Women, Influence & Power in Law 2019 | ALM Real Estate Media Group | 16 October 2019 | Washington Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA

WIPL offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. This unique event was created with the assistance of an unheralded advisory board comprised of high ranking women, General Counsel or direct reports to the GC, and were drawn from across the globe. These attorneys have the highest levels of expertise and experience leading legal departments and practice areas.

2019 Speakers

Erin Abrams
General Counsel, Via

Stephanie A Accuosti
Associate General Counsel – Compliance, Weatherford

Kristina Agassi
Associate General Counsel, Zeta Global

Amy Ahn-Roll
Senior Counsel, Procter & Gamble

Lisa Anastos
General Counsel, Payfone

Michelle Anderson
Partner, Fisher Phillips

Karin Ashford
Vice-President of Legal and Business Affairs, Penn National Gaming, Inc.

Latoya Asia
Assistant General Counsel, E*TRADE Financial

Jennifer Bantelman
Senior Director, Solutions Engineering, Zapproved

Nicole Barrett
Chief Research, Development & Operations Counsel, Biogen

Tiffany Baughman
Head of Legal - Digital Transformation, Airbus

Lori Bennett
General Counsel, Aetion

Lynda A. Bennett
Partner Chair, Insurance Recovery Group; Member, Executive Board, Lowenstein Sandler

Mónica Bernstein
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Crestline Hotels & Resorts, LLC

Lisa Bevilacqua
Vice President / Counsel / Data Privacy Officer, Deutsche Bank AG

Christine Binotti
Lead Counsel, Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Lisa Blatt
Partner, Williams & Connolly

Teresia Bost
General Counsel, Quartet

India Boulton
Vice President– Law/Marketing Practices, Sprint

Kathy Bowman-Williams
Director, Diversity & Inclusion, Baker Botts

Stacey Brandenburg
Shareholder, ZwillGen

Connie Brenton
Chief of Staff/Sr. Director of Legal Operations, Netapp

Erika Brown Lee
Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Mastercard

Erika Brown Lee
Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Mastercard

Donna Bucella
Chief Compliance Officer, 7-Eleven Inc.

Jayme Butcher
Partner, Blank Rome

Cheryl Call, CIPP / US
Special Counsel, Blackbaud, Inc.

Jocelyn Campanaro
Partner, Fisher Phillips

Jaye Campbell
Deputy General Counsel – Head of Litigation, CoStar Group

Julie Cantor
Senior Counsel, Compass

Trecia Canty
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, PBF Energy

Sharon Carmeli
Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, Bluevine

Susan Cassidy
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Jennifer Chan
Assistant General Counsel, The Conference Board

Anjali Chaturvedi
Assistant General Counsel for Investigations, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Leigh Checchio
General Counsel, The Trevor Project

Julie Chen
General Counsel, Share Our Strength

Antonia Chion
Chief, Broker Dealer Task Force, and Associate Director, Home Office, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Nadira Clarke
Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Jackie Cohen
Partner, Weil

Colleen Coyle
General Counsel, American Psychiatric Association

Julie Cremeans
Senior Director of Legal Operations, Fair.com

Aparna Dasai Williams
Director/Attorney, Symantec

Sharon Davis
Partner, Rothwell Figg

Amanda DeBusk
Partner, International Trade and Government Regulation, Dechert LLP

Audrey Decker
VP & Sr Counsel, American Bankers Association

Kataryna DeLisle
Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, National Geographic Partners

Manpreet Dhillon
Head of Legal Transformation, ContractPodAI

Carol DiBattiste
General Counsel & Chief Compliance, Privacy and People Officer, Comscore

Allison Dodd
Sr. Commercial Counsel, Slack

Susan Duarte
Director and Senior Counsel, Sprint

Jennifer Y. Dukart
Senior Associate General Counsel, UnitedHealthcare

Doreen M. Edelman
Partner, Chair, Global Trade & Policy, Lowenstein Sandler

Robin Elkowitz
Executive Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Citizens Financial Group

Sarah Ernst
Partner, Alston & Bird

Kirstin Etela
SVP, Assistant General Counsel, Compliance Officer, FactSet

Michelle Fang
Chief Legal Officer, Turo

Lucy Fato
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Interim Head of Human Resources, AIG

Julie Fenster
General Counsel and Secretary, Vibrant Media Inc.

Lauren Fisher
VP & General Counsel, Vox Media Inc.

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

Lisa Fleischman
Chief Compliance Officer, I Squared Capital

Mary Francia
Partner, Odgers Berndtson

Emily Frascaroli
Managing Counsel of the Product Litigation Group, Ford Motor Company

Aggie Gallagher
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, ViiV Healthcare

Cari Almo Gallman
Assistant General Counsel, Head Commercial Legal and Compliance, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Thais Garcia
Partner, Clifford Chance

Erica Geibel
Corporate Legal Counsel, Head of Corporate Investigations, Perspecta

Caroline George
General Counsel, Crescent Hotels & Resorts

Wendy Gerard
Assistant General Counsel, ASGN Incorporated

Tara K. Giunta
Partner, Litigation Department, Paul Hastings

Rose Marie Glazer
Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, AIG

Jodi Golinsky
Director, Associate General Counsel, Shopify

Megan Gordon
Partner, Clifford Chance

Mimi Gross
General Counsel, Clough Capital Partners, L.P.

Shazmah Hakim
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Marriott International

Laura Heltebran
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Hilton Worldwide

Kate Henningsen
COO, Arcadia Power

Elisa Henry
Partner, BLG

Emelita Hernandez Bravo
Head of Legal Operations, Fitbit

Kimberly C. Hicks
Corporate Counsel, Investigations, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Linda H. Martin
Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP

Stacey H. Mitchell
Partner, Akin Gump

Minh Hoang Merchant
Associate General Counsel, Dir. Litigation & Employment, Myriad Genetics, Inc.

Kirsten Hoffman
Managing Director, Beacon Capital Partners

Brooke Hopkins
Managing Director, Alix Partners

Kirsten Hotchkiss
VP Global Employee Relations and Employment Counsel, American Express Global Business Travel

Elise Houlik, CIPP-US
VP, Senior Managing Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection, Mastercard

Melanie J. Howard
Chair, Intellectual Property Protection, Loeb & Loeb LLP

Elaine H. Scivetti
Partner, Blank Rome

Sarah Isgur
Political Analyst, CNN

Zarema Jaramillo
Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Sanchi Jayaram
Chief for the Foreign Investment Review Section, National Security Division of the Department of Justice

Jewelle Johnson
Assistant General Counsel and Chief Employment Counsel, Graphic Packaging International, LLC

Staci L. Julie
Senior Vice President and Chief IP Counsel, Teva Pharmaceuticals

Blair Kaminsky
Partner, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg

Catherine Kane Ronis
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, BAE Systems, Inc.

Anotnia Karlan
Principal, Control Risks’ Compliance

Roma Khan
General Counsel, Montway Auto Transport

Aimie Killeen
EVP General Counsel & Secretary, Cardtronics plc.

Karen Killeen
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, BASF Corporation

Wendy King
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Gayle Klein
Principal, McKool Smith

Celeste Koeleveld
Partner, Clifford Chance

Moneet Kohli
Product Evangelist, Logikcull

Gabrielle Kohlmeier
Associate General Counsel, Verizon

Devika Kornbacher
Partner, Intellectual Property, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Christine Kurek
Vice President, Legal Employment & Benefits, Activision | Blizzard

Brenna Lenchak
Vice President, General Counsel, Fidelis Cybersecurity

Jennifer M. Levanchy, Esq
General Counsel, Express Stores

Alison Levine
Women's Everest Expedition Team Captain & New York Times Bestselling Author

Chris Lin
General Counsel, Chief Privacy and Administrative Officer, Rakuten Intelligence

Illona Logvinova
Senior Counsel, Enterprise Partnerships, Mastercard

Carol Lowry
Vice President and General Counsel, Lehigh Hanson

Anna Lueje
Associate General Counsel, Global Compliance & Data Governance, The Hershey Company

Attorney General Loretta Lynch
Former Attorney General

Katie L Lynch
Director of Legal Support, Veolia

Suzanne Law Marisa
General Counsel, OVHcloud

Susan Markel
Managing Director, AlixPartners

Lesley Marlin
Senior Corporate Counsel, Labor and Employment, Northrop Grumman

Keri Matthews
Office of the General Counsel, Vanguard

Lorien Maxwell
Manager of Sales and Customer Success, ContractWorks

Heather McAllister
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Penn Foster, Inc.

Jennifer McCool
Chief Legal Officer, Related Companies

Clare McCown
Associate General Counsel, Rakuten USA

Carolyn McNerney
Senior Counsel, LG Electronics USA

Alice M. Eldridge
SVP & General Counsel, BAE Systems, Inc.

Laina Miller Hammond
Investment Manager and Legal Counsel, Validity Finance, LLC

Theresa K. Mohan
General Counsel and Secretary, Reef Technology

Leah Montesano
Vice President, Litigation, Discovery, Inc.

Jennifer Morales
Senior Counsel – Litigation, GE Aviation

Beth Morgenstern
General Counsel for Compliance and Investigations, Citigroup

Smitha Mortis
US Chief Compliance Officer, Klarna

Victoria Moschella
Assistant General Counsel, TE Connectivity

Katy Motiey
Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, Extreme Networks

Amy Mudge
Partner, BakerHostetler

Lynda Nguyen
Head of Litigation, Regeneron

Ling-Ling Nie
General Counsel & Vice President for Ethics and Compliance, Georgia Institute of Technology

Clare O'Brien
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Kim Pagotto
Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

Stephanie Panico
VP, Assistant General Counsel, QBE North America

Carrie Parikh
Chief Operating Officer, New Jersey Office of Information Technology

Kaite Patterson
Manager, Sales Development, ContractWorks

Catherine Paulson
General Counsel, Cinepolis USA

Harriet Pearson
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Julie Peck
Chief Operating Officer, Exiger

Marianela Peralta
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Allegis Global Solutions

Jennifer Persico
Vice President, Associate General Counsel, E*TRADE Financial Corporation

Natalie Pierce
Shareholder | Co-Chair, Robotics, AI and Automation Practice Group, Littler

Rhonda Powell
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, BuzzFeed

Melissa C. Prince
Chief Client Value and Innovation Officer, Ballard Spahr LLP

Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov
Partner, Steptoe

Katherine Race Brin
Chief Privacy Officer, 2U

Kerri S. Reisdorff
Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins

Ana C. Reyes
Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP

Nancy Reynolds
Senior Counsel, Chief Ethics Officer, Western Union

Rebecca Ricigliano
Partner, Crowell & Moring, LLP

Amy Riella
Partner, Vinson & Elkins

Deborah Ringel
Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Accenture Federal Services

Angela Rodin
Principal, KPMG

Rebecca Rohr
Vice President, Anti-Corruption and Global TradeEthics & Compliance Office, Hewlett Packard

LaTasha Rowe
General Counsel, NFM Lending

Megan Ryan
General Counsel, NuHealth

Gloria Sánchez Soriano
Head of Transformation, Banco Santander

Robin Sanders
Assistant General Counsel - Data and Privacy, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Cass Sanford
Associate General Counsel, OTC Markets Group

Jennifer Schatzman
General Counsel, CIPP-US, Omnicom HealthGroup

Daniele M. Schiffman
Assistant General Counsel, Indo-MIM Inc.

Dr. Julie Schimer
Former CEO, Welch Allyn

Heather Schroder
Director, Senior Legal Counsel, Robert Bosch LLC

Kristie Scott
General Counsel, Cision

Sharon Segev
Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer, Smule, Inc.

Erika Selli
Partner, Haug Partners

Mara Senn
Senior Investigator/Senior Litigation Specialist, World Bank

Karen Sheehan
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Tupperware Brands Corporation

Victoria Silbey
SVP, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Laureate Education Inc.

Jessie Silverthorne
Associate General Counsel, Multifamily Real Estate, Freddie Mac

Jill Simeone
General Counsel & Secretary, Etsy

Lourdes Slater
CEO, Karta Legal LLC

Brooke Smarsh
General Counsel, Flow (Flow Commerce Inc)

Ashley Smith
Managing Director, Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP

Kimberley S. Smith, CPCU
Counsel, Nationwide

Tamara Snowdon, Esq. CIPP/US
Senior Vice President, Cyber Practice, Marsh JLT Specialty, Marsh USA Inc.

Deborah Solmor
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, TCS Education System

Robin Solomon
Partner, Ivins, Phillips & Barker

Beth A. Stewart
Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP

Jennifer Subryan
Regulatory & Governance Counsel, Chief Legal Office, USAA

Carson H Sullivan
Partner, Employment Law Department, Paul Hastings

Patti Sunar
Assistant General Counsel, Litigation, Verizon

Susan Szafranski
Associate General Labor, Employment, PSEG

Farinaz Tehrani
Associate General Counsel, North America, Transurban

Sarah Tomkowiak
Partner, Latham & Watkins

Paula Tuffin
General Counsel/Chief Compliance Officer, Better.com

Kim Urbanchuk
Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Counsel, Parsons

Kathleen Vanderziel
Senior Vice President, Senior Counsel, Capital Group

Monica Wahba, Esq. CIPP US
General Counsel (North America), Suitsupply

Phyllis Wallitt
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Priceline.com

Naomi Waltman
Executive VP and Associate General Counsel of Litigation, CBS

Michelle Warner
HMS Host

Maggie Warren
VP, Assistant General Counsel, Vertafore

Nancy Weiss
General Counsel, Institute of Museum and Library Service

Elizabeth Weiswasser
Co-Head Patent Litigation Practice, Weil

Erica Williams
Partner, Litigation, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Julie Myers Wood
CEO, Guidepost

Leah Yadegar
Corporate Counsel, LRW Group

Jolene Yee
Vice President & General Counsel, Delicato Family Wines

Lisa Young
General Counsel, Axiom Law

Farah Zaman
VP, Chief Privacy Officer, Meredith

Elise Zealand
General Counsel, Rising Ground

2019 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Clifford Chance
• Karta Legal
• KattenMuchinRosenman LLP
• Paul Hastings

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• FisherPhillipd
• Lowenstein Sandler

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• AlixPartners
• Clifford Chance
• Vinson&Elkins LLP
• Weil
• Williams & Connoly LLP

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Alston & Bird
• Baker Botts
• BLG
• Covington
• Crowell Moring
• Dechert LLP
• Deloitte
• Exiger
• Freshfields
• Guidepost
• Haug Partners
• HSG
• Ivins, Philips & Barker
• Kirkland & Ellis
• KPMG
• Littler
• Loeb & Loeb LLP
• Logikcull
• McKool Smith
• Ogletree Deakins
• Rothwell Figg
• Shearman & Sterling
• Smith Pachter McWhorter
• Steptoe
• Stroock

ROUNDTABLE SPONSORS:
• Axiom
• Baker Hostetler
• Ballard Spahr LLP
• Blank Rome
• Paul Hastings
• Validity
• ZwillGen

TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP SPONSORS:
• Contract Works
• Zapproved

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Assigned Counsel
• Beacon Hill Legal
• Curiam
• Hogal Lovells
• Paul Weiss
• Robert Half Legal
• Tower Legal Solutions