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JULY/AUGUST 2015

rETUrn oF #31waYSIn31DaYS

Rebecca Ruppert McMahon

ay was such a fun month • volunteers extraordinaire, Frank Court Rules Committee, Estate Planning
for Team CMBA as we Osborne, Sarah Nemastil and Gabrielle & Probate Law Sections, or presenting at
brought back Membership Lincoff who generously give their time CLEs, mentoring a Louis Stokes Scholar
Appreciation Month and 31 and talent to the Cleveland Homeless or showing her love as a Fellow of the
MWays in 31 Days to show Legal Assistance Program; Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation.
you just how thankful we are for your countless • Tami Bolder, who, as a member of If you didn’t have a chance to follow the
contributions. We simply want you to know our Board of Directors, has brought excitement — we shared a ton on Facebook,
just how appreciative we are of all you do. her insights and acumen to the CMBA LinkedIn and Twitter — you can check out our
While we had lots of give-aways and Governance and Nominating Committees, website at CleMetroBar.org/31Ways to see the
discounts, a huge amount of buzz came in addition organizing and presenting at a recap. Oh what a month! FroM THE cHIEF ExEcUTIvE oFFIcEr
from our Members of the Day. We started seminar on retirement planning for the As we move into June and the end of
with Ryan Nowlin, our Vice President of Senior Lawyer Project; our membership year, I shift my personal
Membership, who has devoted the last two • the Lawyer Referral Service Rookie of the appreciation to a different group of people, to
years to leading our efforts to making new Year, Sean Sobel, who joined the LRS in July the best team in town: Team CMBA. All year
Bar friends. And we wrapped up with our 2018 and has counseled 75+ LRS referrals long, the dedicated, professional staff members
now immediate Past President, Marlon to date, converting many into happy (and of the CMBA strive to deliver experiences and
Primes, for the tremendous contributions he profitable!) clients; and opportunities for our members that we hope
made to our Bar during the past year. • Judge Laura Gallagher who demonstrates will keep you coming back day after day, and
There were lots of Members of the Day in regularly that she is an uber CMBA member, year after year. Help me thank our Bar team for
between, including to name just a few: whether participating in meetings of the all that they do each and every day of the year.
Jessica “A Few Good Women
Carrie “Judicially Yours” Allen and Men” Paine
legal Coordinator Director, Community & Pro Bono
Programs
Nestor “Money Talks” Hernandez
Financial Assistant
Jackie “Designing Darling” Baraona Madeline “Call Me” Poll
Bar Journal Editor & Graphic Designer Membership Coordinator
Lucy “I Got You” Jackson
Facility Planning, Catering & Sections
Coordinator Samantha “It’s All About the Plan”
Susan “Book A Room” Beech Pringle
Facility Planning & Special Events Director, Continuing legal Education,
Coordinator Sections & Committees
David “Digging In” Mechenbier
Director of Finance & Operations
Kari “Hot Talk” Burns Mironda “Ready to Roll” Sandifer
Assistant Bar Counsel Facility Planning Coordinator
Krista “Rock On” Munger
Administrative & Special Events
Melanie “A Room with a View” Coordinator Megan “The Messaging Master”
Farrell Sigler
Director, Board Relations & Facility Marketing & Communications
Planning Katie “The Client Whisperer” Coordinator
Onders
Manager, lawyer Referral Service
Mary “Mad for Members” Groth Heather “Cool Runnings” Zirke
Director, Member & Donor Engagement Bar Counsel

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