West Palm Beach Shareholder Amanda Romfh Jesteadt is the vice chair of the Women’s Foundation of Florida and helped organize a series of summer events dedicated to racial justice and equity. She served as president of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Palm Beach County chapter, and on The Florida Bar's Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She was named a finalist for the 2021 Dorothy Height Racial Justice Award by the YWCA of Palm Beach County in recognition of her work in addressing racial injustice in the county. Washington, D.C., Shareholder Gina Hough serves on the LGBT subcommittee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Atlanta Shareholder Robert “Bobby” Shannon retired from the Air Force in 2017 with the rank of major general after 35 years of military service, including many years when he served while maintaining his legal practice, and served as vice commander for the Georgia Air National Guard. Bobby was the first African American in the Georgia Air National Guard to be promoted to full colonel and brigadier general. During his military career, he had 18 deployments in support of combat and contingency operations to 30 countries. He served on the board of governors and as co-chair of the diversity steering committee for the State Bar of Georgia; as a representative on the Law School Association Council; as president of the Gate City Bar Association, the oldest Black bar association in Georgia; and as chairman of the Atlanta Business League, ROBERT SHANNON which serves Atlanta’s Black Shareholder Atlanta business community. MOSAIC | 9
