2024 Executive Board Members

  • Portrait of Ifeoluwa Popoola

    Ifeoluwa Popoola, President

    Popoola is an assistant county attorney at the Erie County Department of Law. She began her legal career in the U.S. as a public defender from 2020 to 2022 with the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo.

  • James Harrington

    James Harrington, Vice President

    Harrington is an assistant district attorney and joined the Erie County District Attorney’s Office in July 2021. He most recently served in the office’s Justice Courts Bureau.

  • Shane Greene

    Shane Greene, Treasurer

    Greene is a lawyer dedicated to addressing systemic injustice. He recently accepted a position as a general labor attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in Buffalo.

  • Deonna Jones

    Deonna Jones, Deputy Treasurer

    Jones currently serves as assistant legal counsel for Buffalo City School District. She formerly served as an assistant Erie County district attorney.

  • Katherine McCarley

    Katherine McCarley, Recording Secretary

    McCarley has held the position of associate counsel for National Fuel Gas Company since October 2023. Previously she was a law clerk and then an associate at Underberg & Kessler LLP.

  • Allana Benton

    Allana Benton, Corresponding Secretary

    Benton is associate counsel for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA). Prior to her current role, she was a FOIL coordinator and law clerk for NFTA.

  • Arrianna Hart

    Arrianna Hart, Director

    Hart is an associate in the insurance defense and business litigation practice groups of Rupp Pfalzgraf. Previously, Goldberg Segalla added Hart to the firm’s commercial litigation and arbitration group.

  • Jesutowo “Kola” Adeniji

    Jesutowo “Kola” Adeniji, Director

    Adeniji is currently deputy commissioner of labor relations for Erie County. He earned his doctor of law degree at University at Buffalo School of Law and studied to be a barrister at law at The Nigerian Law School.

  • Samuel Borbor-Sawyer

    Samuel Borbor-Sawyer, Director

    Borbor-Sawyer is a senior associate in the Phillips Lytle LLP Litigation Practice Group. He advises clients in various industries, including energy, education, health care, finance, insurance, technology, and telecommunications.