OFFICERS & BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Porter is a member of the National Rifle Association Board of Directors. 

He served as Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alabama; appointed Trustee to Alabama Trust Fund Board; founding Trustee, NRA Foundation; former Chairman and present member, NRA Finance Committee; longtime Chairman, NRA Legal Affairs Committee; longtime Chairman, NRA Industry Relations Task Force; Chairman, American Firearms and Shooting Foundation; legal advisor/counsel to NRA in federal court litigation; Vice President, Alabama Rifle & Pistol Association; member, International Municipal Lawyers Association; member, Defense Research Institute; member, Alabama Bar Association (Former Chairman, UPL Committee); former Law Clerk for the Honorable Virgil Pittman, US District Court Judge. Mr. Porter received his law degree from Cumberland School of Law.

DeWitt, Michigan

Mrs. Frampton is a member of the National Rifle Association Board of Directors.

• She was appointed by Governor Engler as legislative liaison to Department of Natural Resources;
• Served as General Counsel, Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) for twelve years representing 475 hunting/fishing nonprofit organizations;
• Conducted statewide impact litigation on hunting/firearm issues;
• Worked with legislature on hunter/firearm issues including carry concealed reform (1997);
• Helped write and pass Michigan Sport Shooting Range Protection Act (1994);
• Contributor to MUCC's monthly magazine on firearm-related issues;
• Adjunct professor Thomas M. Cooley Law School and Board Member of Governors Alumni (1993-present) teaching Second Amendment law;
• Preparing Second Amendment textbook for law school classrooms;
• Currently lobbying Michigan Legislature to recognize "Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Week";
• NRA committee member, Hunting & Wildlife Conservation;
• Cochair MUCC Sport Shooting Range Committee;
• Contributor to Range Protection Handbook;
• Appointed by Governor Engler, Commissioner, Michigan Environmental Code Commission;
• Member, Michigan Bar Association;
• Received law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School;
• Cooley Law School Conservation Lawyer of the Year (1988)

DeWitt, Michigan

Mrs. Frampton is a member of the National Rifle Association Board of Directors.

• She was appointed by Governor Engler as legislative liaison to Department of Natural Resources;
• Served as General Counsel, Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) for twelve years representing 475 hunting/fishing nonprofit organizations;
• Conducted statewide impact litigation on hunting/firearm issues;
• Worked with legislature on hunter/firearm issues including carry concealed reform (1997);
• Helped write and pass Michigan Sport Shooting Range Protection Act (1994);
• Contributor to MUCC's monthly magazine on firearm-related issues;
• Adjunct professor Thomas M. Cooley Law School and Board Member of Governors Alumni (1993-present) teaching Second Amendment law;
• Preparing Second Amendment textbook for law school classrooms;
• Currently lobbying Michigan Legislature to recognize "Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Week";
• NRA committee member, Hunting & Wildlife Conservation;
• Cochair MUCC Sport Shooting Range Committee;
• Contributor to Range Protection Handbook;
• Appointed by Governor Engler, Commissioner, Michigan Environmental Code Commission;
• Member, Michigan Bar Association;
• Received law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School;
• Cooley Law School Conservation Lawyer of the Year (1988)

Mr. Graham Hill is a Benefactor member nominated by Nominating Committee and petition. Chairman NRA Legislative Policy Committee and Federal Affairs Subcommittee.

Born and raised in Texas hunting and shooting, active Texas hunter, NFA owner, AR-15 enthusiast, disabled 3-Gun and shotgun competitor, concealed carry permitted, attorney.

Endorsed by FCSA and FCI. Board of Directors of American Suppressor Association, President Fifty Caliber Institute, co-founder, past President and Board of Directors Washington Safari Club.

Twenty-five years legal experience in federal regulations and Congressional legislation, helped improve interstate firearm transportation laws and federal land access.

NRA Disabled Shooting Sports Committee member. President George W. Bush appointee to National Council on Disability.

Assisting NRA with developing instructor curriculum for disabled shooters, wheelchair concealed carry program, and other disability program initiatives.

Co-host NRA's National Disability Awareness Tournament. Former Vice Chairman, NRA President's Special Advisory Committee on Disabled Shooting; Life Member NYSRPA, TSRA, SCI, FCSA, DSSA Honorary Life member.

Forsyth, Georgia

Mr. Jenkins was first elected to the NRA Board of Directors in 2008. He currently serves on Legislative Policy and Legal Affairs Committees.

Mr. Jenkins is a relentless Second Amendment defender and strict constitutionalist.

He authored nation's first law prohibiting frivolous lawsuits against firearm manufacturers, which was adopted by 33 states and Congress, signed by President Bush.

He was a member, Georgia House of Representatives 1989-2005 (100% NRA A+ rating), served as Chairman-Special Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Jenkins received the NRA legislative leadership award, is a Benefactor member, a hunter, shooter, collector.

As a Boy Scout leader-he has helped facilitate shooter training and led Whittington Center trips.

He is a NRA Certified Instructor-Rifle/Shotgun.

Served as member Board of Directors for the Georgia Wildlife Federation, he is a member-Legislative Sportsman's Caucus, President-Monroe County Sportsman's Federation (organized competitive shooting, NSSF "Hunting & Fishing Day" events),and Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff.

He is an Honorary Life member-Georgia Sheriffs Association.

Also a member-GSSA, TSRA, CRPA, NYRPA, FCSA, DU, NWTF, GWF. Referral Attorney-NRA and Police Benevolent Associations.

Mr. Jenkins also serves as a member-Individual Rights Section and Advisory Committee on Legislation-State Bar.

Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Porter is a member of the National Rifle Association Board of Directors. 

He served as Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alabama; appointed Trustee to Alabama Trust Fund Board; founding Trustee, NRA Foundation; former Chairman and present member, NRA Finance Committee; longtime Chairman, NRA Legal Affairs Committee; longtime Chairman, NRA Industry Relations Task Force; Chairman, American Firearms and Shooting Foundation; legal advisor/counsel to NRA in federal court litigation; Vice President, Alabama Rifle & Pistol Association; member, International Municipal Lawyers Association; member, Defense Research Institute; member, Alabama Bar Association (Former Chairman, UPL Committee); former Law Clerk for the Honorable Virgil Pittman, US District Court Judge. Mr. Porter received his law degree from Cumberland School of Law.

Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Satterfield is a current member of the National Rifle Association's Legal Affairs Committee.

He is Of Counsel in the Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group of Balch & Bingham LLP. A native of western Kentucky, he earned his bachelor of industrial engineering degree from Georgia Tech and an MBA degree from Indiana University.

Commissioned through ROTC, he served on active duty in the Signal Corps in Thailand and Viet Nam, and he is a Colonel (Retired) in the Army Reserve.

Following his active service, he earned his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.

During the Reagan Administration, Mr. Satterfield served in Washington as Associate and Deputy Solicitor in the Department of Interior (1981-1984), and as General Counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1984-1986).

Since 1986, he has been engaged in the private practice of environmental, natural resources, energy, and public utility law, and he deals with complex legislative and regulatory matters at both federal and state levels.

He is an NRA Endowment member and a Life Member of Safari Club International and the Reserve Officers Association.

He is former Counsel, Board member, and Executive Committee member of the National Waterways Conference.

He currently serves on the Board of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association and on the Foundation of Highlands United Methodist Church.

Mr. Satterfield is a long time member of the American and Alabama Bar Associations, and he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America from 1989 to the present.

Jonathan Goldstein brings nearly 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and business owner to his law practice. Mr. Goldstein's practice focuses on firearms law and election law as well as entrepreneurial business advising.

Mr. Goldstein is an NRA certified pistol instructor and is a volunteer attorney for several firearms organizations including the National Rifle Association. He actively lectures on firearms law and firearms safety across Pennsylvania and is a frequent presenter for continuing legal education providers such as CAPE and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. In May 2011, Mr. Goldstein was awarded the Defender of Justice Award by the National Rifle Association's Institute of Legislative Action for his "tireless service to the Constitution and with particular emphasis on the protection and furtherance of the Second Amendment."

A brief prepared by Mr. Goldstein was cited favorably by Justice Alito in his Bruen concurrence.

As of September, 2018, Mr. Goldstein sat for several years as a non-director member of the National Rifle Association board’s Legal Affairs Committee and was also a member of the NRA’s 2016 Nominating Committee.  He was elected to the NRA’s board and to the board’s Audit Committee in April, 2025. 

Mr. Goldstein received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He returned to the University of Pennsylvania for law school, earning his J.D. in 2005. Mr. Goldstein is admitted to practice law in state and federal courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as Washington, D.C., several Circuit courts and the United States Supreme Court where his firm argued a case in the 2023-2024 term. 

In addition to practicing law, Mr. Goldstein is an active private equity investor purchasing and turning around small American manufacturing companies. Mr. Goldstein is also a licensed commercial pilot.

Alexandria, Virginia

Mr. Tahmassebi is the Deputy General Counsel for the National Rifle Association.

A member of the Virginia Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Maryland Bar Association and various federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court, he received his J.D. in 1987 from Georgetown University Law Center.

Fairfax, Virginia