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May 8, 2025
DEI in the Crosshairs: How Scholarship Providers Can Mitigate Their Risks, National Scholarship Providers Association (Webinar)
May 7, 2025
DEI Initiatives in the Crosshairs of the Administration: What Nonprofits Need to Do to Mitigate Their Risk, Association Headquarters Leadership Forum, Philadelphia, PA
April 24, 2025
DEI Initiatives in the Crosshairs of the Administration, GRF CPAs & Advisors’ ESG Summit 2025 (Virtual)
April 11, 2025
What Do the New Executive Orders Mean for Your Bar Association?, National Association of Bar Executives (Webinar)
April 7, 2025
Ask the Association Attorney, California Society of Association Executives’ Elevate 2025 Annual Conference, Monterrey, CA
April 1, 2025
March 25, 2025
Ask the Association Attorney, Texas Society of Association Executives’ CEO Forum, Austin, TX
March 25, 2025
Ethics in Advocacy & Lobbying: Best Practices, 2025 ASAE Legislative Fly In, Washington, DC
March 18, 2025
Navigating DEI Legal Challenges and Best Practices: A Webinar for FBA Leaders, Federal Bar Association (Webinar)
March 12, 2025
Combinations, Acquisitions, and Alliances Among Nonprofit Organizations, M&T Bank, Washington, DC
Meet Our Team
Jeff is one of the nation’s leading nonprofit attorneys, and a highly regarded and frequent author, lecturer, media commentator, and expert witness on nonprofit legal matters. Formerly the longtime chair of one of the country’s largest nonprofit law practices, he is the recipient of numerous distinguished national awards and honors.
Nisha is an experienced in-house nonprofit attorney and senior-level business partner. Formerly the associate general counsel of a large REALTOR® association in Northern Virginia, she has a broad understanding of nonprofit legal matters as well as business operations, governance, and development.
Holly Peterson is an attorney with significant experience in the association and nonprofit, employment, and education sectors. She excels at translating complex regulatory and legal issues into practical and digestible client solutions. Prior to joining TLG, Holly served in a senior role on the Legal Resources Team and Leadership Team at the National Association of College and University Attorneys for eight years, where she was immersed in legal and operational issues impacting the nonprofit education sector, acquiring significant experience with association and nonprofit operations and management.
Counsel Ashley Wisneski has been practicing law for 20 years and brings extensive in-house experience to TLG. Most recently, she served as the University Counsel at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the Associate General Counsel at Johnson & Wales University.
Kevin Serafino is an attorney with experience advising a wide range of nonprofit organizations at various stages of their development, leveraging his decade of experience working in-house at two national trade associations to provide practical and actionable legal advice to mission-driven organizations. He also counsels politically active organizations on federal and state lobbying, ethics, and campaign finance laws. Prior to joining TLG, Kevin served as an associate in the nonprofit organizations practice of a leading mid-Atlantic law firm, while also practicing in the firm’s Chambers-ranked political law group.
Kyler Mejia is an attorney (DC Bar admission pending) with experience advising nonprofit tax-exempt organizations and socially responsible businesses operating both domestically and internationally. Kyler counsels a broad range of nonprofits on a wide array of legal matters. He also acts as outside general counsel to many clients, assisting with issues related to federal tax exemption, corporate governance, contract reviews and drafting, mergers and acquisitions, subsidiaries and affiliates, hybrid corporate structures, partnerships and joint ventures, lobbying and political activity compliance, intellectual property, and more. Prior to joining TLG, Kyler worked at a boutique law firm in Tempe, AZ, focused exclusively on servicing the legal needs of nonprofits.
