2015 Volunteers of the Year

RECOGNITION AWARDS
2015 Volunteers
of the Year
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Celebrating Our Volunteers
THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS
Real Art Ways
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United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney
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Wiggin and Dana LLP
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Wyndham Worldwide
At our 2015 Gala, I told the story of my then
10-year-old son buying his first book — a real
classic — 100 Lawyer Jokes. One of the jokes was:
“Why doesn’t a shark bite a lawyer”? The answer:
“Professional Courtesy.” Now, some might agree
with that answer, but not the nonprofits that receive
pro bono legal services from Pro Bono Partnership
volunteers. They would say: “Pro Bono Courtesy.”
What does that mean? For nearly 20 years, Pro Bono Partnership has
partnered with more than 4,000 in-house counsel and law firm attorneys who
have provided high-quality legal assistance to hundreds of nonprofits in the
tri-state area. By volunteering to assist our clients, their legal work has had a
multiplier effect of positively impacting the communities the clients serve.
In 2015 more than 1,000 passionate and skilled volunteers created and
merged nonprofits, reviewed contracts, handled trademark and other
intellectual property matters, and provided expert advice and guidance.
The types of organizations assisted were as varied as the legal work —
the organizations provided aging and respite care resources; transformative
memoir workshops and performances; as well as education, employment,
and health services.
Pro Bono Partnership provides business and
transactional legal services to nonprofit organizations
serving the disadvantaged or enhancing the quality
of life in neighborhoods in New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut. Substantially leveraging the impact
of its in-house legal staff, the Partnership annually recruits
and mobilizes hundreds of attorneys from major
corporations and law firms to donate their time and
expertise on behalf of its nonprofit clients, enhancing their
ability to improve conditions in their communities.
It is not always easy to decide to volunteer, but it is always rewarding.
We are happy to recognize the many ways in which our volunteers use their
skills to serve our clients and create meaningful change in our communities.
Together, we can inspire a new commitment to pro bono and simultaneously
meet the legal challenges that face the nonprofit sector and provide
“Pro Bono Courtesy” to those around us.
Thank you for your service,
Marcia Levy, Esq.
Executive Director
PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP 2015 VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AWARDS1
CORPORATE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
LAW FIRM VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
United Technologies Corporation
Dechert LLP
Pro Bono Partnership recognizes United Technologies Corporation, and its
affiliated companies (collectively, UTC), for the dedication, commitment
and support going back to May 2003, when UTC helped found the Nonprofit
Pro Bono Initiative, the predecessor program to the Pro Bono Partnership
in Hartford.
Dechert LLP has a longstanding tradition of providing pro bono legal
services and the Pro Bono Partnership is pleased to be a key partner in that
tradition dating back to 2003. Dechert’s firm-wide dedication to pro bono
is evidenced by its billable hour credit for associate pro bono work and its
25-hour minimum pro bono requirement among all of its attorneys to ensure
universal participation in its program. Toward that end, over our 13-year
history together more than 300 Dechert volunteers have worked with
Partnership clients on more than 350 matters.
Under the leadership of its then-General Counsel Bill Trachsel, UTC saw an
opportunity to serve nonprofit organizations by connecting them with local
in-house attorneys. Mr. Trachsel tapped a corporate UTC attorney to lead the
charge. UTC worked with other local corporations, law firms, and the Hartford
Foundation for Public Giving to establish a program based at the UCONN
law school.
As the program grew, so did its need for more resources and infrastructure.
UTC led the merger of the program into and with the Pro Bono Partnership
in 2008, to create today’s Hartford-based Pro Bono Partnership office. To
recognize his work on the merger, UTC attorney Peter Gutermann was named
the Partnership’s outstanding volunteer for 2008. He also was elected to
the Partnership’s board in 2008 and was its chair from 2010-2011.
As impressive as this longstanding and continuous support of the Partnership
is, even more impressive is the dedication of UTC’s attorneys to our clients.
Just since 2008, 98 UTC lawyers, including some of its business unit general
counsel, have volunteered on a total of 198 legal projects for more than 125
different clients. We estimate that the attorneys devoted approximately 2,600
hours, with an estimated value of $1,100,000 — a huge dedication of resources to the nonprofit community, with every penny going directly to nonprofit
programming rather than to legal fees. Note — all this effort has occurred
since 2008, when the original Hartford program merged into the Pro Bono
Partnership and UTC’s lawyers were pouring it on for four years before then.
To top it all off, the services are provided by lawyers at every level of UTC’s
legal departments –– current UTC General Counsel Charlie Gill has set an
example for others and himself provided legal services to our non-profit
clients! The culture of service at UTC is strong and starts at the very top.
Thanks in large part to the tireless efforts of Suzanne Turner, partner and
chair of Dechert’s firm-wide Pro Bono practice, 2015 was a standout year
for our partnership in helping Dechert meet its goals while enhancing the
Partnership’s ability to serve the growing needs of our clients. Last year
alone, 100 Dechert volunteers served more than 50 Partnership clients
across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Those volunteers worked
on more than 75 matters sharing their expertise in every practice area
we offer, making them a go-to firm for our nonprofit clients.
Among their 2015 matters were corporate mergers including one finalized
in March 2016 for LifeBridge Community Services, an organization helping
residents of greater Bridgeport, Connecticut improve their lives by offering
a wide variety of programs and services designed to strengthen personal
capability, develop skills, and build a pathway to economic self-sufficiency.
The Dechert volunteers’ expert, thoughtful, and prompt counsel smoothly
guided LifeBridge through their merger, allowing it to pool resources with
another organization and strengthen its ability to meet future challenges
and demands on its services. According to Bill Haas, President & CEO
of LifeBridge, “We were fortunate to have Dechert, LLP as our legal
representation in the merger. The Dechert team always made us feel
like a prime client, their full attention was on our merger process.”
UTC truly has been our partner in every sense of the word, and it is no
exaggeration to say that it has played a critical role in the Pro Bono
Partnership’s success.
These sentiments are often repeated on the part of our clients who have
benefited from Dechert’s shared expertise. Whether Dechert has helped
a client incorporate and apply for tax exempt status, sell or transfer
property, apply for a trademark, draft an employment contract with an
executive director, bring its corporate governance documents up-todate, or provide a range of other assistance, we are grateful for the
counsel Dechert’s dedicated volunteers have shared with our clients.
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CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR
Peter Dagostine, Robinson & Cole LLP
Presenter: Maureen McIntyre, Executive Director,
North Central Area Agency on Aging
For many years now, Pete Dagostine has been one of our favorite go-to
employment attorneys for a range of clients and projects. Since Pete
started volunteering with us in 2013, he has been a paragon of commitment,
handling 12 legal projects for nine clients, with no break. In fact, during
this three-year-plus period, he has never been without at least two Pro Bono
Partnership projects on his desk! The clients he has assisted range from a
very small Hartford organization that works with disabled children of color
to a large regional state-funded organization that serves the elderly — and
everything in between. His pro bono projects have included assistance with
training and consultations on labor issues, review of proper classification
of employees, revision of employee handbooks, counsel regarding problem
employees, guidance on possible ADA situations, and more. For each of his
clients, Pete has provided wise and critical counsel, enabling the clients to
feel sure-footed even when dealing with very challenging HR situations. Add
to that Pete’s willingness to jump in quickly when necessary and his calm
unflappability — and you have a volunteer worthy of recognition and thanks!
Susan Masters, Robinson & Cole LLP
Presenter: Yolanda Preysner, Board Member,
Connecticut Odyssey of the Mind
A relative newcomer to the Pro Bono Partnership volunteer network, Susan
Masters certainly hit the ground running. In just two years, Susan has accepted 11 different matters for seven clients! Susan’s projects cover the human
resources waterfront, including reviewing handbooks, providing counsel
regarding classification of employees as exempt versus non-exempt, advising
regarding independent contractors and volunteers, developing employment
applications, and providing assistance with background checks. One of
Susan’s clients enjoyed working with her so much that they approached her
for assistance with corporate governance matters and Susan was up to the
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challenge, accepting the projects and proving herself a quick study on
corporate documents and procedure. That client says: Susan provided
our organization with clear, understandable, timely advice that greatly
assisted us in making sound decisions. She was responsive, respectful, and
gained our trust during a difficult time for our Board. With her guidance we
were able to restructure our organization and learn how to better fulfill our
fiduciary duties as Board members. Susan receives this award for her many
contributions to our clients, for the quality of her work, for her willingness
to tackle subjects outside her usual practice, and for her sense of humor.
Tiffany Hubbard, McCarter & English, LLP
Presenter: Laura Cordes, Executive Director,
Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence
(formerly CONNSACS - CT Sexual Assault Crisis Services)
Tiffany Hubbard has been volunteering with Pro Bono Partnership
for over six years, and during that period of time has handled an array
of projects ranging from reviewing employee handbooks, to assisting with
administration of employee grievance procedures, to drafting employment
applications and offer letters, to providing counsel on tricky termination
situations. Tiffany often has chosen to work with clients that serve
women who are homeless or who have been victims of sexual assault.
In fact, Tiffany’s most time-consuming and complex projects have
been for the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence (formerly
CONNSACS), for which she is developing a handbook to advise staff
regarding their confidentiality obligations under statute and their
obligations if subpoenaed. She is also working with the Alliance on
a new booklet to help victims understand their rights related to
the civil statute of limitations for child sex abuse. For these projects
and others, Tiffany brings sensitivity, intelligence, and great instincts,
and we — and all her clients — are grateful!
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NEW YORK/FAIRFIELD COUNTY VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR
Christophe Durrer, Colgate-Palmolive Company
William Malpica, The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Presenter: Eva Tenuto, Executive Director and Co-Founder,
Starling Productions/TMI Project
Presenter: Catalina Samper-Horak, Executive Director,
Neighbors Link Stamford
In the three years Christophe Durrer, Assistant General Counsel – Global
Strategic Innovation and Technology Alliances at Colgate Palmolive Company,
has been volunteering with Pro Bono Partnership, he has quickly become one
of the Partnership’s go-to volunteers. He rarely says no to a request for help and
occasionally spontaneously offers to assist with legal projects. Since becoming a
volunteer, Christophe has assisted ten clients with ten different matters ranging
from reviewing an enrollment contract for a local day care center to assisting
in the dissolution of a nonprofit. One of the many projects Christophe worked
on was creating a template contract for Starling Productions, a nonprofit which
produces TMI Project, an initiative that provides transformative memoir writing
and storytelling workshops and performances that invite storytellers and audience members to explore new perspectives. By sharing bravely and candidly,
storytellers become agents of change, fostering compassion, understanding and
public awareness. Before Christophe’s intervention, TMI Project was negotiating each contract for each workshop and/or performance on a case-by-case
basis. Thanks to Christophe’s thoughtful, pragmatic lawyering, TMI Project
now has a template contract that it can quickly modify for anything from a few
hour workshop to a weekend-long retreat, letting Starling devote its resources to
helping its clients heal themselves.
William Malpica, Director and Senior Counsel, Corporate & Institutional Banking, The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), has been a tremendous
volunteer and supporter of pro bono activities. Wil has helped a number of
our clients with complex and important matters. Wil’s first project with the
Partnership involved the creation of a new nonprofit dedicated to serving
the Stamford immigrant community. Six years ago, Wil helped a group of
Stamford civic and business leaders negotiate a complex licensing and
affiliation arrangement with an existing organization in neighboring Westchester County, New York to establish “Neighbors Link Stamford.” Today,
the organization is thriving, helping hundreds of individuals and families
in Stamford access education, employment, health and other services and
opportunities. The organization has never had a lawyer on staff and since
their founding Wil has acted as their go-to pro bono counsel, advising
the Board and the Executive Director on all legal and strategic matters,
including contracts, employment matters, licensing, insurance, leases,
bylaws amendments, corporate and board governance matters. Where
necessary, Wil involves other lawyers at RBS or at the Partnership to lend
specialized expertise. Beyond Neighbors Link, Wil also has represented
Stamford-based Inspirica, one of the largest organizations in Connecticut serving the homeless, in its efforts to merge its charitable foundation
into the parent organization. In addition to his direct pro bono activities,
Wil has also been a staunch proponent of pro bono work within the RBS
legal department where, as pro bono coordinator, he recruits and guides
RBS colleagues who take on pro bono projects. Most recently, Wil worked
with an RBS colleague to incorporate Impact 100 Fairfield, a local giving
circle. The Partnership is fortunate to count Wil among our volunteers, and
thrilled to honor him this year.
Terrence J. McAllister
Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.
Presenter: Sandford (Sandy) Wollman, President and Founder,
Small Business Advisory Alliance
For eight years, Terrence McAllister, a partner and head of the Trademark Practice Group at Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P., has been an outstanding volunteer with Pro Bono Partnership, bringing his keen intelligence, downto-earth approach, and excellent sense of humor to every project he handles. He
has assisted nearly twenty organizations with matters ranging from trademark
registration to copyright protection to website reviews – and when the Partnership itself needed intellectual property advice, Terry was the person we called.
Terry has a particular gift for distilling complicated concepts into practical
advice that his clients can understand and implement. And he never refuses a
project! To quote one of his clients, Terry’s work has “immeasurable value”
for the organizations he helps and we are delighted to honor him this year.
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2015 VOLUNTEER HONOR ROLL
NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR
Susan L. Crane, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation
Presenter: Sandra Miniutti, V.P. of Marketing & CFO of Charity Navigator
Susan Crane has handled trademark and other intellectual property matters
for numerous Pro Bono Partnership clients — in fact, 19 such matters since
2009. Sue often volunteers very quickly to assist with trademarks, and, where
possible, arranges for pro bono trademark searches to save the nonprofits
money. Sue recently volunteered for an unusual project for our client,
Charity Navigator, for which she was uniquely qualified.
Charity Navigator asked for assistance in registering its trademark in
Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Sue volunteered to handle
the matter. She enlisted counsel in each of those countries to provide their
services in registering the mark for free. Sue managed the entire process
for Charity Navigator and succeeded in getting the mark registered or
approved in each country.
Chris A. Johnson, FTI Consulting
Presenter: Jonathan Lucas, Board Chair,
Hudson Pride Connections Center
Chris Johnson is — and has been since 2007 — one of Pro Bono Partnership’s
go-to experts for highly complex nonprofit tax law matters. The matter that he
volunteered to handle for Hudson Pride Connections Center this past year was
right in his wheelhouse. The client, an organization which serves as a home
and voice for the diverse LGBTQ community and allies, needed an experienced
and knowledgeable tax professional to respond to and resolve an inquiry from
the IRS. Chris volunteered to help and provided expert advice and guidance to
achieve a successful result.
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Michael L. Abitabilo
Karen R. Abraham
Joenni Abreu
Sloane Ackerman
Nikki Adame Winningham
Melinda Agsten
John Aissis
Leen Al-Alami
Eugene Albert
Alexandros Aldous
Michele J. Alexander
Taylor Alexander
Norman Alt
Michael Amalfe
Keisha Amey-Hambric
Jason M. Anderman
Brett M. Anders
Mary Anderson
Robert J. Anderson
Jodi Anderson
Michael Angarsky
Justin Ankerman
Carolyn Appel
Sharon Apple
Peter Arakas
Nancy J. Arencibia
Stephen Aronson
Sami Asaad
Salama Atadika
Keane E. Aures
Caroline M. Austin
Josh Averill
Robyn L. Aversa
Ashley Babrisky
Stacey Babson-Smith
Sarah H. Bachner
Ariane Baczynski
Daniela V. Badiola
Emiliano Baidenbaum
Karen L. Baldwin
Negisa Balluku
Kristen Bandura
Fallon DePina Banks
Katherine Barberi
Virginia Barclay
Christopher R. Barclay
Dennis D. Barrett
Harvey Bartle
Linda Bartosch
Amy L. Bashore
Sarah C. Baskin
Edna Basquill
Irene Bassock
Michel Bayonne
R. Scott Beach
Steven R. Bechtler
Joshua Becker
Diana R. Belbruno
Emmanuel Bello
Daniel C. Belostock
Nadav Ben-Chanoch
Mark Benevenia
John K. Bennett
Lynda A. Bennett
Matthew Berg
Lester Berkelhamer
Alan D. Berkowitz
Eric Berkowitz
Nicole Bernabo
Maria B. Biaggi
Charles Biener
Corey S. Biller
Roy B. Birnbaum
Jacob Bishop
Pia Biswas
James L. Black
Krystyna Blakeslee
Carolyn Blankenship
Ira H. Block
Lisa Blumberg
Niamh Marie Blumentals
Carol Boboris
Annette Boglev
Terence Bokosha
Markus Bolsinger
Daniel E. Bonilla
Craig M. Bonnist
Jennifer Bonsignore
J. Stewart Borrow
Heather R. Boshak
Keith Bova
Tanya A. Bovée
Patricia Bowen
Craig Bowman
Mitchell Boyarsky
Kelscey Boyle
Teresa Boyle-Vellucci
Marissa R. Boynton
Lee Braem
Lori J. Braender
Andrew H. Braid
Robert Braumuller
Kevin Braun
Todd Brecher
John B. Brescher
Luke P. Breslin
Heather Weine Brochin
David F. Broderick
Alexander Brooks
Michael A. Brosse
Todd C. Brower
Martin Brown
Kristopher Brown
Valentine Brown
Melanie L. Brown
Alana Brown
Kaitlin Bruno
Stephen R. Buckingham
Jessica Seger Bula
Katherine A. Burroughs
Ilana Buschkin
Jonathan B. Bush
Michael Bushey
John Butler
Jennifer A. Butler
Jennifer Calcagni
Wendy B. Callaghan
Thomas J. Calvocoressi
Valerie J. Camara
Mike Camilleri
Vance G. Camisa
Gina Campanella
Geneva Campbell
Marvin Campbell
Deborah Cannavino
Clarissa H. Cannavino
C. Bryan Cantrell
Danielle Capozzoli
Ross A. Carbone
Ashleigh Casey
Janet Castellano
Jenette N. Castro
Kristen Centre
Charlesa Ceres
Aaron S. Cha
Peter Chadwick
George Chang
Evan Charkes
Carole Chervin
Eugene Cheval
Charles H. Chevalier
Meg Chicco
Erica Chmielewski
Louis L. Chodoff
Michael Christ
Laura Ciabarra
Margaret Cino
Kathleen Citera
Paul Clancy
Thorne Clark
Erin K. Clarke
Ian Clarke-Fisher
Richard L. Cohen
Steven M. Cohen
Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson
Pelayo Coll
Patrick Collins
Christopher J. Collins
Elizabeth A. Colombo
Celeste Como
Kevin Conoscenti
Alison Conroy
Corrie Fischel Conway
Donald Cooley
Stephen Cooper
John Corbett
Susan M. Corcoran
Andy Corea
Erin Correale
Jennifer Hu Corriggio
Ken Corsello
Rebecca L. Cossin
Anne M. Cote
Timothy J. Cotton
Cody Cowper
Patrick M. Cox
Susan L. Crane
Tracy Crofford
Jay Crowley
Philip P. Crowley
Melody G. Culton
Karen Culton
Cheryl Cundall
Brian J. Cupka
Meredith Curreri
Donald J. Curry
Spencer Curtis
Justin B. Cutlip
Katherine Czech
Nelson DaCunha
Peter Dagostine
Michelle M. D’Agostino
Lauran S. D’Alessio
Amy Beth Dambeck
Tom D’Ambrosio
George Danenhauer
Tracey Daniels
Eric Daniels
Joe Daniels
Russell DaSilva
Tara Daub
Greg Davis
Carl de Brito
Margaret De Lisser
Ella De Trizio
Katherine Dean
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Brian K. Deaver
Silva Dechoyan
Marie T. DeFalco
Dana Deinstadt
Cedric DeLaCruz
Frank DeLucia
Patricia Demaras
Carmen Conring DeMatteis
Robert J. Denicola
William Despo
Michele Detherage
Alice DeTora
Thomas M. Devaney
Laura M. DeVito
H. William Devitt III
Luis Diaz
Michael N. DiCanio
John DiMarco
Kathleen Dion
Brett Dixon
Melissa Dizdarevic
Danielle Do
Kimberly Dobson
Thomas F. Doherty
Patrick Dolan
Margaret Donagher
J. Wylie Donald
Michael L. Donini
Christelle Dorcil
Malcolm Dorris
James Dougherty
Kimberly A. Doyle
Kevin J. Doyle
Evan R. Drachman
Keegan Drenosky
Jennifer Dressler
Claire Drzewiecki
Daniel V. Duff III
Susann Duffy
Diane Duhaime
Brian DuPerre
Katherine E. Durnan
Christophe Durrer
Diane P. Duvall
Joy N. Eakley
Brendan Eccleston
Peter H. Ehrenberg
Valerie M. Eifert
Scott D. Eisenberg
Jennie Ekdahl
Gershon Ekman
Steve Elbaum
Pamela Elkow
Wanda Ellert
Shama Elliott
Benjamin Elliott
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Bettina Elstroth
Edward W. Enoch
Michael Enright
Dena E. Epstein
Andrew Erdmann
Carol Faherty
Kai Falkenberg
Robert A. Farber
James J. Farrell
Stephen Farrell
Susan A. Feeney
Stephanie R. Feingold
Eric J. Felsberg
Allison J. Fepelstein
Michael Fernicola
Howard Fetner
Katherine Fick
Sue Figler
Jake Filak
Andrew J. Finan
Harold B. Finn
Vaughan Finn
Mitchell Fishberg
Betsy Fishbone
Patrick M. Flaherty
Suzan Flamm
Kevin Flannery
Daniel Flynn
Nancy K. Foley
John Foley
Kristie M. Fontana
Anne H. Ford
David W. Forti
John Fouhey
Jordan Frankel
Michael A. Frankel
Jodi Frankel
Vlad Frants
Robin Frederick
Dale C. Fredston
Karem Friedman
Jodie Simon Friedman
Caitlin Friel
Alexandra Frisbie
Janette Levey Frisch
Michael R. Friscia
David R. Fritz
Kelly Frye
Steven B. Fuerst
Maria A. Fufidio
Dror Futter
Mary Gabriel
Joseph C. Galardi
Nicole J. Gallo
John Galluccio
Mary A. Gambardella
Iciar P. Garcia
Samantha Gardner
Anthony Gargano
Kelly J. Garrone
Jason C. Gavejian
Nidhi M. Geevarghese
Denise Geiger
Sarah B. Gelb
Frederick J. Gerhart
Carol A. Gershon
Avi Gesser
Christin Giampolo
Craig Gianetti
Andrew P. Gilbert
Brooke A. Gillar
Michael E. Gilligan
Matthew B. Ginsburg
Brian M. Ginsburg
Margarita Y. Ginzburg
Leigh A. Giroux
Andrew C. Glassman
Shanah Glick
Amanda M. Goceljak
Craig Godshall
Marc Gold
Daniel Goldfarb
Jennifer Goldman
Susan O. Goldsmith
David Goldstein
Heidi Goldstein
Joshua Goodman
Darren Goodman
Emily H. Goodman Binick
Steven Gordon
Sarah Durnan Gore
Gennady A. Gorel
Maggie L. Gousman
Lucia Goy
Natasha Grant
Kevin M. Grant
Robert Granzen
Andrew Green
David I. Greenbaum
Paul Greenberg
Stephen C. Greene
James J. Greenstone
James Greifzu
Kelly Grez
Valerie Gross
Harman Avery Grossman
Joseph Domenick Guarino
David J. Gudino
Kelly D. Gunther
Avnish Gupta
Peter Gutermann
Sylvia-Rebecca Gutiérrez
Elazar Guttman
Brooke Guven
Marc D. Haefner
Benjamin E. Haglund
Christina C. Haines
Alyce C. Halchak
Gary T. Hall
Mark E. Hall
Dave Hall
Janet Hallahan
Jacob (Jake) B. Hansen
Andrew Harmeyer
Jacob Harper
Bridget Harris
Jenna Harris
Stephen B. Harris
Robert Harrison
Jennifer R. Hart
Ian A. Hartman
Richard M. Haskell
Ryusuke Hatakeyama
Amanda Dealy Haverstick
Keith M. Hawkins
Brad Hayami
James R. Hays
Edward Heath
Liza J. Hecht
Elissa Hecker
Lisa Heeb
Randy Heiden
Matthew Heimann
Timothy Heine
Margaret Hellerstein
Evan M. Hellman
Michael E. Helmer
Susan M. Hendrickson
Rebecca Hennings
Andrew Hermiller
John Herrington
Ronald M. Hershkowitz
Meghan A. Higgins
Mary J. Hildebrand
Kyle-Beth Hilfer
Alexandra M. Hill
Joshua Hill
Evan A. Hill
Matthew P. Hintz
Ishandev Hiremath
Douglas M. Hirn
Isaac Hirsch
Andrew Hoffman
Leonora Hoicka
David S. Hoiriis
Michael J. Holden
William Hong
Ross A. Honig
Christopher D. Hopkins
Seth Hopson
James Horan
Michael M. Horn
Richard Horowitz
Harold Horwich
Megan Horwitz
Amber Hough
Tiffany Hubbard
Elaine M. Hughes
Romain Hughes
Michael J. Hughes
Paul A. Hughes
Marc Hui
Paul Humphreys
Steven L. Humphreys
Edward J. Hunter
Susan R. Huntington
Robert Hurwich
Christine R. Hwang
Lydia Hwang
Christina M. Iafe
Lauren Ianacone
Diane Iglesias
Vanessa Ignacio
Stephen Infante
Mark Irving
David G. Islinger
Charles Italiano
Peter Ivanick
Dmitry Ivanov
Catherine Ivers
Phillip Jackman
James Jacobus
Carl Jaffee
Mehar Jagota
Pralika Jain
Michael Jakowsky
Jonathan B. James
Jonathan James
Jina Jang
Jeffrey Janicke
Keith Janowitz
Lindsay J. Jarusiewicz
Divya Jayachandran
Christie D. Jean
Cassandra Jean-Baptiste
Kerry Jefferson
Lloyd Jeglikowski
Sneha Jha
Walter Johnson
Jason E. Johnson
Ronald X. Johnson
Curtis A. Johnson
Terry D. Johnson
Chris A. Johnson
Michele Johnson
David F. Jones
Brittany Jones
Jennifer Jones
Michael D. Jones
David M. Joyal
Paisley L. Kadison
Emily Kagan
Joanne Kalas
Paul W. Kalish
Randy Kamen
John H. Kane
Kenneth Kanfer
Myung Kang-Huneke
Sabrina Kania
Viriginia S. Kao
Michael Kaplan
Rippi Karda
Jerome A. Karnick
Rani Karnik
Stefanie H. Kastrinsky
Mayan Katz
Laurie Kaufman
Karl Kaufman
Jocqueline Kaup
Thomas E. Keely
Bryan S. Keighery
Theresa A. Kelly
Timothy J. Kelly
Laura A. Kelly
Audra Kemp
Brian W. Kemper
Noelle Kenel-Pierre
Timothy Kennedy
Tom Kesoglou
Mark P. Kesslen
Denise M. Keyser
Alexandria Khalil
Sam E. Khan
Joseph Khanna
Stanislav Khomenko
Eugene Killian
William Killoran
Danby Kim
Jonathan Kim
June Kim
Karen H. Kim
Ginny Kim
Tekhara Kimber
Phyllis Kimmel
David S. King
Paul Kingsley
Steven Kirberger
Marina Kireyeva
Elizabeth Kiviat
Kerrie Kline
Joshua E. Knapp
Scott G. Kobil
Eric S. Kobrick
Tedd Kochman
Holadem Koffigoh
Jeffrey Kohn
Robert Kohse
Anna Kolontyrsky
Evan Konstantinou
Traci Kosak
Evan Koster
Anahaita Kotval
Brian E. Kowalski
Jonathan M. Kozak
Elizabeth Krumeich
Ashley Kuempel
William J. Kuhne
Megan Kultgen
Richard A. Kupferberg
Rachel Kushel
Janice Kwon
Donna La Vardera
Ben Lambert
Richard D. Landau
John D. LaRocca
Jeff Larson
Vera Lattimore-Rowe
Anthony D. Lauro
Stephanie Lax
Joseph J. Lazzarotti
James Lebovitz
Janet O. Lee
Raphael Lee
Gyu-Jin Lee
Jeffrey Legath
Thomas Lehman
Michael Lehmann
David Leit
Rosemary K. Leitz
Stephen M. Leitzell
Anika Singh Lemar
Brad Lenox
James M. Leva
Michelle Levin
Bryan Levine
Lisa Levine
Richard Levitan
Tracey Levy
Joan Levy
Eboneé Lewis
Meir A. Lewittes
Zhibin Li
Christine F. Li
Zhenggui Li
David B. Lichtenberg
Michael D. Lichtenstein
Rachel S. Lieberman
Randy Liebowitz
Katherine L. Lindahl
Jeffrey A. Lindenbaum
Justin C. Linder
Mimi Lines
Kathryn Linsky
Thomas A. Linthorst
Douglas E. Lippin
Diane L. Lisowski
Jenny G. Liu
Oren Livne
Marc Lomasky
Danielle Renée Lowe
Michael Lubben
Jarad Lucan
Kimberley E. Lunetta
Gillian M. Lusins
Timothy Lyden
Alexander Lynch
Mark Lyon
Ross MacConnell
Jeffrey S. MacDonald
Melissa Mael
Nicole M. Magdziak
Dina Magner
Edward Mahaney-Walter
Stacey Crowell Maiden
John R. Mallin
William Malpica
Jodi R. Mandell
Megan C. Manfred
Greg Mansfield
Barry Marell
C. William Margrabe
Sandra Marin
Andrew Marks
Alexander J. Maro
Ashley Marshall
Richard Marsico
Richard Marsico
Christian A. Martarese
Allison Lynn Martin
Marilyn Martin
Jacqueline Martin
Susan Masters
Julie Mathew
Jeanne Mathews
Jeffrey Matrullo
Ann Matthews
Christopher Mayer
Maxim Mayer-Cesiano
Todd L. Mayover
Terrence McAllister
Rebecca M. McCloskey
John P. McCormick
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James G. McEwen
Kate McGinnes
Lauren N. McGlockton
Michael P. McGraw
Edward McHugh
Ivy McKinney
Carolyn McNerney
Maureen McTernan
Anthony Mechcatie
Steve Meetre
Derek Meilman
Patti Melick
Frederick Melkey
Matthew J. Meltzer
Adam Mendelowitz
Robert J. Menendez
Catherine Mennenga
Dwight Merriam
Robert N. Merritt
Sean Mersten
Michael A. Meyer
Chris Milazzo
Aaron Miller
Hilary B. Miller
Brandon Miller
Svetoslav Minkov
Joshua S. Mirer
Ben Mitchell
Jim Modrak
Catherine A. Mohan
Theresa Mohan
Francis R. Monaco
James F. Monagle
Elizabeth Mondschein
Veronica H. Montagna
Maureen E. Montague
Vincent J. Montalto
Whitney D. Montgomery
Pamela Moore
Ranika Morales
Tracey A. Morgan
Christine Moriarty
Jaime N. Morris
Jonathan Mothner
Samuel P. Moulthrop
Daniel Mozes
Christopher Mozingo
Julie Muniz
Colin Munro
Matthew Murphy
Amelia Murphy
Peter J. Murphy
Kathleen Mylod
Basam E. Nabulsi
Edward Nagorsky
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Mary Beth Nagy
Nicole Najam
Henry Nassau
Megan Naughton
Marc D. Nawyn
Angel Nayman
James E. Nealon
Gregory L. Needles
Alicia L. Neubig
Andrea Neuman
Tina Newsome-Lee
Toni Anne Nichels
George Nichols
Rosalia Niforatos
Mark E. Nikolsky
Robert Nobile
Benjamin D. Novak
Robert L. Nowicki
Martin Nussbaum
Ryan L. O’Neill
Richard F. Ober
Perry Ochacher
Catherine D. O’Connor
Casey O’Connor
Kurt Odell
Kyle Odin
Thelma Ofori
John H. Ogden
Yoon Ah E. Oh
Ilia O’Hearn
Scott Ohnegian
Kelly Oliver
Andrea T. Oller
Kathleen O’Malley
Otieno B. Ombok
Sheila Ongwae
Andrew L. Oringer
Jillian R. Orticelli
Jay Osha
Eileen Overbaugh
Richard D. Owens
Jieun Paik
Christine M. Pallares
Steven Palyca
David Panico
James J. Panzini
Sofia Papakostas
Lisa M. Parisi
Jacqueline Parker
Richard Parr
Neena Patil
Rustin I. Paul
Maureen C. Pavely
Elizabeth Pearce
Christine C. Peaslee
David Pelaez
James Pelletier
Mary Pelletier
Michael Peng
Daniel A. Pepper
Anthony O. Pergola
Lisa M. Perri
Michael J. Perrotta
William D. Perry
Kara Perry McCarthy
David Peters
Elias J. Petersen
Jeffrey A. Petit
James B. Pfadenhauer
Gail Pflederer
Michelle E. Phillips
Paul R. Piccigallo
Bion Piepmeier
Elizabeth Pietrowski
Daniel Pirolo
Curtis Plaza
Michael Pollack
Caitlin Polus
Kimberly Porcaro
Cassandra M. Porter
Elina Portman
Jennifer Premisler
Joseph P. Prevete
Troy S. Prince
Jonathan M. Prince
Meredith Prithviraj
Glenn P. Prives
Jennifer Pugh-Sullivan
Shannon H. Pulaski
Michael D. Pych
Meghan Quinn
John P. Quirke
Zahid N. Quraishi
Joseph R. Rackman
Dean Radke
Joseph C. Ragaglia
Emilio Ragosa
Michael A. Rambert
Jon S. Rand
Vincent P. Rao
Myriam Rastaetter
Sunil G. Raval
Michael T. Rave
Manasi Raveendran
Daniel Rayner
Brenda Rediess-Hoosein
Richard J. Reid
Michael J. Reilly
Brendan Reilly
Erin Reimer
Gregory Reith
Gregory A. Renick
Michael W. Restey
R. Andrew Richards
Pamela S. Richardson
Nancy Richman
Alexa Richman-LaLonde
Laurence S. Rickles
Michael A. Rienzi
Leo Rifkind
Nancy Rights
Tara Riley
David A. Rivera
Adam Rivera
Asad Rizvi
Daniel Ro
William J. Roberts
Ryan Robski
Carissa L. Rodrigue
Melissa C. Rodriguez
Leonard Rodriguez
Phillip M. Rofsky
Mary B. Rogers
Catherine Rogers
Carmen J. Romano
Matthew D. Root
Michael Rosenberg
Richard G. Rosenblatt
Philip Rosenbloom
Philip R. Rosenfeldt
Adam D. Rosenthal
David S. Rosenthal
Brett Rouleau
Nancy L. Rowe
Maureen Ruane
Justin Ruaysamran
Eric B. Rubin
Jeffrey W. Rubin
Steven Rudgayzer
Shannon Rushing
Marian T. Ryan
Jennifer Rygiel-Boyd
Matthew S. Sachs
Michael J. Sage
Leslie A. Saint
Ashley Sakakeeny
Sarah Saladini
Barry L. Salkin
David Salm
Christine D. Salmon
Lavesh Samtani
Chase Sandler
Laura Santirocco
Joseph Santos
Gina Sarracino
Kristine A. Saul
Andrew Schaffer
Arthur Schaier
Vince Schaper
Louis B. Schatz
Marc J. Scheiner
Tara J. Schellhorn
Jason B. Scher
Richard W. Schey
Carl Schiessl
Matthew J. Schiller
Matthew (Matt) J. Schiller
Andrew Schneider
Peter Schnur
Steven Schoenfeld
David Schulman
Jonathan A. Schur
David C. Schwartz
Daniel A. Schwartz
Karen C. Sclafani
Tracey Scraba
Bryan Seelig
Evan J. Seeman
Anne Marie Segal
Karin Segall
Denis Segota
Peter S. Seltzer
Eric Semenetz
Jeremy I. Senderowicz
Arielle B. Sepulveda
Vincent J. Serrao
Colleen Serre
Thomas G. Servodidio
Ronald V. Sgambati
Melissa J. Sgambati
Namita T. Shah
Jennifer L. Shanley
Jeffrey M. Shapiro
Sonia S. Shariff
Nitin Sharma
Khizar Sheikh
Ora Sheinson
Diane M. Shelley
Douglas Shelling
Laura Shepard
Michael Sherman
Jerri Shick
Merav Shor
Zak Shusterman
Eric S. Siegel
Glenn Siegel
Lee Siegel
Lauren M. Sigg
Brian A. Silikovitz
Kevin Silk
Michelle Seldin Silverman
Steven B. Singer
Aaron Singer
Preeti Singh
Basil Sitaras
Kevin J. Skelly
Ethan A. Skerry
Judah Skoff
Stephen Skonieczny
Robert C. Skramstad
Sarah R. Skubas
Peter Sloane
Michael S. Slomin
Patricia A. Smith
Shawn A. Smith
Brian R. Smith
Stephen J. Smith
Julia K. Smith
Marissa A. Smith
Heather Smith
Claudia A. Smith
Regwood Snipes
Jonathan Sokolowski
Peter J. Soloff
Prerna Soni
Victor Souto
Daniel Spicehandler
Brian Stalter
Mark Stanisz
Tracy Stanton
Lydia C. Stefanowicz
Jacqueline Stein
Michael Steinberg
Sharon Stemple
Peter Stergios
Jonathan Sterling
Carol C. Stern
Paul Stevelman
Donald Stever
Alberta V. Stewart
Sheryl Stoessel Suarez
Robert Stone
S. Anita Stone
Christina A. Stoneburner
Mary Storella
Jonathan Stott
Steve K. Stoute
Luciana Stracieri
Adam Streicher
Robert O. Strobel
Andrew Strobert
Thomas J. Stukane
Daniel A. Suckerman
Steven W. Suflas
James F. Sullivan
Randall B. Sunberg
Michael J. Sussman
Stephen B. Swigert
Laura Swihart
Emily S. Tabak
Eric Tajcher
Eric Tanck
Jeff Tang
Sanjiv Tata
Kimberly A. Taylor
Jeffrey T. Testa
Melissa Tharp
Raymond P. Thek
Nanette S. Thomas
Clarisse Thomas
Elizabeth Thorne
Rachel J. Tischler
Donna A. Tobin
Jean E. Tomasco
Ryan Tooley
Louis Totino
Janine Tougas
R. Randall Tract
Catherine A. Trinkle
Noel P. Tripp
Jonathan Tropp
Andrew Trubin
Rachel Trudeau
Stan Tso
Chukwudi Udeogalanya
Michelle F. Vaillant
Amanda L. Van Hoose
Peter Van Winkle
Adam VanWagner
David Varghese
Susan Varkey-Samuel
Edward Vassallo
Samantha L. Vaughan
David Vegliante
Vandana Venkatesh
Edward A. Vergara
Elizabeth A. Verrier
Manoj Viswanathan
Michael P. Vito
Allison J. Vogel
Christine Wachter
Ryan L. Waggoner
Christine Wagner
Margaret W. Walker
David M. Walsh
Meredith Walsh
James P. Walsh
Alan N. Walter
Khalilah Walters
Tabisa Walwema
Natasha Walwyn
Richard J. Wasserman
Gayle Wasserman
David F. Waters
Lane Watson
Vanessa Watson
Cheryl Wawrzonkiewicz
John G. Webb III
Edith F. Webster
Steven Weinberger
Eric D. Weinstock
Philip Weis
Charles I. Weissman
Sally Welch St. Onge
Patrick Westerkamp
Jeffrey White
Joline White
Michael Widland
Daniel K. Wiig
Benjamin A. Wiles
Rosemarie R. Wilk-Orescan
Eva Willatt
Kendall Wilson
Nicholas Wilson
F. Scott Wilson
Holly Wilson
Derek M. Winokur
Catherine Winter
John V. Wintermute
Michael L. Wise
Melissa H. Witsil
Rachel Wolman
Julie Y. Wong
Helen Wu
Sarah Woodfin Wynn
Feng Xu
Scott F. Yarnell
Susan Yeu
Beth Yingling
Christopher Young
Angela Yu
Lena Yutsis
Henry Zaccardi
Anthony Zacharski
Jay Zagoren
Charles Zamiskie
Dawn N. Zammitti
Andy Zeitlin
Jill Zellmer
Haiyun Zhao
Victor Zimmermann, Jr.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Marcia Levy
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIRMAN
Mark Nordstrom
Advisory Counsel — Labor & Employment Law, Retired
General Electric Company
Michael J. Holston
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel
Merck & Co., Inc.
Frank R. Jimenez
Vice President and General Counsel
Raytheon Company
VICE CHAIRMAN
Rady Johnson
Executive Vice President,
Chief Compliance and Risk Officer
Pfizer, Inc.
VICE CHAIRMAN
Ann M. Kappler
Deputy General Counsel and
Head of External Affairs
Prudential Financial, Inc.
PRESIDENT
Anahaita Kotval
Chief Operating Officer &
General Counsel
Inspirica, Inc.
Peter A. Gutermann
Vice President, Global Ethics & Compliance
United Technologies Corporation
John M. Liftin
General Counsel and Managing Director
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.
John L. Sander
Jackson Lewis LLP
(Formerly Vice President &
Associate General Counsel, Merck & Co., Inc.)
V.P. & SECRETARY
William L. Ellis, Jr.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary, Retired
Diageo North America, Inc.
V.P. & TREASURER
David Yawman
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
PepsiCo Americas Beverages and
Quaker Foods North America
Eric I Cohen
Senior Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
Terex Corporation
Brackett B. Denniston III
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Retired
General Electric Company
Shawn A. Miles
Group Head, Global Public Policy &
Regulatory Strategy Counsel
MasterCard Worldwide
Edward J. Sebold
Vice President and
Assistant General Counsel
IBM Corporation
Paul Stevelman
Head of RBS US
Richard H. Walker
Vice Chairman, Retired
Deutsche Bank AG
DIRECTOR EMERITUS
Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr.
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Program on the Legal Profession
Harvard Law School
Burt M. Fealing
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Southwire Company
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