A Lawyer with more than thirteen years of practice, Bernard is a member of the Supreme Court Bar of the Republic of Liberia, and also member of the Liberia National Bar Association. Bernard is also the Vice President of her local bar association and is currently a Legal Research Officer with the Law Reform Commission of Liberia. Before joining the Commission, she was the President of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia.

Bernard holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia, in addition to a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting degree. She has received other trainings in Strengthening Advocacy, Resource Mobilization & Dialogue among Civil Society Networks on Legislation against Gender-Based Violence, in Dakar, Senegal, and Trial Skills Advocacy held by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in Philadelphia, USA.

Gray is a Counsellor-at-Law of the Supreme Court Bar of the Republic of Liberia and presently a Commissioner at the Law Reform Commission of Liberia. In this position, she ensures that gender is mainstreamed into the laws as well as that Liberia’s obligations under international treaties and conventions are taken into consideration when drafting relevant laws.

Prior to occupying this position, she served as the 5th President of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) for two and a half years. She is presently the Chair of the Board of Directors of AFELL and is still actively involved in advocacy campaigns for the protection and promotion of the rights of women and children in Liberia.

While serving as President of AFELL, Gray supervised a Danish-funded project that saw the establishment and outfitting of a specialized court, Criminal Court E, to handle sexual offence cases. The first of its kind in Liberia, this court seeks to protect victims, especially the young, as well as vulnerable witnesses during trials.

She also provided training to women to serve in both urban and rural settings as community advocates to provide counseling and direction to community members on issues surrounding sexual violence and how they can access the justice system to report cases of abuse. During her tenure as head of AFELL she assisted in the prosecution of rape cases, which included the relocation of victims while they underwent trial.

Ruth Jappah, a Counsellor-at-Law, is one of the five commissioners of Liberia's Governance Commission with oversight responsibility for the National Integrity System. Before joining the Commission, Jappah served as a Commissioner of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority, a regulatory body of the telecommunications sector in Liberia.

Jappah was a member of the Technical Committee of the Constitutional Review Committee of Liberia, responsible for drafting gender proposals for amendment.

She holds a Master of Laws degree from Howard University School Of Law in Washington, DC, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Liberia, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Cuttington University in Gbarnga, Liberia. She has received other trainings in Leadership in Development from Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Human Rights, Peace and Security from InDevelop-IPM International Consultants in Sweden; and Policy Advocacy & Engagement Training from the West Africa Civil Society Institute in Accra, Ghana.

Jappah is a feminist with a passion for women’s rights issues to include access to justice for poor women, domestic relations, and property rights for women.

After the 1989 civil war of Liberia, she teamed up with a group of women to study the impact of the Liberian civil war on women and children, relating to violence, sexual exploitation and displacement. The result of this research was a training module for health care providers, enabling them to respond to the needs of victims of violence in non-traditional ways. She was also invited to participate in the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 where she facilitated and participated in workshops on women in conflict situations.

In 1992, she served as the Director of Research and Publications at the Center of Law & Human Rights Education where she managed the Research Department and Human Rights Review Magazine, organized workshops and training seminars on several peace agreements between the Government of Liberia and various warring factions to facilitate public dialogue and education on the agreements, etc.

Jappah has co-authored several publications including: "Women’s Land Rights Study," and "Violence against Women during the Liberian Civil Conflict," in the Journal of American Medical Association.

Wesley-Swen works with the United Nations Mission in Liberia as a National Legal Officer with the responsibility for reforming and building the capacity of Liberia’s legal and judicial institutions. She once served as the Assistant Minister for Administration and Public Safety at the Ministry of Justice.

Wesley-Swen is the founder and President of Impacting Lives Ministry in Monrovia, Liberia, an evangelistic outreach ministry seeking to win souls for Christ and assisting orphans, indigents, and vulnerable persons with financial and material needs.

Naomie M. Gray is the Assistant Legal Counsel in the Office of the Legal Advisor to the President of Liberia. In this capacity, she represents the Office on the Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee of the Government of Liberia. This committee manages the evaluation of investment proposals, concession agreements, and contract negotiations between the government and multinational corporations. Gray analyzes draft laws submitted to the Office of the Legal Advisor and renders legal opinions. She also serves as a member of several working committees on development projects executed by various government ministries and agencies.

Her passion in advocating for the rights of women and children, as well as indigent people, led Gray to join the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia, where she serves as an officer. She is also a managing partner of JSGB & Associates Legal Services, Inc., which is dedicated to ensuring respect for and adherence to women’s and children's basic and fundamental rights throughout Liberia.

Gray is diligent in her law practice and committed to the profession. She holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia and a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting, also from the University of Liberia. She has also participated in many professional development trainings and certificate programs, including negotiation in international development; legislative drafting; mediator training; trial advocacy; project planning; monitoring, evaluation and development; and diplomacy and international civilian peacekeeping.

Gray is the head of litigation at the International Law Group, LLC and a member of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia, where she advocates for the rights of women in areas of sexual and gender-based violence and gender equity.

Gray holds a Bachelors of Law degree from the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia, along with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. She is also a holder of a Certificate in Access to Justice from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.

Ambassador Medina Wesseh Currently serves as the Secretary General of the Mano River Union. Before then, she served as the Managing Partner and Director of Government Relations of the International Law Group.

She is also a real estate and business development entrepreneur. She served in various capacities with a number of international organizations to include the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa.

Her government service includes serving as the first Director of Cabinet in the government of Her Excellency, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Ms. Wesseh is a graduate of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia and the University of Ghana, Legon.