Five New Members Added to Shriver Center Board of Directors

January 3, 2006

Five New Members Added to the Board of Directors

of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
(Chicago)--Five new board members will strengthen the administration of the Shriver Center's national
mission. They bring a wealth of expertise to the organization on issues affecting low-income people --
financial education, the needs of low-income women, and the barriers to independent living experienced by
ex-offenders. "This dynamic group of individuals will also help increase the Shriver Center's communications
with different professional and diverse communities," said Rita McLennon, executive director of the Shriver
Center. The following newly elected members will serve a three-year term beginning in January 2006:

William Beck is a financial consultant and senior vice president of the Smith Barney investment
firm. He has been managing individual and corporate accounts and advising clients on their assets.
Fred Cohen is a principal in the Litigation Group at Goldberg Kohn. He has extensive experience
in litigating patent and trademark infringement matters, class actions, health care matters, business
tort cases, e-commerce issues, and state and local tax challenges. Cohen was cocounsel with John
Bouman of the Shriver Center in the landmark case Memisovski v. Maram.
Regina Montoya is the chief executive officer of the New America Alliance in Washington, D.C.
She develops strategic and tactical plans to fulfill the alliance's mission of promoting the
advancement of the American Latino community with a focus on economic and political
empowerment.
Joe Scantlebury is a senior policy officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His policy
advocacy grant making in education targets two areas: helping high schools better prepare all
students for college, work, and citizenship; and reducing the financial and other barriers to higher
education.
Orin Whiting is a principal at Much Shelist and has in-depth experience in commercial litigation,
health care law, and government affairs and regulator law as well as products liability litigation and
counseling.

Sunny Fischer, executive director of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, is the new chairperson of the
Shriver Center's board. Eileen Sweeney of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities continues as vice
chairperson. The other newly elected officers are Hon. Divida Gude, of Atlanta, Georgia, as secretary, and
Luis A. Wilmot of AARP/Texas as treasurer.

The remaining members of the Shriver Center board of directors are Sandra Cuneo, Police Assessment
Resource Center; Gregory R. Dallaire, attorney at law; Gill Deford, Center for Medicare Advocacy; Bruce G.
Iwasaki, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles; LeAlan M. Jones; Ethel Klein, Ph.D., EDK Associates;
Marshall Marcovitz; Betty J. Musburger; Grace Allen Newton, Robinson, Curley & Clayton PC; Suzan L.
Rayner, M.D., MPH, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Network; Catherine Robb; Janice E. Rodgers,
Quarles & Brady; Jean Rudd, JR Strategies; Jill Schuker, JAS International Group; and C. Steven
Tomashefsky, Jenner & Block.
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The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, a national resource, champions law and policy promoting equal opportunity and
support for low-income individuals, families, and communities so that they can escape poverty permanently.

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