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Advisory Council

The NAMWOLF Advisory Council has been established to serve as a consultative and advisory body to provide valuable input to the Board of Directors on matters related to the mission, objectives and goals of the association. In addition, the Advisory Council provides the means for discussing and evaluating NAMWOLF affairs and provides the opportunity for reporting on, exchanging ideas about, and evaluating the activities and programs.

Senior in-house counsel and diversity officers from major corporations and government entities, invited and selected by the Board of Directors, are eligible to become members of the Advisory Council. The term of membership is at the pleasure of the Board of Directors of NAMWOLF.

The primary duty of the Advisory Council is advising and consulting with the NAMWOLF Board of Directors and the membership at large. Duties include:

  • Providing advice on how NAMWOLF can best attract corporate participation.
  • Assisting in recruiting Corporate Sponsors and Partners by participating with staff members during the recruiting process.
  • Providing advice and resources regarding recruitment of Law Firm Members.
  • Taking part in the day-to-day activities of NAMWOLF through service on one or more Standing Committees.

In addition, the Advisory Council will be called upon to provide advice to NAMWOLF members on how to effectively market their services to corporations. The time commitment will include three (3) teleconferences per year and one (1) meeting in person.

For more information please contact: Jane Kalata


 

Advisory Council Co-Chairs

& Co-Vice-Chairs

Chair

Lisa Jakob

Managing Counsel, Trademarks

CO-Chair

Barry Parsons

Associate General Counsel

vice Chair

Nicole Torrado

Deputy Chief Legal Counsel

Junior vice Chair

Erika Little

Vice President, Outside Counsel Relationship Management

Other Advisory Council Members

Aki Akiwowo

Morgan Stanley

Don Ampansiri

New York State Teachers’ Retirement System

Annette Bade

Boeing

Lucretia Pitts Barrett

Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company

Chris Bazzell

AFLAC

Whitney Becker

CBRE

Sandy Bequette

Mastercard

Rob Biagi

Hartford Insurance

Pearson Bownas

Abbvie

Meki Bracken

GetixHealth

Patricia Bradley

Adtalem

Jeff Brockmann

U.S. Bank

Alan Bryan

Walmart

Marie Carey

USAA

Josephine Chang

General Electric

Jessica Chasin

AMN Healthcare, Inc.

Kathryn Christian

Duke Energy

Michael Danforth

USAA

Shirley M. Dawson

Advocate Aurora Health

Michelle DeShon

KeyBank, NA

Mona Diaz

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Zahira Diaz

AT&T

Sandra Diggs-Miller

Entergy

Marie Dukes

FMC Corporation

David Dumas

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.

Averil Edwards

United Airlines

Holly Falkowitz

Kapitus

Stephen Faulk

Honda

Irina Feofanova

MasterCard

Jennifer Ferratt

Chevron

Nanette “Nan” Fosen

State Farm

Morissa Freguau

AFLAC

Hector Geribon

Brighthouse Financial

Julie Gibbens

Walmart

Megan Gonzalez

Nationwide Insurance

Susanna Gray

Empower

Nathan Hamler

State Farm

Rick Hammond

Walmart

Kara Handzlik 

M&T Bank

Adam Heft

Goldman Sachs

Heather Heft

Merck

Kim Hensley

Nationwide Insurance

Malika Herring

BP Oil

Doug Hibbard
Booz Allen Hamilton

Javette Hines

Citi

Jessica Hodkinson

Panasonic

Cisselon Nichols Hurd

Shell Oil Company

Bruce Jackson

Microsoft Corporation

Lisa Jakob

Merck & Co., Inc.

Rippi Karda

Verizon

Tracy Kocourek

CDW Corporation

Shireen Advani Lee

International SOS

Jessica Lewis

Coca-Cola

Howard Lindenberg

Freddie Mac

Danielle Linert

Huntington National Bank

Shireen Advani Lee

International SOS

Brandt Lorio

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.

Chris Luna

T-Mobile

Keevil Markham

USAA

Antonio (Toney) Matthews

Kroger

Dee Mcclendon

Mondelez International

Kim McDonnell

Sempra Legal

Theos McKinney

Constellation

Kim Metrick

Walgreens

Rachel Milano

BP

Justi Rae Miller

State Farm

Maggie Moore

Edward Jones

Raven Moore

McDonald’s

Lawrence Morgan

Republic Services

Michael Morgan

Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company

Monica Mosby

McDonald’s

Jim Murphy

MetLife

Kellen Myers

GM

Kim J. Myrdahl

UNFI

Raechelle Norman

Discover Financial Services

Shaila Ohri

Exelon

Teri Ohta

T-Mobile

Julia Oltmanns

Zurich North America

Diane O’Neil

Markel

Barry Parsons

Freddie Mac

David Peim

Honda North America

Marc Pepe

Morgan Stanley

J.B. Perrine

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

 

Trecia Pessoa

Mastercard

Nora Platt

Northwestern Mutual

Evelyn Pulliam

Toyota Financial Services

Lani Quarmby

 

Amy Rettberg

Allstate

Michele Richey

Honda North America

Jasmine Rinna

Honda North America

Lusanna Ro

AECOM

Edgar Rodriguez

Edgewell Personal Care

Nate Saint-Victor

Engine No. 1

David Schaffer

Allstate

Belinda Senneway

Shell Oil Company

Charla Shaughnessy

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Maisha Shaw

Norfolk Southern Company

Denice Simon

Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Shantanu Singh

Northwestern Mutual

Helen Skinner

Panasonic

Mary Pat Stahler

Dick’s Sporting Goods

Barbara Stevens

Blue Owl

Robert Strobel

JPMorgan Chase

David Susler

National Material

Gillian Thompson

Roche Molecular Systems

Nicole Torrado

PHI

Joel Trotter

GSK

Pannonica Val-Hackett

Aon

Joanna Wade

Bank of America

Larry Wallace

The Hartford

Vanessa Watson

MasterCard

Wendy Weingart

Core Services

Melissa Williams

Prudential

Alita Wingfield

Morgan Stanley

Darius Withers

Accenture

Linette Wright

State Farm

Michael Zeoli

IAT Insurance Group