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2026 Officer and Trustee Nominees

The Copyright Society’s Nominating Committee, chaired by Alex Kaplan, enthusiastically recommends the below slate of nominees for the Board of Trustees and Officers for the membership’s consideration. Our Board presently consists of twenty-one Trustees serving staggered three-year terms and six Officers serving a two-year term.

Nominees

VP/President-Elect

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Eleanor Lackman

Treasurer/VP of Finance, Copyright Society | Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Treasurer / VP of Finance

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Richard Pfohl

General Counsel | Music Canada & CONNECT Music Licensing

Assistant Treasurer

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Catherine Lovrics

Partner / Head of Trademarks and Copyright (Canada) | Marks & Clerk

Secretary / VP of Governance

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Danielle Bulger

Partner | ArentFox Schiff LLP

Assistant Secretary

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Rachel Fertig

Partner | DLA Piper

Trustee

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Sy Damle

Parter | Latham & Watkins

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Jeanne Fromer

Vice Dean and Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Intellectual Property Law; Faculty Co-Director, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law

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Terrance Hart

General Counsel | Association of American Publishers (AAP)

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JaQuel Knight

Director, Creative Director, Entrepreneur and Critically Acclaimed, Award-Winning Celebrity Choreographer | J.K. Creatives, Inc.

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W. Drew Kastner

Principal | Offit Kurman

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Jessica Medina

Managing Counsel – Litigation | Epic Games

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Kayleigh Nauman

North American Intellectual Property Attaché and Policy Advisor | British Embassy Washington

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Xuyang Zhu

Senior Counsel | Taylor Wessing LLP