Junior Board

The CFR Junior Board is a volunteer council of professionals, community members, and supporters that promotes and advocates on behalf of CFR through fundraising and volunteer initiatives and attracts new friends to the organization.

Neha Choudary, Esq.

Neha joined the Junior Board in August 2024. She is a graduate of Fordham Law and was a CFR attorney for six years. Currently, she serves as counsel for Matrimonial and Family Law at the Manhattan law firm McLaughlin and Stern. Neha resides in Westchester.

Allegra Leitner Holben, Esq.

Junior Board Secretary

Allegra joined the Junior Board in August 2024. She graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in history and from Fordham Law with a J.D. Allegra worked for Fordham Law’s Federal Litigation Clinic as a Dean’s Fellow, supervising law students and supporting the clinic’s faculty. She then moved to CFR, where she worked for nine years in Manhattan Family Court as a parent defense attorney and litigation supervisor. Allegra has served as the Co-Chair of Agents to the Yale Alumni Fund for the class of 2006 for 18 years. She has previously served on the Yale Alumni Fund Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and as the Co-Chair for several Yale Reunion Giving Committees; she is currently serving on Yale’s Advisory Group for Student Support. She is also an active volunteer and committee chair at her children’s schools and resides in New Jersey.

Etophia Lane

Events Committee Co-Chair: Planning

Etophia joined the Junior Board in July 2024 as one of our first members. She is a graduate of Hampton University and learned about CFR through her advocacy with JMACforFamilies, a non-profit organization working to dismantle the family policing system. Currently, she works for Forbes BLK under the NY Local Advisory Council and is the owner of The Bizness Girl consulting services. Etophia currently resides in Brooklyn.

Lauren Smith, Esq.

Junior Board Chair

Lauren joined the Junior Board in July 2024 as one of our first members. She earned her B.A. from Spelman College and J.D. from Columbia Law School. Lauren worked as a Pro Bono Scholar at CFR in the spring of 2022 and worked as pro-bono co-counsel with CFR during her tenure as a Corporate Litigation Associate at a Biglaw firm in NYC. Currently, Lauren is a Law Clerk in the Eastern District of New York. Lauren resides in New Jersey.

Iledeja Lanique Yancy

Events Committee Co-Chair: Finance

Iledeja joined the Junior Board in August 2024 and is an MBA graduate from American InterContinental University, with a concentration in management. She has professional experience in grants and contracts at The Unity House of Troy and recently accepted a CFO role. Iledeja is deeply passionate about non-profit work and believes that together, we can make a positive impact and create a better world. She currently resides in Ballston Spa, New York.