Meet the OUTlaws Executive Board
Zach DuBoulay (he/him)
OUTlaws Co-President
Contact: duboulay@umich.edu
Zach is a 2L and one of the OUTlaws Co-Presidents. He grew up in Connecticut and graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Boston College. Before law school, Zach worked in recruiting and operations in New York and Chicago, at various advertising agencies and most recently at Meta. Zach will spend his 2L summer at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York. In his free time, Zach enjoys watching movies, knitting, and exercising.
Kerry H (she/they/he)
Social Chair
Contact: holihank@umich.edu
Kerry (she/they/he) is the OUTlaws Social Chair. Kerry graduated from CUNY-Baruch College in 2024 and worked at various non-profits and sectors of local government while in undergrad. Before her undergraduate studies, she worked in Colorado as a marketing manager for a cannabis CPG company. She would like to return to New York after school and work as a Public Interest lawyer in the area of criminal law reform. In her free time, Kerry likes to bike, knit, and hang out with her dog, Ollie.
Erica Warner (she/they)
1L Representative
Contact: eawarner@umich.edu
Erica is originally from Dallas, Texas, and she studied History Focusing on Social Change and Media at New York University. Before coming to Michigan, Erica lived in New York, where she worked as a legal assistant at an entertainment firm and founded a queer basketball group called Froot Hoops. In her free time, Erica enjoys crocheting, video games, and reading murder mysteries.
Kameron Smith (she/her)
1L Representative
Contact: smithkam@umich.edu
Kameron is a 1L Representative from Delaware. She went to undergrad at Howard University and got a degree in Political Science. Outside of law school, she likes to sketch, watch documentaries and volunteer.
Philip Haynie (he/him)
1L Representative
Contact: phaynie@umich.edu
Philip is originally from Virginia's Northern Neck Peninsula. He is a volunteer for Michigan Marriage Equality and a recent alumnus of Hampton University ('25), where he studied political science and economics. In his free time, he likes watching horror movies, crocheting, and shooting on his disposable camera.
Melis Jensen (she/her)
1L Representative
Contact: melisjen@umich.edu
Melis is originally from Las Vegas and earned her B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University and Physics from Loyola University Chicago. After graduating, she worked for a year in Chicago as a Patent Examiner for the USPTO. In her free time, she enjoys biking along Chicago’s Lakeshore Trail (she misses it dearly!), reading, and watching movies.
Zoe Hayes (she/her, they/them)
OUTlaws Co-President
Contact: zoehayes@umich.edu
Zoe is from the Bay Area and studied philosophy and legal studies at UC Berkeley. Before law school, she spent a year working with self represented litigants in the California courts, and another year working with startups in a transactional setting. In their free time, they powerlift, run, and cycle. She also like to bake, crochet, and embroider, and study linguistics!
Josie Clerfond (she/her)
Communications Chair
Contact: jclerfon@umich.edu
Josie Clerfond is the OUTlaws Communications Chair. Josie grew up between Northern California and Queensland Australia, and got her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz. After college, Josie went on a solo-backpacking trip to East Africa, and eventually came home to work as an AmeriCorps member in South Central Los Angeles. She then spent about 5 years working in the nonprofit and tech sectors. In the small amount of time Josie has outside of law school, you can find her doing hot yoga or vegetating on the couch with her fiancée and her dog.
Emily Brown (she/her)
OUTReach Co-Chair
Contact: emkbrwn@umich.edu
Emily (she/her) is a 2L and one of the OUTReach Co-Chairs. She graduated from the University of Pittsburfh with double majors in English writing and communication rhetoric. She began her law school journey directly after undergraduate, but spent her summers from high school through undergraduate interning at Fisher Phillips’ law firm in Philadelphia. In her free time, Emily likes to bake and play DND and board games with her friends. She is the president of Michigan Law’s board game club.
Jude Goossens (he/him)
Development Co-Chair
Contact: goossens@umich.edu
Jude hails from Duluth, Minnesota which sits proudly at the tip of the greatest of the great lakes. He went to school at the University of Minnesota for neuroscience and philosophy, then worked in a molecular diagnostics lab in Minneapolis after graduating in 2020. Having grown bored of troubleshooting PCR and huffing bleach fumes, he is delighted to be back in school at his second U of M #GoB1G. Outside of class Jude enjoys staring longingly across bodies of water, distance running, and cultivating his music taste superiority complex.
Sam Heichelbech (he/they)
1L Representative
Contact: sheich@umich.edu
Sam (he/they) is from Columbus, Indiana and studied clarinet performance and political science at DePauw University. Before coming to Michigan, Sam lived in Chicago, where he completed a master’s in international relations and then worked as a paralegal for corporate in-house counsel for three years. Sam loves to play the clarinet, read supernatural horror, and miss Lake Michigan.
Michael Whelan (he/him)
Treasurer
Contact: mwhelan@umich.edu
Michael is a 2L from Fairfield, Connecticut. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2016 and then worked as an airport planning consultant in Washington, DC. Before law school, Michael attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design for two years, earning a Master of Urban Planning. He is interested in the intersection of law and the built environment, and will be working next summer at Greenberg Traurig’s New York office, where he will focus on real estate and land use. Michael loves exploring new places via long-distance run!
Evelyn Pigott (she/her)
OUTreach Co-Chair
Contact: epigott@umich.edu
Evelyn (she/her) is a 3L and an OUTreach Co-Chair. She attended Wayne State University in Detroit for undergrad and for her 1L year, and she has spent most of her life in the Detroit area. The little free time she is afforded as a law student is devoted to the Michigan Law hockey team, her Dungeons & Dragons group, her guitar, and her dog Turnip.
Emma Block (she/her)
Development Co-Chair
Contact: blocker@umich.edu
Emma Block (she/her) is a 1L and Development Co-Chair of OUTlaws. She is from Ann Arbor, Michigan and graduated from Bates College in 2022. After graduation, she worked as a paralegal at a civil rights firm in Washington, D.C. She also worked for a few months at a farm animal rescue sanctuary in Durham, Maine. Emma will be spending her 1L summer at the federal public defender office in Seattle. In her free time, Emma likes to knit, run, and watch reality TV.
Gabrielle Schultz (she/her)
Development Co-Chair
Contact: gabschu@umich.edu
Gabrielle Schultz is from Wolverine, Michigan. She graduated from Harvard in 2021 and spent a year and a half working as a litigation paralegal in New York City before moving to Seattle and working as a paralegal at a technology company. In her free time, Gabrielle loves to host dinner parties, solve crossword puzzles, and make Spotify playlists. Ask Gabrielle about any love-related reality TV show, her siblings, or her opinion on washing dishes by hand.
Elizebeth Olson (She/her/hers)
Diversity Chair
Contact: elzolson@umich.edu
Elizebeth is a 2L and OUTlaws' Diversity chair. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where she majored in legal studies and writing. Before law school, she worked as an organizing representative for a labor union representing workers in upper Wisconsin and Minnesota. In her free time, Elizebeth enjoys creative writing, sewing, and (badly) serenading her pet snake Rowena.
Jacob Packard (he/him)
1L Representative
Contact: jmpack@umich.edu
Jacob Packard (he/him) is a current 1L representative from Troy, Michigan, roughly 30 minutes north of Detroit, Michigan. Jacob went to school at Oakland University for a double major in Political Science and Japanese Language, and worked at Lakeshore Legal Aid as a legal assistant during his undergraduate years. He spends his time playing video games, reading detective novels, and trying (and failing) to learn shogi, a Japanese variant of chess.
Taite Puhala (she/her)
2L Transfer Representative
Contact: taite@umich.edu
Taite Puhala (she/her) is a 2L transfer student from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She grew up in Connecticut and completed her undergraduate degree in Literary Arts and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Brown University. After spending her 1L summer interning for a federal magistrate judge in Hartford, CT, she will be going to Willkie Farr & Gallagher in San Francisco for her 2L summer. In her free time, she enjoys rock climbing, photography, and hanging out with her dog Tessie and cat Solera.