Memphis attorney and TBA YLD President-elect Jennifer Sneed-Perry has announced the elected and appointed members of the 2026-2027 YLD Board. These individuals will take office at the TBA Convention in June.

Elected members serving on the YLD Board Executive Committee are:

• President: Jennifer Sneed-Perry
• President-elect: Darius Walker Jr.
• Vice President: Zack Walden
• Secretary: Patrick Morrison
• Treasurer: Ashley Tipton
• East Tennessee Governor: Samantha Ellis
• Middle Tennessee Governor: Alix Rogers
• West Tennessee Governor: Faith Watson
• Immediate Past President: Alex McVeagh
• Past President: Sean Aiello
• Past President: Billy Leslie

Other elected positions will be filled by the following:

• District Representatives: Sydney Gilbert (District 1), Mari Jasa (District 3), Alexandra Jones (District 4), Claire Tuley (District 5), Amber Vargas (District 6), Alyssa Fox (District 7), Grace Burnett (District 8), Ginny Blake (District 9), Colton McGrew (District 11), Shelby Combs (District 13) and Constance Brown (District 14).
• TBA House of Delegates: Mary Frances DeVoe, Lorne Hiller and Brian Mounce
• ABA YLD Representative: Alix Rogers
• ABA YLD Tennessee/Kentucky Representative: Sean Aiello

There are vacancies for a district representative in Districts 2, 10 and 12. TBA YLD members who would like more information and/or are interested in serving in this role should send a letter of interest and resume to llabenberg@tnbar.org.

The following TBA members have been appointed to lead various committees to undertake the significant public and membership initiatives of the YLD:

• Public Service Committee: Levi Mauldin
• Diversity Committee: Chicoya Smith
• Diversity Leadership Institute: Kamila Fernandez and John Murphy
• Membership Committee: Alexxas Johnson and Billy Leslie
• Publications Committee: Brian Mounce
• Mock Trial Committee: Bridget Pyman, Wyatt Boston, Ashley Tipton
• Long Range Planning Committee: Zack Walden
• Rural Judicial Fellowship Program: Alix Rogers and Zack Walden

Beyond services to its members, the YLD provides multiple programs a year across the state including pro bono expungement, name change, essential documents and debt relief clinics. The YLD also sponsors the Tennessee High School Mock Trial Competition — the largest public service project of the TBA. Over the next year, the YLD will continue to sponsor several special initiatives including the Rural Judicial Fellowship and the Diversity Leadership Institute programs for law students and the Leadership and Law Academy for high school students. Incoming president Jennifer Sneed-Perry also will focus on educating attorneys on estate planning through CLEs and pro bono estate planning clinics across the state. Sneed-Perry also has intensified the commitment to serving law students by appointing six law students to the YLD Board as law student liaisons.