LEADERSHIP
SPONSORSHIP
For more information on becoming a WILEF sponsor

CONTACT US
We want to hear from you

PROGRAMS
View videos of past programs

NEWS
Insight you need to succeed

ABOUT WILEF
Empowering and connecting women in law

CERTIFICATION
For more information on WILEF Gold Standard Certification Awards Initiative

CHAIRS

National Chair and Co-Founder, Elizabeth Anne "Betiayn" Tursi, WILEF
Co Founder
, Peggy Cohen, RR Donnelley
National Vice Chair, Natasha Innocenti, Major, Lindsey & Africa
Chair, Gold Standard Certification Committee, Patricia Skigen, General Counsel,
    Financial Services, American International Group Inc. (retired)
Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, Laurin Blumenthal Kleiman, Sidley Austin LLP
Co-Chair, WILEF East, Melique Jones, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Co-Chair, WILEF East, Janet Markoff, Major, Lindsey & Africa
Co-Chair, WILEF West, Lillian G. Stenfeldt, Sedgwick LLP
Co-Chair, WILEF West, Amy S. Park, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Co-Chair, WILEF DC, Gwen Nugent Flanagan, RR Donnelley
Co-Chair, WILEF DC, Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., CMC, Lawyers Life Coach
Co-Chair, WILEF Chicago, Theresa A. Jaffe, Theresa Jaffe Consulting
Co-Chair, WILEF Chicago, Lisa C. Snow, Davis & Hosfield Consulting LLC

Special Advisor for Diversity

Merle S. Vaughn, Esq., Major, Lindsey & Africa

Management

National Director of Administration, Mary Hicks, Esq., Major, Lindsey & Africa
Executive Director WILEF East, Allyn Perry, Major, Lindsey & Africa
Executive Director WILEF DC, Silvana K. Del Carpio, RR Donnelley
Executive Director WILEF West, Tammy Dawson, Esq.
Executive Director WILEF Chicago, Nicole Lewis, Major, Lindsey & Africa



ADVISORY BOARD

Tammy Albarrán, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA
Maripat Alpuche, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY
Diane E. Ambler, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Washington, D.C.
Deborah B. Baum, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, D.C
Suzanne S. Bettman, General Counsel, RR Donnelley, Chicago, IL
Elise M. Bloom, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY
Laurie A. Caplane, Partner, Major, Lindsey & Africa, New York, NY
Susan Charles, Partner, Lathrop & Gage LLP, Chicago, IL
Claudette M. Christian, Co-Chair of the Board and Chief Diversity Officer, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C.
Stephanie J. Cohen, Partner, McCarter & English LLP, Newark, NJ
Elizabeth Abbene Coleman, Partner, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL
Catherine M. Colinvaux, Partner, Zelle Hofmann Voebel & Mason LLP, Boston, MA
Lauren A. Degnan, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C., Washington, D.C.
Aviva F. Diamant, Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY
Pamela S. DiCarlantonio, Managing Director, Major, Lindsey & Africa, Chicago, IL
Major, Lindsey & Africa, Chicago, IL
Alitia Faccone, Partner, McCarter & English LLP, Newark, NJ
Lisa A. Fontenot, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Palo Alto, CA
Michelle B. Gold, Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, D.C.
Daryn L. Grossman, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY
Lois F. Herzeca, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY
Kelly Hoey, Co-Founder, Women Innovate Mobile, New York, New York
Jessica A Hough, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth A. Ising, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.
Noreen Kelly-Dynega, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY
Laurin Blumenthal Kleiman, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY
Barbara Kolsun, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Stuart Weitzman, LLC, New York, NY
Phyllis G. Korff, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY
Barbara Kosacz, Partner, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA
Shira Nadich Levin, Partner, Cooley LLP, New York, NY
Susan H. Mac Cormac, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA
Pamela J. Martinson, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Palo Alto, CA
Hazel-Ann F. Mayers, Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation and Chief
Compliance Officer
,  CBS, New York, NY
Deanne E. Maynard, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth K. McCloy, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL
Laura J. McMahon, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, TX
Linda K. Myers, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL
Andrea Newborn, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., New York, NY
Felicia Gerber Perlman, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL
Paulita A. Pike, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Chicago, IL
Karen A. Popp, Partner, Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C.
Caroline A. Reckler, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL
Jane Sullivan Roberts, Esq., Partner, Major, Lindsey & Africa, Washington D.C.
Abby F. Rudzin, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY
Karen E. Silverman, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA
Jill Simonson
Ann C. Taylor, Partner, Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, IL
Allison Leopold Tilley, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Palo Alto, CA
Colleen Tracy, Managing Partner, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, New York, NY
Suzzanne Uhland, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco and Newport Beach, CA
Barbara Wall, Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel, Gannett, Washington, D.C.
Carolina Walther-Meade, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY
Sarah L. Wilson, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C.
Gladys Xiques, Principal, Compliance Counsel, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., New York, NY
Judith A. Zahid, Partner, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, San Francisco, CA

Copyright 2010 WILEF. All rights reserved | Privacy Policy | Sitemap