Leadership
CHAIRS
Deputy Global Chair for Young Lawyers Committees, Shira Nadich Levin, Cooley LLP
Deputy Global Chair for In-House Counsel, Naomi B. Waltman, ViacomCBS
Deputy Global Chair for Gold Standard Certification, Michael Lackey, Mayer Brown
Deputy Global Chair for International, Melinda Wallman, Macrae, Inc.
Chair, Gold Standard Certification Committee, Nancy Bertoglio, K&L Gates (retired)
Chair, Diversity Committee, Danyale Price, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrision LLP
WILEF East
Co Founder, Peggy Cohen, DealRoom
Co-Chair Emeritus, Phyllis G. Korff, Mayer Brown LLP
Co-Chair, Rose Corbett, Macrae, Inc
Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, Laura Turano, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
WILEF DC
Co Founder, Jane Sullivan Roberts, Macrae, Inc.
Co-Chair, Lauren Drake, Macrae, Inc.
Co-Chair, Nicole E. Erb, White & Case LLP
Co-Chair, Jane B. O’Brien, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Co-Chair, Ellen Ostrow, Founding Principal, Lawyers Life Coach, Washington, DC
Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, Rachel Nonaka, Macrae, Inc.
WILEF Boston
Co-Chair, Inez Friedman-Boyce, HarborOne
Co-Chair, Bronwyn L. Roberts, Senior Counsel, Cooley LLP
Co-Chair, Boston, Ellen Scordino, DLA Piper LLP
WILEF Northern California
Co-Vice Chair, Charlene S. Shimada, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Co-Chair, Jaime A, Bartlett, Sidley Austin LLP
Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, Lisa Rubin, Paul Hastings LLP
Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, Ali Rivett, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
WILEF Southern California
Co-Chair, Leslie Hecht Helmer, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C
Co-Chair, Holly R. Lake, DLA Piper LLP
Co-Chair, Bronwyn F. Pollock, Mayer Brown LLP
Co-Chair, Deborah L. Stein, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Co-Chair and Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, Stacy Horth-Neubert, Sidley Austin LLP
WILEF Chicago
Co-Founder and Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, Lisa Snow
Co-Chair, Elizabeth Abbene Coleman, Uber
Co-Chair, Elizabeth McCloy, Sidley Austin LLP
WILEF Houston
Co-Vice Chair, Anna G. Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Co-Chair, Fermeen Fazal, Universal Pegasus International
Co-Chair, Stefanie Moll, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
WILEF London
Co-Chair, Rajinder Bassi, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Co-Chair, Lynnsey McCall, Morrison & Foerster LLP
WILEF Paris
Co-Vice Chair, Somesha Ferdinand, Wells Fargo Securities Europe
MANAGEMENT
Global Director of Administration, Rhonda Horowitz, Donnelley Financial Solutions
Executive Director, WILEF DC, Courtney E. Doyle, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Executive Director, WILEF London, Emma O’Brien, Macrae. Inc.
Executive Director, WILEF Paris, Adriana Ingenito, McKinsey & Company
GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD
Kelley A. Aleman, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Waters Corporation, Milford, MA
Kathryn Alessi, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Boston, MA
Rachel K. Alpert, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C.
Diane E. Ambler, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Washington, D.C.
Marilyn Moore Basso, Vice President and General Counsel, TPG Group, Houston, TX
Martine M. Beamon, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY
Barbara Becker, Chair and Managing Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY
Katherine J. Blair, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Los Angeles, CA
Elise M. Bloom, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY
Lara Samet Buchwald, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY
Lisa Stephanian Burton, Shareholder, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Boston, MA
Laurie Caplane, Chief Operating Officer, Macrae, Inc., New York, NY
Cheryl Chan, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY
Sonya Mirbagheri Cheney, Vice President, Global Ethics and Compliance Counsel, Mattel, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Ellen N. Ching, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY
Jennifer Colvin, Shareholder, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Chicago, IL
Creighton Condon, Senior Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY
Elizabeth Abbene Coleman, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Uber, Chicago, IL
Joe Conroy, Chief Executive Officer, Cooley LLP, New York, NY
Ellyce R. Cooper, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Brandy Copley, Deputy Regional Counsel, Jera Americas Houston, TX
Marie-Aimee de Dampierre, Chair, Hogan Lovells LLP, Paris France
Denise Diallo, Partner, Paris, White & Case LLP, Paris, France
Mariah DiGrino, Partner, DLA Piper LLP, Chicago, IL
Maureen S. Dixon, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL
Demme Doufekias, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.
S. Joy Dowdle, Partner, Paul Hastings LLP, Houston, TX
Marwa Elborai, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP, London, UK
Sierra Elizabeth, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer O. Farina, Partner, McCarter & English LLP, Newark, NJ
Lisa M. Ferri, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY
Noreen Fishman, Director of Client Services, Good2bSocial, New York, NY
Amy Fox, Director and Associate General Counsel, Oculus VR Inc., Menlo Park, CA
Victoria Furniss, Associate General Counsel, Netflix, Los Angeles, CA
Rahwa Ghebre-Ab, Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Lionsgate Entertainment Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Barbara R. Grayson, Partner, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP, Chicago, IL
Daryn A. Grossman, Managing Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY
Colleen Carey Gulliver, Partner, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY
Erin Hanson, Partner, White & Case LLP, New York, NY
Kimberley Harris, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NBC Universal, New York, New York
Camille Higonnet, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, Boston, MA
Allyson Ho, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, TX
Peggy L. Ho, Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, LPL Financial, Boston, MA
Kelly Hoey, Consultant, New York, NY
Suzanne Horne, Board of Directors, Applied Therapeutics, New York, NY
Mary Huser, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Poly, Santa Cruz, CA
Kate Karas, General Counsel, Chime, San Francisco, CA
Samantha Katze, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, New York, NY
Cynthia B. Keliher, Partner, McCarter & English LLP, Boston, MA
Laurin Blumenthal Kleiman, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY
Mary Kogut Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX
Barbara Kolsun, Adjunct Professor of Fashion Law and Co-Director Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law FAME Program, New York, NY
Joanna Diakos Kordalis, Partner, K&L Gates, New York, NY
Diane Gabl Kratz, Director, IP Strategy and Operations, Dolby Laboratories, San Francisco, CA
Rosalind Fahey Kruse, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY
Catherine Lacavera, Chief Legal Officer, Color Health, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Jan A. Larson, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Aisha P. Lavinier, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL
Doreen E. Lilienfeld, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY
Grace J. Lee, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, DC
Karen Lewis, Principal, Heim-Lewis, Paris, France
Juliette Loget, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Paris, France
Maura Davis McAuliffe, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Daniella McGuigan, Partner, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., London, UK
Jami Wintz McKeon, Chair of the Firm, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Joe Macrae, Founder and Chairman, Macrae, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Aleena Maher, Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, ViacomBCS, New York, NY
Gwen Marcus, Distinguished Practitioner & Advisor to the Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law LLM Program, University of Miami School of Law and Board Chair of TDF (formerly Theatre Development Fund)
Jennifer Marines, Vice Chair, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY
Cécile Martin, Managing Partner, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Paris, France
Marco Massotti, Partner, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY
Daniella Mayer, Partner, Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP, New York, NY
Hazel-Ann F. Mayers, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Turnitin LLC, New York, NY
Jackie Medecki, DIrector and Managing Attorney, Cybersecurity and Privacy Policy. Intel Corporation, Washington, DC
Ashley Messenger, Senior Associate General Counsel, NPR, Washington, DC
Heather N. Mewes, Principal Counsel, Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA
Connie Milonakis, Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, London, U.K.
Katherine Minarik, Group General Counsel, Cleverbridge, Chicago, IL
Frances Murphy, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, London UK
Roxana Niktab, Corporate Counsel, Amazon Lab 126, Inc., Cupertino, CA
Cynthia M. Ohlenforst, Partner, K&L Gates, Dallas, TX
Ijeoma Okoli, Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase & Co., London, U.K.
Shannon M. O’Sullivan, Counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY
Camila Panama, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY
Gill Phillips, Director of Editorial Legal Services, The Guardian, London, U.K.
Kimberly Phillips, Associate General Counsel, Global Litigation-Americas, Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX
Amy M. Pocklington, Founding Shareholder, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Richmond, VA
Valerie Radwaner, Deputy Chair, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY
Jennifer Reiners, Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Donnelley Financial Solutions, Chicago, IL
Katherine A. Roberts, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Nancy Ross, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL
Jonina Sauer, Senior Director, Associate General Counsel—M&A, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA
Cheryl J. Scarboro, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Washington, DC
Michael J. Schmidtberger, Chair of the Executive Committee, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY
Emily Sheahan, Director and Counsel, American Express, New York, NY
Savalle Sims, General Counsel, Discovery Communications, LLC, Silver Spring, MD
Shannon R. Simpson, Partner, Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP, New York, NY
Katherine V. A. Smith, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Lindsay R. Sparks, Partner, Paul Hastings LLP, Houston, TX
Grace E. Speights, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC
Delia B. Spitzer, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, Paris, France
Amelia T.R. Starr, Chief Pro Bono Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY
Laurie N. Stempler, Partner, Desmarais LLP, New York, NY
Deborah L. Stein, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Stephanie L. Sweitzer, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chicago, IL
Rachpal K. Thind, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, London, U.K.
Allison A. Torrence, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL
Helen R. Trilling, Partner, Hogan Lovells, Washington, DC.
Michelle van Oppen, Esq., Senior Counsel, Litigation, Paramount, Hollywood, CA
Kevin Vermeulen, Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Good2bSocial, New York, NY
Eleonora Wäktare Managing Director, Macrae,Inc., London, UK
Katherine G. Weinstein, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, New York, NY
Carolina Walther-Meade, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY
Phoebe A. Wilkinson, Partner, Hogan Lovells, New York, NY
Nikkya Williams, Associate General Counsel, Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA
Simone Wilson-Brito, Partner, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ
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