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2022-2023 Executive Board

The George Edgecomb Bar Association Executive Board: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023

Cornelius Demps, Esq., President

President
Cornelius Demps

Dionne Jones, Esq., Vice President

Dionne Jones serves as the Vice President of the George Edgecomb Bar Association and graduated from the University of Florida College of Law as a Council on Legal Education Opportunity Fellow. As a native of Tampa, Dionne has served as a Co-Chair of Diversity and Community Action for the Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers. She has also volunteered with Bay Area Legal Services in the Volunteer Lawyers program. As a member of the George Edgecomb Bar Association, Dionne has served as Co-Chairman of the Role Model Committee for multiple years as well as Chairman of the Scholarship Banquet Committee, and Treasurer. Dionne was awarded the President’s Award for two consecutive years. Dionne is also a graduate of University of South Florida with a Ph.D. in Higher EducationLeadership and worked as a faculty member for several years. She was selected by the Provost to be an integral part of the Diversity Task Force for the recruitment and retention of faculty of color.

Travis J. Coy, Esq., Immediate Past President

Travis Coy is the Immediate Past President of the George Edgecomb Bar Association. He is an Assistant State Attorney with the Office of the State Attorney, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit wherein he is the Juvenile Division Chief. Prior to becoming Juvenile Division Chief, Travis was the Deputy Chief in Circuit Criminal Division A, where he prosecuted serious felony cases. Travis graduated from The Florida State University with honors in Communication Studies and a minor in Sociology.

As a law student at Stetson University College of Law, Travis served as Associate Chief Justice of Stetson’s nationally recognized Moot Court Board, and as Treasurer and Parliamentarian of the Black Law Student Association. He functions as a member of The Florida Bar’s Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee and is a Barrister in the Tampa Bay Inn of Court. He has also served as the Vice President of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the National Black Prosecutors Association. Travis is a Tampa native and was Hillsborough High School’s first recipient of a GEBA scholarship.

Tiffany S. Hilton, Esq., Treasurer

Tiffany S. Hilton serves as the George Edgecomb Bar Association Treasurer.

Andre Sesler, Esq., Secretary

Andre Sesler serves as Secretary of the George Edgecomb Bar Association.

Reed L.L. Blair, Esq., Press Secretary

Reed Blair serves as Press Secretary of the George Edgecomb Bar Association.

Justin O. Scott, Esq., General Council

Justin O. Scott serves as General Council for the George Edgecomb Bar Association.

Anitra Raiford Clement, Esq., Parliamentarian

Anitra Raiford Clement serves as the Parliamentarian of the George Edgecomb Bar Association.

Jane A. Rose, Esq., At Large Member

Jane A. Rose is a BV Distinguished rated attorney who currently serves as Board Member at large of the George Edgecomb Bar Association. Ms. Rose has dedicated her legal career to government service. She is a Senior Assistant County Attorney with the Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office, in the Employment & Regulatory Services division. Since 2002, she has also practiced in the office’s Water & Environmental Management Division and Municipal Services Division. Ms. Rose is a former Senior Assistant Attorney General with the Economic Crimes Litigation Division of the Florida Attorney General’s Office in Tallahassee, FL, and a former Assistant Counsel with the United States Navy, Office of Counsel in Philadelphia, PA. Ms. Rose is a native of Boston, Massachusetts.

She graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts degree, magne cum laude, and from Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, DE. Ms. Rose has made Florida her home since 1990. Ms. Rose has been a dedicated member of GEBA since 2002 and in 2016 received GEBA’s President’s Award for her commitment, loyalty, unwavering support, time, care and humility in all that she does for the organization. Ms. Rose serves on The Florida Bar’s Judicial Administration & Evaluation Committee. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers, and is a member of The Pearl Society of Bay Area Legal Services, Inc.

LaKisha M. Kinsey-Sallis, Esq., At Large Member

LaKisha M. Kinsey-Sallis serves as one of the At-Large members for the George Edgecomb Bar Association. She graduated magna cum laude from Florida A & M University and earned her juris doctorate from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. The school recognized her trial advocacy skills by naming her a Philip H. Corboy Trial Fellow.

LaKisha is Of Counsel at Fisher Phillips. She has extensive experience representing private and public sector employers of all sizes and across several industries including hospitality, retail, healthcare, education, public housing, and technology. She is a 2012 graduate of the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Leadership Institute and currently serves as the National Legal Advisor to Jack and Jill of America, Inc. As an At-Large member, Lakisa is an ambassador for GEBA at various organizations including Junior League of Tampa and the Florida Bar’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.