Leadership

The Media Law Resource Center is headed by a board selected from the organization’s media members, plus the president of the MLRC Defense Counsel Section and the MLRC Executive Director. The Defense Counsel Section has its own Executive Committee which oversees the activities of that segment of the MLRC membership.

MLRC Board of Directors

Regina Thomas (Chair)
Yahoo Inc.

Adam Cannon
The Sun/News UK

Lauren Chamblee
Microsoft

Carolyn Forrest
Tubi

Jacob Goldstein
Dow Jones

Ted Lazarus
Google

David E. McCraw
New York Times

James A. McLaughlin
Washington Post

Randy L. Shapiro
Bloomberg LP

Drew Shenkman
Warner Bros. Discovery / CNN

Leita Walker (DCS President)
Ballard Spahr

MLRC Executive Director: George Freeman
Media Law Resource Center

Defense Counsel Section Executive Committee

Leita Walker, President
Ballard Spahr

Jean-Paul Jassy, Vice President
Jassy Vick Carolan

Deanna Shullman, Secretary
Shullman Fugate

Alexia Bedat, Treasurer
Klaris Law

Brendan Healey, President Emeritus
Baron Harris & Healey 

George Freeman
Media Law Resource Center