Message from the President

Dear Members,

It is hard to believe that the new membership year is already upon us! It seems like just last week that Zea was being installed as president and I breathed a sigh of relief thinking I had a whole year before I had to take over. How quickly a year has gone!
As you all probably already know, our membership year runs from June to May. So first and foremost I would like to encourage everyone to renew their membership and encourage your friends and colleagues to join. Remember you do not have to be a female attorney to join and our association appreciates its many dedicated male members.

Our first event of the year was our Officer’s Installation held on May 28th at the Corinthian Club. We had a great turnout and it was a nice way for us to get together and mingle with people we didn’t know or reconnect with people we hadn’t seen in a while. I’m very excited about this year’s board. They are a really talented group of individuals and I’m very excited to be working with them!

I also wanted to give a word of thanks to last year’s board and especially our immediate past president Zea Wright. I have Zea on speed dial and she has been more than helpful in these first few weeks with my transition into this new position.

Already as President I have had the privilege of attending the WBASNY state convention in Niagara on the Lake, Canada. We had a good turnout from our chapter with the Hon. Karen Uplinger, Danielle McCann and Maureen Maney also in attendance. It was a great opportunity to meet other officers from around the state. We also were able to witness the induction of our very own Maureen Maney, past president of the CNYWBA, as a vice president of WBASNY. Congratulations Maureen!!

We have many exciting events planned for this year so check out the events section of our website for all the latest. Also stay tuned as a new newsletter will be coming out this summer.

Finally, I would like to say that it is a great honor to be installed into the position of President and I look forward to an exciting year! If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me.

Jennifer Testut Smith
President