Officers and Directors

2025-2026

Officers

President

Beth Short

Director of Outreach and Education

Ohio Attorney General

Charitable Law Section

30 E. Broad St., 25th floor

Columbus, OH 43215

Email: Beth.Short@OhioAGO.Gov

Vice President

Joshua Studor

Assistant Attorney General

Washington State Attorney General

Consumer Protection Division – Charitable Asset Protection Team

Secretary

Michael Schlein

Director

Maryland Office of the Secretary of State

Charities & Legal Services Division

Treasurer

Kim Wickersham

Director

South Carolina Secretary of State

Public Charities Division

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Directors

Albert Bryant, M.B.A.

Charities Administrator

Colorado Office of the Secretary of State

Caitlin Calder

Assistant Attorney General

Connecticut Office of the Attorney General

Leslie Friedlander

Senior Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General

Charities Enforcement Unit

Jonathan C. Green

Division Chief

Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General

Non-Profit Orgs/Public Charities Division

Elizabeth Kim

Senior Assistant Attorney General

California Department of Justice

Office of the Attorney General

Charitable Trusts Section

Kristin Louis

Bureau Chief

Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Charitable Trust Bureau

Sara Noel

Assistant Attorney General | Charities Division

Office of the Minnesota Attorney General

Hanna Rubin

Director of Registration Section

New York Office of the Attorney General

Charities Bureau

Cara Spencer

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia

Antitrust and Nonprofit Enforcement Section, Public Advocacy Division

Heather L. Weigler

Senior Assistant Attorney General

Oregon Department of Justice

Noula Zaharis

Director

Georgia Office of the Secretary of State

Securities & Charities Division

NAAG Liaison

Director-NAAG Center for Consumer Protection

National Association of Attorneys General

2030 M St NW, 8th Floor

Washington, DC 20036

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