Confirmed Speakers:
Keynote Luncheon Speaker, Anastasia Kelly, former General Counsel of AIG, and MCI WorldCom
Elizabeth Abdoo, General Counsel, Host Hotels
Danielle Aguto, VP and General Counsel, France Telecom North America
Christina Ayiotis, Deputy General Counsel, CSC
Amy Bess, Shareholder, Vedder Price
Linda Bray Chanow, Executive Director, Center for Women in the Law, University of Texas School of Law
Micki Chen, Deputy General Counsel, Verizon
Tricia Daniels, Partner, Forensic and Dispute Services, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
Dorian Denburg, Counsel, AT&T and NAWL Board President-Elect
Denise Esposito, General Counsel, Emergent BioSolutions
Jocelyn Fisher-Perkins, In-House (Former WBAF Board), AFL-CIO
Wanda Forrest, Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group
Mara Giorgio, Associate, Patton Boggs
Josephine Harriott, Associate, Miller & Chevalier
Tina Hsu, Partner, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, PA
Lori Knauer, Corporate Counsel, DuPont
Hyacinth Kucik, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Freddie Mac
Charisse Lillie, VP Community Investment, Comcast
Karen M. Lockwood, Founder and CEO, The Lockwood Group, LLC, WBA Past President
Lorelie S. Masters, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, WBA Past President
Sonia Murphy, Senior Associate, Howrey, LLP
Maureen O'Connell, Senior Vice President, News Corporation
Ama Romaine, Counsel, Hilton
Joyce Slocum, General Counsel, NPR
Robert A. Stern, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Sodexo
Additional speakers will be announced shortly
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location: American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Cost: $75 Members
$75 In-House Counsel, contact the office for the special promo code
$90 Non Members
Join us for the next phase of the WBA’s groundbreaking Initiative on Advancement and Retention of Women – Navigating the Corporate Matrix: Advancing Women In-House Counsel. Phase I focused on the overall retention and advancement of women in law firms, while Phase II focused on the challenges facing women of color in the profession. Those phases of the Initiative, which resulted in the publication of Creating Pathways to Success and Creating Pathways to Success for All, respectively, have drawn national attention and acclaim. The WBA is very excited to be following up on the information gathered and facts learned through Phases I and II to address the unique challenges facing women in in-house law departments.
The Navigating the Corporate Matrix program is the work of the WBA’s Task Force on the Advancement and Retention of Women and In-House Counsel Committee, with advice and input from an Advisory Board of nationally recognized experts in the field and in-house counsel from a range of industries, who are committed to advancing women in-house counsel. This day long summit will take place at American University Washington College of Law. Our goal is to have our community again place itself on the national map as forward-thinkers whose leaders have come together, listened to the experts present the latest objective research, shared best practices and frustrations, and undertaken a frank self-appraisal of how to move the ball forward in the continuing effort to improve retention of women attorneys and their advancement to the highest ranks of our profession.
For information about sponsorship opportunities, click here or call 202-639-8880.
Thank you to our current sponsors:
LUNCH SPONSOR
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
PLATINUM
Crowell & Moring LLP
GOLD SPONSORS
Hogan & Hartson LLP
Howrey LLP
Verizon
SILVER SPONSORS
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Huron Consulting Group
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Sidley Austin LLP
Vedder Price P.C.
Winston & Strawn LLP
BRONZE SPONSOR
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
FRIEND SPONSOR
Consuela A. Pinto
IN KIND SPONSORS
American University, Washington College of Law
GerardPhoto
Merrill LAD
COMMUNITY SPONSORS
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Greater Washington Area Chapter Women Lawyers Division National Bar Association
Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia
National Association of Women Lawyers
Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association
Women's Bar Association Foundation
