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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 21, 2025

Future TBA Presidents Attend Bar Leadership Institute TBA’s President-elect Heidi Barcus, who will become president of the association in June, and Vice President Charlotte Knight Griffin, who will become president in June 2026, recently attended the ABA’s Bar Leadership Institute. Former TBA President Sherie Edwards, who is now president-elect of the Nashville Bar Association (NBA), also attended. They were accompanied by TBA Executive Director Sheree Wright and NBA Executive Director Jeanne Heaton. For more than 45 years, the three-day Bar Leadership Institute has brought together bar association leaders from across the country to help them prepare for their year in office. Through keynote addresses, breakout sessions and networking events, attendees have the opportunity to engage with leaders from across the country and hear from speakers on topics designed to enhance their bar leadership. Programming at this year’s institute included sessions on motivational leadership, best practices in governance and effective communications. Learn more about the event.

Photo of TBA leaders at the Bar Leadership Institute in Chicago March 2025

From left: Former TBA President and current NBA President-elect Sherie Edwards, TBA Vice President Charlotte Knight Griffin, and TBA President-elect Heidi Barcus at the 2025 Bar Leadership Institute

Photo of TBA leaders at the Bar Leadership Institute in Chicago March 2025

From left: Former TBA President and current NBA President-elect Sherie Edwards, TBA President-elect Heidi Barcus, TBA Executive Director Sheree Wright, and TBA Vice President Charlotte Knight Griffin at the 2025 Bar Leadership Institute