There are few finer legacies than having served our country well — statesmen, soldiers, and citizens alike. Then there are those who understand the cost of such sacrifice and give of themselves in an effort to pay back. Such are the people of Veterans Legal Services and all who support them.
— Doris Kearns Goodwin, Friend of VLS
In Memoriam
Allan Ryan, Esq., Chair, 2016-2023
Marine Corps Veteran

Board of Directors

Bill Asher
Chair
Partner, retired
Choate, Hall & Stewart

Joseph Kearns Goodwin
Senior Vice President, Public Policy
Bank of America
Army Veteran

Daniel LaPenta
Deputy General Counsel, SVP
Santander Bank
Navy Veteran;Navy Reserves

Chanal Neves-McCain
Assistant Professor of Legal Writing
Suffolk University Law School

Christopher Walton
VA Peer Counselor/Case Manager
Veterans Health Administration
Navy Veteran

Nicole Jackson Leslie
Secretary
Head of Wealth Strategy
SCS Financial

Nicholas Hasenfus
Partner
Holland & Knight
Marine Corps Veteran

Stephanie Lin
Resource Attorney
Cooley LLP

Jeong Park
Associate
Accuity, LLP
Army Veteran

Aneisha Worrell
Benefits Consultant Attorney
Ropes & Gray

Elyse Marks
Treasurer
Vice President, Workplace Investment Innovation
Fidelity Investments

Jean Healey Dippold
Chief of Health Care Division
Office of Massachusetts Attorney General

Sean Morrissey
Law Student
Suffolk University Law School
Coast Guard Veteran; Coast Guard Reserves

Alexandra (Alex) Trobe
Associate
Williams & Connolly
Air Force Veteran
FRIENDS OF VLS
Richard Allen, Esq.
Casner & Edwards (ret.)
Michael Douvadjian, ChFC, CFP®, CLU
Morgan Stanley
Biographer and Historian
Casner & Edwards
Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow
Disabled American Veterans
Barclay Damon
Bain Capital and Boston Celtics
WilmerHale (ret.)
Hinckley Allen
COUNCIL OF ADVISORS
StageReady Communications
Jordan Krasnow, Esq.
Goulston & Storrs
