2025 Executive Board Members

  • James Harrington

    James Harrington, 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.

  • Deonna Jones

    Deonna Jones, Vice President

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

  • Kevin Southern

    Kevin Southern, Treasurer

    Southern has served as Assistant District Attorney for Erie County since 2022. Prior to his current role, he was EEO Investigator for Erie County. Southern brings to his role as MBAWNY treasurer a wealth of experience in the banking industry.

  • Deputy Treasurer

    T.B.D.

    Deputy Treasurer is to still to be determined

  • Alex Sanchez

    Alex Sanchez, Recording Secretary

    Sanchez, Esq., holds the title of Assistant District Attorney in the Erie County District Attorney's Office. He is an alumnus of the University at Buffalo and Canisius University.

  • Brianna Shareef

    Brianna Shareef, Corresponding Secretary

    Shareef currently serves as in-house Senior Counsel at Lactalis, where she leverages her legal expertise to support the company’s operations and strategic transactions.

  • Allana Benton

    Allana Benton, Director

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.