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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2024 to 2025
Kevin Lindsey

Kevin Lindsey

MABL President

Kevin Lindsey is the CEO of the Minnesota Humanities Center

Duchess Harris

Duchess Harris

MABL Vice President

Duchess Harris is a Professor of American Studies at Macalester College

Lee Atakpu

Lee Atakpu

At-Large Director

Lee Atakpu Manages the Wage Theft Division in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office

Athena Hollins

Athena Hollins

At-Large Director

Athena Hollins represents District 66B in Saint Paul at the Minnesota State House

Patience McHenry

Patience McHenry

Student Director

Patience McHenry is a law students at the University of Minnesota School of Law

Dana Mitchell

Dana Mitchell

MABL Past President

Dana Mitchell is a Deputy Attorney General with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office

Amanda Matchett

Amanda Matchett

MABL Treasurer

Amanda Matchett is Senior Counsel Technology Transactions for Workday, Inc

Rashanda Bruce

Rashanda Bruce

At-Large Director

Rashanda Bruce is an Associate at Robins Kaplan LLP

Ian Taylor, Jr.

Ian Taylor, Jr.

At-Large Director

Ian Taylor Jr. is an Assistant Attorney General at the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.

Aniyah Braveboy

Aniyah Braveboy

Student Director

Aniyah Braveboy is a third year law student at the University of St. Thomas School of Law

Aisha Richardson

Aisha Richardson

MABL Executive Director

Aisha Richardson also serves as the Administrator of the MABL Law School Pathways Program

Jeremiah Allison

Jeremiah Allison

At-Large Director

Jeremiah Allison serves as Associate Council for the Minnesota Vikings

Shelley Carthen Watson

Shelley Carthen Watson

At-Large Director

Shelley Carthen Watson is the President and CEO of YWCA Minneapolis

Braxton Thomas

Braxton Thomas

Student Director

Braxton Thomas is a 3L at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Promote and support the professional development of Black lawyers, judges, and law students in Minnesota; Address the legal issues affecting the Black community in Minnesota; and advance education, excellence, and racial equity in the pursuit of justice.

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