Leadership

The thirty-fourth (and current) President of the American Branch is Michael P. Scharf, elected for a two-year term in October 2022.

The American Branch uses a unique troika approach to leadership. In this troika approach, the three individuals who occupy the positions of past president, current president, and president-elect all serve as leaders of the Branch contemporaneously.

The Branch operates under the direction of an Executive Committee. The Chair of the Executive Committee is Leila Nadya Sadat. The Vice-Presidents are Amity Boye, Christina M. Cerna, Chiara Giorgetti, David P. Stewart, Jennifer Trahan, and Peter K. Yu. The Treasurer is Houston Putnam Lowry. M. Imad Khan is the Branch’s Secretary and Peter Yu and Jennifer Trahan are the Co-Directors of Studies. Julia Liston is the Chief Operating Officer and Freya Doughty-Wagner is the Chief Content Officer.

The Branch currently has five Student Ambassadors, who assist with International Law Weekend and other events, as well as blogging and proofreading publications. The current Student Ambassadors are Sylvie Bissaloue, George Washington University Law School; Grant Carter, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law; Ludmilla Evelin, Syracuse University College of Law; Alexis Legaspi, Santa Clara University School of Law; and Valerie Sigamani, California Western School of Law. The call for new Student Ambassadors is typically published in late spring. Students interested in becoming a Student Ambassador should direct their questions to [email protected].