Women's Bar Foundation elects officers and directors for 2010

Tthe Members of the Women's Bar Foundation (WBF) recently elected/re-elected as Directors of the Foundation, for three -year terms ending January 2013, the following members of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI): Sarah Breitlander, Anne McGovern Burkhart, Karina DeHayes, Dawn M. Gonzales, Bates McIntyre Larson, Susan Schwartz and Tracey Stokes. At the Annual Meeting of the Foundation's Board of Directors, held immediately after the Foundation's Members Meeting, the following individuals were elected as Officers for the year 2010:

• President - Bernadette Barron
• Vice President - Shelley DeRousse (Event Co-Chair)
• Bernadette Freeman (External Affairs)
• Carol A. Hogan (Fundraising)
• Bates McIntyre Larson (Scholarships)
• Catherine Basque Weiler (Event Co-Chair)
• Secretary - Rosa M. Silva
• Treasurer - Mary Melchor

The Women's Bar Foundation was created in 1966, and established as a non-profit organization in 1968, for the purpose of funding scholarships for deserving women law students attending Illinois law schools. For further information on the WBF, see www.womensbarfoundation.org.