LAW SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

DEAN

Sudha Setty, Dean and Professor of Law
deansoffice@law.cuny.edu

MEMBERS

Racquel Gabriel
Interim Associate Academic Dean, Director of the Law Library, and Professor of Law
racquel.gabriel@law.cuny.edu

Miyoko Brunner
Interim Executive Director of the CUNY Law Foundation
miyoko.brunner@law.cuny.edu

Carolyn Geisel
Associate Dean of Finance and Administration
carolyn.geisel@law.cuny.edu

Carmen Huertas-Noble
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Professor of Law
carmen.huertas-noble@law.cuny.edu

Amanda Beltran
Interim Dean of Student Affairs
amanda.beltran@law.cuny.edu

Michael Valente
Chief Diversity Officer
michael.valente@law.cuny.edu

Members of the leadership team are joined by administrators, staff, and librarians who support the Law School’s students, faculty, and alumni and work to advance our mission.

For a complete list of Law School offices, visit our staff directory information. 

CUNY LAW FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The City University of New York School of Law Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1994 responsible for securing and stewarding funds that advance the mission of the law school. For the year ending June 30, 2022, assets totaled $8.4M, and $1.2M supported program services including student support (scholarships, and public interest, bar study and emergency grants), centers including the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice., clinics and projects. Audited financial statement and tax returns are available on the giving page. EIN: 11-3235349

OFFICERS

Denise A. Holzka ’96 – Chair
Partner
Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP

Muhammad U. Faridi ’07 – Co-Vice-Chair
Partner
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler

Jorge Gomez ’17 – Co-Vice-Chair
Associate
Daniel Aharoni & Partners LLP

Tony Gentile – Treasurer
Founding Partner
Godosky & Gentile PC

Shyka Scotland – Assistant-Treasurer
Director
Price Waterhouse Coopers

Randy Yang ’18 – Secretary
Staff Attorney
Northeast New Jersey Legal Services

Martha S. Jones ’87 H ’19
Assistant-Secretary
Society of Black Alumni,
Presidential Professor
Professor of History & Professor
at the SNF Agora Institute
The Johns Hopkins University

DIRECTORS

Richard Celestin ’06
Richard Celestin Consulting Group

Hon. James C. Francis IV
Mediator & Arbitrator
JAMS

Carolyn Geisel – Ex Officio
Associate Dean, Finance and Administration
CUNY School of Law

Laura Gentile ‘87
Managing Attorney
Gentile & Associates

Yadira K. Hernández Pérez
CUNY Law student

Taejong Kim – Ex Officio
Campus Counsel

Songe LaRon
CEO and Co-Founder
Squire

Joey Lipton
Managing Director, Associate General Counsel
Supervisor, Cybersecurity & Technology Controls and Global Security Legal
JP Morgan Chase & Co

Steven Rosenfeld – Emeritus
Of Counsel
Paul Weiss

Merrick Rossein
Professor of Law
CUNY School of Law

Rebecca Seawright ’92 – Ex Officio
Chair
CUNY School of Law Board of Visitors

Sudha Setty
Dean and Professor of Law

Jane M. Sovern
Member
Bond, Schoeneck & King

Jason Stevens
President & CEO
Mitsubishi International Corporation

INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Miyoko L. Brunner
Associate Dean of Institutional Advancement
CUNY School of Law

BOARD OF VISITORS

MEMBERS

Christine Back ’08
Congressional Research Service

Robert Boyers
Boyers Law Group, PA

Dean Sudha Setty
CUNY School of Law

Jennifer Frankola Crawford ’07
American Arbitration Association

Hon. Lumarie Maldonado Cruz ‘02
Queens Civil Court

Hon. David F. Everett
Westchester County Court

Dave Fields
CUNY School of Law

Beth A. Green ’92
Law Offices of Beth A. Greene

Daniel L. Greenberg
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (Retired)

Kenneth Greenstein
Nixon Peabody (Retired)

Steven J. Hyman
McLaughlin & Stern LLP

Hon. Janet C. Malone ’89
New York Supreme Court of Westchester County

David Palmer ’06
Ballot Freedom Project

Yogi Patel ’06
Outside Legal Counsel LLP

Hon. Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan ’86
New York Supreme Court of Nassau County

Irina C. Rodriguez
Federal Trade Commission

Steven P. Salsberg ’89
Global Access Advisors

Flora Schnall
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (Retired)

Carmen R. Torrent ’86
Office of the New York State Attorney General (Retired)

Hon. Elena Goldberg Velazquez ’06
Yonkers City Court Judge

Lois Whitman
Human Rights Watch, Children’s Rights Division (Retired)