member

Mark McCall is currently a HR/Learning and Development Manager for Maricopa County having served more than twenty years in public education as a teacher, administrator, researcher, and professional development consultant. His middle school students excelled in Project Citizen at both the regional and state levels. Mark worked part-time for Kids Voting Arizona in 2002 and joined the Foundation in 2007 as faculty and showcase judge for Project Citizen and later We the People, iCivics, and Representative Democracy in America. With credentials from Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and Grand Canyon University, Mark has held leadership positions in three Arizona school districts, Maricopa County, the Arizona Department of Education, and Arizona State University and was named a Phi Delta Kappa Emerging Leader in 2012. In addition to the Foundation, his volunteer service includes work with Arizona Odyssey of the Mind, American Legion Boys State, the Marley Park Community Association, Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure, and Disney VoluntEARS.

His professional career outside of the Foundation includes a wide array of technical and academic experiences. Duane has three years of technical instructor experience as a technical instructor at Chanute Air Force Base’s Center for Technical Training. He instructed students in technical reading and applied sciences at the School for Aerospace Ground Equipment. This was followed by seven and one-half years of academic training in the field of Equal Opportunity and Treatment/Human Relations Education. After retirement, he studied and practiced Civil Law for State Farm Insurance; before returning to Europe, where he served as adjunct faculty at the Bremerhaven Hochschule, Bremerhaven, West Germany; teaching technical English in the Computer Engineering Department. He has recently retired from an inner-city middle school teaching job where he taught U.S. History and math intervention.

David's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in the state and federal courts. David has represented public companies and their officers and directors in numerous securities fraud class actions, represented Fortune 50 companies in a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters, including matters involving intellectual property disputes, represented a major telecommunications company in an array of commercial litigation matters, represented companies in sales and use tax disputes, and represented national and local companies in employment controversies, including class-action discrimination lawsuits. As past President of the Federal Bar Association and Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, David has developed knowledge and experience in the finer points of prosecuting complex litigation in the federal courts.

Joel England
Ex-Officio/State Bar's CEO

Joel F. England currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the State Bar of Arizona.

Before coming to the Bar, Joel was the Chief Judge of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Camp Verde, Arizona. He was responsible for the overall administration of the Court and presides over criminal and civil cases as well as an alternative disposition Wellness Court.

Prior to his current position, he served for over 21 years in the United States Air Force. He held a variety of positions, including service as a prosecutor, defense counsel and as a deployed combat operations attorney advising on the law of armed conflict. His final assignments included serving as the Chief of Professional Responsibility for the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps and as the General Counsel for the 56^th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base. During his tenure at Luke Air Force Base, his team was recognized as the Arizona Corporate Counsel In-House Legal Department of the Year in 2016.

Joel graduated with academic distinction from the United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona College of Law, where he graduated summa cum laude and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law. Joel is a member of the Arizona, California, and District of Columbia bars.