HOFSTRA LAW

Adam D. Kahn  ’13,  President
Associate, La Salle, La Salle, & Dwyer, P.C.

Melanie Campbell  ’17, Vice President  
Associate, Davis+Gilbert LLP
Greenwich, CT 

Lynda Madera Vaillant ’08, Vice President   
Counsel, Moomjian, Waite & Coleman, LLP

Courtney Zucker  ’15, Vice President 
Claims Counsel, Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company

Sheila Ballato  ’12, Secretary 
Principal Law Clerk to the Hon. John B. Collins, Suffolk County Supreme Court

Hon. Denise L. Sher  ’78,  Judicial Liaison  
Justice, Nassau County Supreme Court  
100 Supreme Court Drive Mineola, NY 11501  

The Alumni Engagement and Development Committee assists Hofstra Law’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations with alumni engagement, programs, and fundraising initiatives. The committee seeks to develop a dedicated and dynamic alumni community whose members are committed to each other, devoted to Hofstra Law’s mission, and invested in its future. The Alumni Engagement and Development Committee consists of alumni who: create opportunities to engage alumni with each other, the current student body, and Hofstra Law at large; promote an inclusive culture of alumni engagement and philanthropy (time, talent, and treasure); and create opportunities to strengthen bonds between each other and Hofstra Law. 

Michael Romano ’11  
Owner, Romano & Associates  
350 Old Country Road, Suite 205 
Garden City, NY  11530 

Courtney H. Zucker ‘15 
Associate, Goldberg Segalla  
200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 520 
Garden City, NY 11530 3203 

Cheryl L. Katz-Erato ‘15 
Partner, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP 
333 Earle Ovington Boulevard, Suite 1010 
Suite 1010 Uniondale, NY 11553 

Administrators:   

Nadège Boisson Pardo 
Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations 
(516) 463-4757 
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Charmise P. Woodside-Desiré 
Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving 
(516) 463-4390 
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The Career Services Committee assists Hofstra Law by, among other things, engaging in outreach to fellow alumni for the purpose of identifying potential internship and postgraduate employment opportunities for Hofstra Law students and graduates, promoting alumni participation in Hofstra Law’s on-campus recruitment programs (OCI), identifying alumni who are willing to serve as professional mentors for current students, and participating in career- and professional-development-related programming run by Hofstra Law. 

Lynda Madera ’08 
Counsel, Moomjian, Waite & Coleman LLP 
350 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 104 
Jericho, New York 11753 

Daniel P. Vaillant ’08 
Associate General Counsel and Director of Compliance, TDK USA Corporation 
455 RXR Plaza 
Uniondale, NY  11556 

Kimberly Wilkens ’19 
Employment Counsel, United States Postal Service 
New York, New York 

Administrators:  

Christopher Caruso ’00  
Senior Associate Dean for Career Services, Compliance, and Strategic Initiatives  
(516) 463-5861  
Christopher.J.Caruso@hofstra.edu   

Daphne Telfeyan  
Senior Assistant Dean for Career Development and Employer Relations  
(516) 463-5871  
Daphne.E.Telfeyan@hofstra.edu 

The Diversity Committee was formed to further Hofstra Law’s efforts to maintain a diverse student body, faculty and administration. The committee supports efforts to identify and recruit Law students from diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds; provide support to affinity student groups and organizations through participation in their programs and events, as well as serve as mentors and advisors; assist in engaging alumni from diverse backgrounds and help to develop ways of encouraging their participation in alumni activities; and help to build financial support for Hofstra Law diversity scholarships and fellowships, and overall fundraising efforts.