General Counsel Conference Midwest 2021 (B) | ALM Events | 12 October 2021 | Swissotel Chicago, 323 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601, USA

Celebrating 20 years as the Premier Forum Designed For and By General Counsel from Multinational Companies!
Join hundreds of General Counsel and senior legal leaders in Chicago this October for General Counsel Conference Midwest (formerly SuperConference). For 2021, we will be celebrating 20 years as a premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, prevent/mitigate the risks of a cyber attack, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources and MUCH MORE.

General Counsel Conference Midwest continues to draws a senior level audience of in-house counsel from multinational companies in the US. While the event is focused toward senior-level in-house counsel, given the issues and nature of the content, it also draws participation from non-legal C-Suite executives as well as law firm senior partners. Job functions include: CLO (Chief Legal Officer), GC (General Counsel), AGC (Assistant General Counsel) and deputy GC, law firm senior partners, attorneys and corporate executives.

2021 Speakers

Ateet Adhikari
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, General Counsel, ShopRunner

Ayesha Ahmed
General Counsel, Nexus Pharmaceuticals

John Albright
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Hub International Limited

Monique Altman
Privacy Counsel, OneTrust

Janelle Anderson
Vice President, General Counsel, The Heico Companies

Amy Au
Senior Corporate Counsel and Director, Global Legal, BCD Travel

Reena Bajowala
Partner, Ice Miller

MeLisa Banks
General Counsel, Kasasa

Jason Barclay
Chief Legal Officer & Executive Vice President, Athletico

Jacquelyne Belcastro
Vice President & General Counsel, Hydro Extrusion North America

Carol Bouw
Director, Legal Operations, Xcel Energy

Paul Brown
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, UL

Ryan Casey
Chief Privacy Officer & Deputy General Counsel, IRI

Peter Castelli
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, POET

Chelsy Castro
CEO and Founder, Castro Jacobs Psychotherapy and Consulting

Michael Chichester
Shareholder, Co-Chair, Robotics, AI and Automation Practice Group, Littler

Edward Chick
Chief Growth Officer, ContractPodAi

Melodie Craft
VP Legal Affairs & Risk Mgt, McGrath Rent Corp

Kelly Daley
Director, Burford Capital

Jennifer Diana
Senior Legal Counsel, Government Investigations, Standard Chartered Bank

Heather D. Nevitt, Esq.
ALM, Editor-in-Chief, Corporate Counsel, Inside Counsel and Global Leaders in Law

Robyn Eckerling
Chief Privacy & Security Counsel, Allscripts

Lindsay Edgar
Chief Compliance Officer, CMC Materials

Sarah Fisher
Chief Government Affairs Officer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The Parking Spot

Valerie Fleming
Senior Corporate Counsel, AAR Corp.

André Frieden
Deputy General Counsel, Capgemini

Shauna Fullbright-Paxton
Senior Counsel, Abbott

Brenda Furlow
General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Bio-Techne

Karen Gally
General Counsel, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals

Dawn Gard O'Connell
Chief Compliance Officer, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, The Heico Companies LLC

Seth Gastwirth
Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Corporate Secretary, GC Work Dynamics, JLL

Andre Geverola
Partner, Arnold & Porter

Michael Grupp
CEO, BRYTER

Richard Haddad
EVP, Business Affairs/Administration & General Counsel, Pistons Sports & Entertainment

Bill Hardin
Vice President, Charles River Associates

John Harrington
General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, Flyreel

JoHannah Harrington
Chief Legal Officer, Elements

Marni Helfand
General Counsel & Chief Human Resources Officer, Planet Pharma

Toni Hickey
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel & Deputy General Counsel, Cummins

Laverne Horton
Senior Corporate Counsel, Rio Tinto

Ashley Jackson
AGC, Privacy Counsel & Officer, Olive

Betty Jang
General Counsel, Tegria

Carly Kennedy
General Counsel, Pampered Chef, a Berkshire Hathaway Company

Jerry Kilgore
Partner, Cozen O’Connor

Cameron Krieger
Senior Counsel Digital Governance, Privacy & Security, Mars

Jessica Kruger
Senior Counsel, Procurement, TransUnion

Nancy Krystal
Associate General Counsel, Jelly Belly Candy Company

Ashley Kuruvilla
VP General Counsel, Woodland Direct Inc

Mita Lakhia
Senior Privacy Counsel, Publicis Re:Sources

Janneth Lanini
Senior Counsel, Reynolds Consumer Products

Gwen Lee Hassan
Author, Speaker & Chief Compliance/Legal Officer

Nathan Leong
Sr Counsel, Director US Health Legal, Microsoft

Nathan Logan
General Counsel, MCR Hotels

Joshua Markus
General Counsel North America, Ardagh Group

Jennifer McIver
Director of Strategy US, LawVu

Tamela Merriweather
Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Northern Trust

Kim Metrick
VP, Employment Law, Legal Operations & Investigations, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Vania Montero Wit
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, United Airlines

Steve Nachtwey
Partner, Bartlit Beck

Casey Nault
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Coeur Mining

Brandon Pace
Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary, Lending Club

Ann Palma
Senior Corporate Counsel, Groupon

Tim Parilla
Chief Legal Officer, LinkSquares

Monica Phillips
Founder & President, Spark Plug Labs

Chris Pickett
Chief Diversity Officer, Greensfelder

Rusty Pomeroy
Special Counsel, Stroock

Debbie Reynolds
CEO, Founder, and Chief Privacy Officer, Debbie Reynolds Consulting LLP

Luke Ruse
General Counsel, InCloudCounsel

Scott R. Williams
Partner, Sidley Austin

Lauren Schwatz
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Cleverbridge

Theresa Shea
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Utz Brands, Inc.

Kyle Shires
Vice President and Senior Counsel, Corporate/M&A, Guaranteed Rate, Inc.

Jonathan Sickler
Chief Legal Officer, AE2S

Arnold Spencer
Former General Counsel, Blockcap

Collin Starkweather
Founder and President, Starkweather Economics LLC

Meghan Stoppel
Partner, Cozen O’Connor

Kathleen Sweitzer
Chief Legal Officer, Maestro Health

Jerry Ting
CEO and Co-founder, Evisort

Kruti Trivedi
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kerry Walsh
Fidelity National Financial, VP/Litigation Counsel

Bryan Zair
Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary, Sasser Family Companies

2021 Sponsors

KEYNOTE SPONSOR:
• OneTrust Privacy

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Agiloft
• Arnold & Porter
• Bryter
• Burford
• Contract PodAi
• Cozen O'Connor
• EviSort
• Greensfelder
• LawVu
• Linksquares
• Littler
• Stroock

ROUNDTABLE SPONSORS:
• Dazychain
• IceMiller
• InCloudCounsel
• LexisNexis

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SPONSORS:
• KLDiscovery
• Legal Files
• Qouvant
• FTI Consulting