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BASF Executive Staff

Daniel Burkhardt

Executive Director and General Counsel
dburkhardt@sfbar.org

Dan Burkhardt, BASF's Executive Director and General Counsel, has been with BASF since the fall of 2003 when he was brought on as Deputy Director and Chief Operations Officer.  Burkhardt  oversees BASF operations and  works directly with the managers of every department and program. He was instrumental in the selection of new office space for the 100-person organization.

Burkhardt is a former associate of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (now Bingham McCutchen) and served seven years in the White House, ultimately as a Deputy Assistant to the President.

Prior to joining BASF, he consulted for AIDS Project Los Angeles. Burkhardt earned his business degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his J.D. from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law, where he was Senior Note and Comment Editor of the California Law Review .

Yolanda Jackson

Deputy Executive Director and Diversity Director
yjackson@sfbar.org

Jackson joined BASF in May 2007 as its Diversity Director, and since that time, has worked tirelessly to increase and enhance BASF programs that are working to fill the diversity pipeline and to expand recruiting and retention of minority attorneys in the San Francisco legal community. In her expanded role as Deputy Executive Director, Jackson will work to align all functional areas closely with BASF's communications efforts and technology initiatives. In addition, Jackson will work to maximize operational effectiveness, increase efficiencies, and achieve financial goals across the organization. Prior to joining BASF, Jackson worked as a consultant and mediator/arbitrator for her own company – Jackson Alternative Dispute Resolution Group. She serves as an adjunct instructor at U.C. Hastings College of the Law and prior to that served as senior director at Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. Jackson received her Bachelor of Arts degree from U.C. Berkeley, her law degree from Empire School of Law in Santa Rosa and she also holds a certificate in Mediation from U.C. Berkeley.

Tiela Chalmers

Executive Director, Volunteer Legal Services Program
tchalmers@sfbar.org

Chalmers joined VLSP in 1997 as a supervising attorney and was promoted to managing attorney in 2000. As executive director of VLSP, Chalmers responsibilities include program oversight and management, fund development, and directing a staff of 35. Prior to joining VLSP, Chalmers was a litigator with Farella, Braun + Martel for ten years. Chalmers received her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law, and her undergraduate degree in history from Swarthmore College.