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[PAST EVENT] Lawyers As Leaders Conference 2014
September 12, 2014
8:30am - 4:30pm
Our program, which runs from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., will feature alumnae who are leaders in law firms, non-profit organizations, corporations, policy advocacy organizations and bar associations. Please register for the conference and join us on Friday, September 12, 2014.
Program For the Day - Room 127
8:50 - 10:00 a.m. Leaders in Business and Finance Part I
Anne Bomar '91, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Dominion Energy, Richmond, VA
Susan Comparato '94, Chief Executive Officer , Syncora Holdings, Ltd.
Beth DeSimone '84, Executive Vice President, CommunityOne Bancorp, Charlotte, NC
Mary Morris '81, MLT '82, Chief Executive Officer, Virginia College Savings Plan, Richmond, VA
10:10 -11:10 a.m. Leaders in Philanthropy and Non-Profit Organizations
Heidi W. Abbott '91, Counsel, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA
Anita M. Poston '74, Partner, Vandeventer, Black LLP, Member, Virginia Board of Bar Examiners, Norfolk, VA
Anne B. Shumadine '83, Founder and Chairman, Signature, Rector, Board of Visitors, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Chair of the Investment Committee, Virginia Wesleyan University, Trustee, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Norfolk, VA
11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Leaders in Business and Finance Part II
Marshall Barton '94, Global Compliance Officer, Merial, a Sanofi Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Lauren A. Ferrari '83, Founder and Managing Director, Office of Business Integrity & Compliance, Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ
Julie Laine '95, Vice President, Chief of Transaction Compliance & Senior Deputy General Counsel, Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Stephanie Zapata Moore '98, Vice President and General Counsel, Luminant, Dallas, TX
12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. Lunch with students (Law School Lobby)
1:30- 2:20 p.m. Leaders in Policy Advocacy
Jessica Arons '00, President and CEO, Reproductive Health Technologies Project, Washington, DC
Margaret "Peggy" Binzer '90, Shareholder, Polsinelli, Executive Director, Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Washington, DC
Judith Conti '94, Federal Advocacy Coordinator, National Employment Law Project, Washington, DC
Kristine A. Kippins '05, Federal Policy Counsel, Center for Reproductive Rights, Washington, DC
2:30 - 3:20 p.m. Leaders in Law Firms
Lisa Bertini '87, Principal, Bertini & Hammer, P.C., Norfolk, VA
Deidre "Dee" Cohen Katz '93, Partner, Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall, Orange County, CA
Courtney C. Nowell '96, Partner and Head, Sovereign and Other Institutional Investors Industry Group, Squire Patton Boggs, Washington, D.C.
3:40 - 4:30 p.m. Leaders in Lawyers' Organizations
Carla Archie '95, Senior Litigation Counsel, Wells, Fargo & Company, President, Mecklenburg County Bar, Charlotte, NC
Rosa Evergreen '05, Partner, Arnold and Porter LLP, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Washington, DC
Helivi Holland '90, City Attorney, City of Suffolk, President, Old Dominion Bar Association, Suffolk, VA
Catherine M. Stanton '89, Senior Partner, Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton and Romano LLP, New York, NY, Immediate Past President, WILG (Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group)
Program For the Day - Room 127
8:50 - 10:00 a.m. Leaders in Business and Finance Part I
Anne Bomar '91, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Dominion Energy, Richmond, VA
Susan Comparato '94, Chief Executive Officer , Syncora Holdings, Ltd.
Beth DeSimone '84, Executive Vice President, CommunityOne Bancorp, Charlotte, NC
Mary Morris '81, MLT '82, Chief Executive Officer, Virginia College Savings Plan, Richmond, VA
10:10 -11:10 a.m. Leaders in Philanthropy and Non-Profit Organizations
Heidi W. Abbott '91, Counsel, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA
Anita M. Poston '74, Partner, Vandeventer, Black LLP, Member, Virginia Board of Bar Examiners, Norfolk, VA
Anne B. Shumadine '83, Founder and Chairman, Signature, Rector, Board of Visitors, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Chair of the Investment Committee, Virginia Wesleyan University, Trustee, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Norfolk, VA
11:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Leaders in Business and Finance Part II
Marshall Barton '94, Global Compliance Officer, Merial, a Sanofi Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Lauren A. Ferrari '83, Founder and Managing Director, Office of Business Integrity & Compliance, Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ
Julie Laine '95, Vice President, Chief of Transaction Compliance & Senior Deputy General Counsel, Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Stephanie Zapata Moore '98, Vice President and General Counsel, Luminant, Dallas, TX
12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. Lunch with students (Law School Lobby)
1:30- 2:20 p.m. Leaders in Policy Advocacy
Jessica Arons '00, President and CEO, Reproductive Health Technologies Project, Washington, DC
Margaret "Peggy" Binzer '90, Shareholder, Polsinelli, Executive Director, Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Washington, DC
Judith Conti '94, Federal Advocacy Coordinator, National Employment Law Project, Washington, DC
Kristine A. Kippins '05, Federal Policy Counsel, Center for Reproductive Rights, Washington, DC
2:30 - 3:20 p.m. Leaders in Law Firms
Lisa Bertini '87, Principal, Bertini & Hammer, P.C., Norfolk, VA
Deidre "Dee" Cohen Katz '93, Partner, Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall, Orange County, CA
Courtney C. Nowell '96, Partner and Head, Sovereign and Other Institutional Investors Industry Group, Squire Patton Boggs, Washington, D.C.
3:40 - 4:30 p.m. Leaders in Lawyers' Organizations
Carla Archie '95, Senior Litigation Counsel, Wells, Fargo & Company, President, Mecklenburg County Bar, Charlotte, NC
Rosa Evergreen '05, Partner, Arnold and Porter LLP, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Washington, DC
Helivi Holland '90, City Attorney, City of Suffolk, President, Old Dominion Bar Association, Suffolk, VA
Catherine M. Stanton '89, Senior Partner, Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton and Romano LLP, New York, NY, Immediate Past President, WILG (Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group)
Contact
If you have any questions about the logistics of this program, please contact Kathy Burger at [[ktburger]] or call 757-221-3796.