CHAIRS
National Chair, Elizabeth Anne "Betiayn" Tursi, WILEF
National Vice Chair, Peggy Cohen, RR Donnelley
Co-Chair, WILEF East, Melique Jones,Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
Co-Chair, WILEF East, Janet Markoff, Major, Lindsey & Africa
Co-Chair, WILEF West, Ida Abbott, Esq., Ida Abbott Consulting LLC
Co-Chair, WILEF West, Natasha Innocenti, Major, Lindsey & Africa
Co-Chair, WILEF DC, Gwen Nugent Flanagan, RR Donnelley
Co-Chair, WILEF DC, Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., CMC, Lawyers Life Coach
Co-Chair, WILEF Chicago, Theresa A. Jaffe, Theresa Jaffe Consulting
Co-Chair, WILEF Chicago, Lisa C. Snow, Davis & Hosfield Consulting
LLC
Special Advisor for Diversity
Merle S. Vaughn,
Esq., Major, Lindsey & Africa
Management
National Director of Administration, Mary Hicks, Esq., Major,
Lindsey & Africa
Executive Director WILEF DC, Silvana K. Del Carpio, RR Donnelley
Executive Director WILEF East, Ellen C. Auwarter, Esq., Duane
Morris LLP
Executive Director WILEF West, Tammy Dawson, Esq.
ADVISORY BOARD
Tammy Albarrán, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco,
CA
Diane E. Ambler, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Washington, D.C.
Suzanne S. Bettman, General Counsel, RR Donnelley, Chicago,
IL
Elise M. Bloom, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY
Laurie A. Caplane, Partner, Major, Lindsey & Africa, New York,
NY
Claudette M. Christian, Co-Chair of the Board and Chief Diversity
Officer, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C.
Stephanie J. Cohen, Partner, McCarter & English LLP, Newark,
NJ
Catherine M. Colinvaux, Partner, Zelle Hofmann Voebel & Mason
LLP, Boston, MA
Aviva F. Diamant, Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
LLP, New York, NY
Alitia Faccone, Partner, McCarter & English LLP, Newark, NJ
Lisa A. Fontenot, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Palo
Alto, CA
Michelle B. Gold, Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
LLP, Washington, D.C.
Lois F. Herzeca, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New
York, NY
Kelly Hoey, Co-Founder, Women Innovate Mobile, New York, New
York
Jessica A Hough, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP, Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth A. Ising, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP,
Washington, D.C.
Noreen Kelly-Najah, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York,
NY
Laurin Blumenthal Kleiman, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, New
York, NY
Barbara Kolsun, Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
Stuart Weitzman, LLC, New York, NY
Phyllis G. Korff, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP, New York, NY
Susan H. Mac Cormac, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San
Francisco, CA
Pamela J. Martinson, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Palo Alto,
CA
Deanne E. Maynard, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington,
D.C.
Elizabeth K. McCloy, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago,
IL
Mary Elizabeth McGarry, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
LLP, New York, NY
Laura J. McMahon, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston,
TX
Linda K. Myers, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL
Andrea Newborn, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., New York, NY
Amy S. Park, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP, Palo Alto, CA
Felicia Gerber Perlman, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP, Chicago, IL
Caroline A. Reckler, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago,
IL
Jane Sullivan Roberts, Esq., Partner, Major, Lindsey & Africa,
Washington D.C.
Abby F. Rudzin, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Patricia Kane Schmidt, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Chicago, IL
Karen E. Silverman, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco,
CA
Jill Simonson, Vice President of Development, Dress for Success
Worldwide
Patricia Skigen, General Counsel, Financial Services, American
International Group, Inc. (retired), New York, NY
Lillian G. Stenfeldt, Partner, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold,
San Francisco, CA
Ann C. Taylor, Partner, Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, IL
Allison Leopold Tilley, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
LLP, Palo Alto, CA
Colleen Tracy, Managing Partner, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto,
New York, NY
Suzzanne Uhland, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco
and Newport Beach, CA
Barbara Wall, Vice President and Senior Associate General
Counsel, Gannett, Washington, D.C.
Carolina Walther-Meade, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
LLP, New York, NY
Sarah L. Wilson, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington,
D.C.
Gladys Xiques, Principal, Compliance Counsel, Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co., New York, NY
Judith A. Zahid, Partner, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP,
San Francisco, CA