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
Nonprofit Board Member
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
Estate Planning Attorney
Chestnut Cambronne PA
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
Assistant District Attorney
Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office
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