Congratulations to President Sheila Boston, the 69th President of the New York City Bar Association! Ms. Boston’s presidency is historic, as she is the first woman of color to be elected President of the Bar in its 150th year! President Boston (oh that has a nice ring!) is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School. She is a partner at Arnold & Porter.
To many of us black and women of color attorneys, Sheila is our sister-girlfriend. She is gentle, funny, wise, straight-talking and sincere. Sheila always has a kind word for friends and strangers! She is always sending a warm text just to let you know that you are in her thoughts. Nothing like late night call from Sheila. Sweet!
I first met Sheila when I joined the Board of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association about twelve years ago. At the time, Joseph Drayton (who is now Vice President of the City Bar’s Board of Directors) was a member of the MBBA Board, and he would host meetings at his office. Both Sheila and Joe were attorneys at Kaye Scholer, now Arnold & Porter. Although Sheila did not serve on the Board at that time, she would stop by and say hello before our Board meetings. She always had a warm smile, and she genuinely cared about the organization. I knew then that Sheila was special and since then we have become sister-girlfriends.
We look forward to working with Sheila during her presidency. We look forward to supporting her goals.
Warmly,
Deborah Martin Owens
Executive Director, Office for Diversity & Inclusion
New York City Bar Association
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