NAFUSA members attending the 2025 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. elected a
slate of new officers and directors on Friday, October 10 in the general meeting at the
conclusion of conference programming. Former President Elect Catherine Hanaway (ED Missouri) was elected President for 2025-2026 replacing outgoing President Donna Bucella. Tim Purdon (North Dakota) became President Elect; Don Washington (WD Louisiana) became Vice President; and Rick Hartunian (ND New York) became Secretary. Members elected Jeff Taylor (District of Columbia) to the position of Treasurer. Jeff had been serving a term as a Board Member in the class of 2026.

Members also elected six new members to the Board of Directors, including Erin Nealy
Cox (ND Texas), a current member of the outgoing class of 2025 who was elected to serve an additional year on the Board filling Jeff Taylor’s vacated position. In addition to Erin, the newly elected directors are Rich Roper, Nick Trutanich, Ken Wainstein, Steve Dettelbach, Josh Levy and Jill Steinberg. The newly elected directors will serve a term of three years. In accordance with NAFUSA policy, three of the new board members previously served in a Democratic administration and three in a Republican administration.

Rich Roper served as U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Texas from 2004-2008 before leaving to join Holland and Knight where he practiced for 17 years. He is currently a partner in Dallas/Ft. Worth based Vartabedian Hester & Haynes LLP, leading the firm’s White Collar and Investigations practice.

Nick Trutanich served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada from 2019 – 2021.
After graduating from Georgetown University Law Center in 2005, he worked in private
practice and as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Manuel Real. After serving as an AUSA in the Central District of California for 6 years, Nick joined the Nevada Attorney General’s Office in 2014 until being sworn in as U.S. Attorney in January 2019. In March 2021 he joined the Fox Corporation as its Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer.

Ken Wainstein served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia from 2004 until 2006,
when he was confirmed as the DOJ’s first Assistant Attorney General for National Security.
In March 2008, he was appointed Homeland Security Advisor by President Bush and later
was named Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis at the Department of Homeland
Security. In April 2025 he became a partner in the firm Mayer Brown as leader of its Global
Investigation & White-Collar Defense practice and member of its National Security and
Congressional Investigations practice.

Steve Dettelbach served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio (NDOH).
After graduating from Harvard Law School, he clerked for a federal judge before joining the
DOJ’s Civil Rights Division in 1992. He served as an AUSA in the Maryland and NDOH
offices between 1997 and 2006, during which time he was detailed for two years to
Chairman Patrick Leahy of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. He was sworn in as U.S.
Attorney in 2009 and served until 2016 when he rejoined the firm BakerHostetler. In July
2022 he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as ATF Director, the first confirmed director
since the departure of NAFUSA member Todd Jones in 2015. In April 2025 he rejoined
BakerHostetler as a partner on the White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement
and Litigation Team.

Josh Levy served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from May 2023 to
January 2025. He previously served as First Assistant AUSA in that office. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he was as associate and later a partner in the law firm Ropes and Gray. After leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office he rejoined the firm in its litigation and
enforcement practice.

Jill Steinberg served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia from February
2023 until January 2025. After graduating from Duke University Law School in 1998, she
became an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia. In 2001 she joined Rogers & Hardin
LLP as an associate before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of
Georgia in 2008. She served in several positions in the DOJ, including the Office of the
Deputy Attorney General and the National Security Division until leaving in 2021 to join
Ballard Spahr as partner. She rejoined the firm in 2025 after her resignation as U.S.
Attorney.