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The Historical Society of the United States Courts in the Eighth
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2020 - 2022 Officers and Executive Committee
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Officers Since 1999 | Chair Judge Kopf and President Lyford's Awards, 2014 | Secretary Fessenden Retires |
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Officers, except for the position of Board Chair, are elected by the Board of Directors to serve a two year term and comprise the Historical Society's Executive Committee.
On August 5, 2020, by means of a virtual meeting, the Board of Directors selected Circuit Judge Jane Kelly to succeed U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf as Board Chair and elected the officers listed below: Board Chair
Board Chair United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Cedar Rapids, Iowa Officers
President Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen Des Moines, Iowa Nick Batter, Esq. Vice President Hawkins Construction Company Omaha, Nebraska Joan Voelker Secretary U.S. Courts Library 8th Circuit St. Louis, Missouri Benjamin Wilson, Esq. Treasurer Armstrong Teasdale LLP St. Louis, Missouri Executive Committee
Nick Batter, Vice President Joan Voelker, Secretary Benjamin Wilson, Treasurer Thomas Boyd, Esq. Past-President and Ex Officio Member of Executive Committee Winthrop & Weinstine Minneapolis, Minnesota Eric Brust, Esq. Ex Officio Member of Executive Committee U.S. Courts Library 8th Circuit St. Louis, Missouri Historical List of Officers Since 1999
Judge Richard Kopf, Board Chair Richard Lyford, President Frances Ross, Vice President Nick Batter, Assistant Vice President Joan Voelker, Secretary Benjamin Wilson, Treasurer (Appointed by the Historical Society Board of Directors on April 13, 2019, to succeed resigning Treasurer Sheila Greenbaum.) April 2015 - August 2018 Judge Richard Kopf, Board Chair Richard Lyford, President Frances Ross, Vice President Joan Voelker, Secretary (Appointed by Historical Society Executive Committee on April 8, 2015, to fill the position vacated by Ann Fessenden, who retired. Elected to office at next Board meeting, May 3, 2016.) Sheila Greenbaum, Treasurer August 2014 - April 2015 Judge Richard Kopf, Board Chair Richard Lyford, President Frances Ross, Vice President Ann Fessenden, Secretary Sheila Greenbaum, Treasurer August 2012 - August 2014 Judge Richard Kopf, Board Chair Richard Lyford, President Frances Ross, Vice President Ann Fessenden, Secretary Sheila Greenbaum, Treasurer August 2010 - August 2012 Judge Richard Kopf, Board Chair Richard Lyford, President Frances Ross, Vice President Ann Fessenden, Secretary Sheila Greenbaum, Treasurer October 2007 - August 2010* Judge Richard Kopf, Board Chair Frances Ross, President Richard Lyford, Vice President Ann Fessenden, Secretary Sheila Greenbaum, Treasurer *The Historical Society Executive Committee extended of the terms of the 2007 - 2009 officers to 2010 to realign elections of officers with the biennial open Judicial Conference. October 2005 - October 2007 Judge Richard Kopf, Board Chair Frances Ross, President Richard Lyford, Vice President Ann Fessenden, Secretary Sheila Greenbaum, Treasurer July 2003 - October 2005 Judge Richard Kopf, President Frances Ross, Vice President Ann Fessenden, Secretary-Treasurer July 2001 - July 2003 Judge Richard Kopf, President Frances Ross, Vice President Ann Fessenden, Secretary-Treasurer July 1999 - July 2001 Thomas Boyd, President Judge Richard Kopf, Vice President Ann Fessenden, Secretary-Treasurer Annual Reports | Minutes | Newsletters | Surveys Featured Judges and Historical Topics | 8th Circuit Courthouses Poster Judges' Papers | Oral History | Court Education and Outreach | History Workshop 2016 Recent Historical Publications | Eighth Circuit Reading Lists | History of the Federal Judiciary ©2001 by the Historical Society of the U.S. Courts in the Eighth Circuit |