Power List Honorees 2015
Today, Lawyers of Color releases the names of those included on the Fourth Annual Power List Issue (View Power List Issue here), a comprehensive catalog of the nation’s most influential minority attorneys and non-minority legal diversity advocates, including corporate general counsel, law firm managing partners, law school deans, and the highest ranking government attorneys. On March 18, 2015, honorees will be toasted at a cocktail reception, where Lawyers of Color will present Legacy Awards to Tom Sager, Ballard Spahr partner and former DuPont Company General Counsel and John W. Daniels Jr., Quarles & Brady partner and chairman emeritus for their exceptional careers and efforts to advance diversity in the legal profession.
| Legacy Honoree John Daniels, Jr. Chairman Emeritus Quarles & Brady LLP |
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| Legacy Honoree Tom Sager Partner and Former General Counsel of DuPont Ballard Spahr |
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| Power List 2015 | ||
| A.B. Cruz | Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer |
Emergent BioSolutions |
| Adeel S. Akhtar | Managing Partner | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP |
| Alberto de Cardenas | Executive VP, Corporate General Counsel | MasTec |
| Alberto Gonzales | Dean and Doyle Rogers Distinguished Professor of Law | Belmont Law |
| Alex Shumate | Managing Partner | Squire Sanders |
| Alfreda Bradley-Coar | General Counsel, US & Canada | GE Healthcare |
| Alfredo Garcia | Dean and Professor of Law | St. Thomas |
| Anastasia Kelly | Co-Managing Partner (Americas) | DLA Piper |
| Angel Gonzalez-Roman | Dean | Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Puerto Rico Faculty of Law |
| Arnold Pinkston | Executive Vice President, General Counsel Assistant Secretary |
Allergan Inc |
| Arthur Chong | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Broadcom Corporation |
| Asheesh Goel | Managing Partner | Ropes & Gray LLP |
| Audrey Boone Tillman | Executive VP, Corporate Services at Aflac | AFLAC |
| Benjamin Crump | Partner and Co-Founder | Parks and Crump LLC |
| Benjamin Wilson | Managing Partner | Beveridge & Diamond, PC |
| Blake D. Morant | Dean and Professor of Law | George Washington Law School |
| Brad Smith | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | Microsoft Corporation |
| Bradley S. Lui | Managing Partner | Morrison & Foerster LLP |
| Brenda Mallory | Acting General Counsel/Principal Deputy General Counsel | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| Brett Hart | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | United Continental Holdings, Inc. |
| Camille Nelson | Dean and Professor of Law | Suffolk University Law School |
| Karl Racine | Attorney General | District of Columbia |
| Carlos Hernandez | Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | Fluor Corporation |
| Carter Phillips | Chair | Sidley Austin LLP |
| Cesar L. Alvarez | Co-Chairman | Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Charles Tanabe | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | Liberty Media Corporation |
| Chidi Ogene | Interim Dean | Florida Coastal School of Law |
| Claudette Christian | Co-Chair of the Board | Hogan Lovells |
| Colin Carriere | General Counsel | Amtrak |
| Craig M. Boise | Dean & Professor | Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law |
| Cynthia Mares | President | Hispanic National Bar Association |
| Damien Atkins | Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer |
AOL Inc |
| Daniel Rodriguez | Dean; Harold Washington Professor | Northwestern University School of Law |
| Danielle Conway | Dean | Maine Law School |
| Danielle Holley-Walker | Dean and Professor of Law | Howard University School of Law |
| Dannye Holley | Dean and Professor of Law | Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law |
| David A. Brennen | Dean and Professor of Law | Kentucky, University of, College of Law |
| David Drummond | Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer |
Google Inc. |
| David Sanders | Partner | Foley & Lardner |
| Douglas Williams | Senior Vice President, General Counsel | Limited Brands |
| Eduardo Peñalver | Dean | Cornell |
| Elisa Garcia | Executive Vice President, General Counsel | Office Depot |
| Elizabeth Moore | SVP General Counsel | Consolidated Edison |
| Enoh Ebong | Deputy Director & COO | U.S. Trade and Development Agency |
| Eric Holder | Attorney General | U.S. Department of Justice |
| Ernest LaMont Greer | Vice President; Atlanta Managing Shareholder | Greenberg Traurig, LL |
| Ernest Tucket | General Counsel | Americas at AkzoNobel |
| Frank H. Wu | Chancellor and Dean, William B. Lockhart Professor of Law | California, University of Hastings College of The Law |
| Frank Jimenez | General Counsel | ITT Corporation |
| Freddie Pitcher | Chancellor and Professor of Law | Southern University Law Center |
| Frederick B. Rivera | Seattle Office Managing Partner; Firmwide Co-Chair Financial Services Litigation & Investigations |
Perkins Coie LLP |
| George C. Chen | President Partner |
NAPABA Bryan Cave LLP |
| George R. Johnson Jr. | Dean, Professor of Law | Elon University |
| Gilbert Holmes | Dean | La Verne, University of, College of Law |
| Gloria Santona | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | McDonald’s Corporation |
| Grace E. Speights | Managing Partner, Washington, D.C.Office | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| Gregory Nixon | Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel | Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC |
| Haseena Enu | Co-Managing Partner | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, LLP |
| Heidi Chen | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | Zoetis |
| Hezekiah Sistrunk | President | The Cochran Firm |
| Hilary Tompkins | Solicitor | U.S. Department of Interior |
| Hinton J. Lucas | Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. | DuPont |
| Hyun Park | Senior Vice President & General Counsel | PG&E Corporation |
| Indranil Mukerji | Managing Partner | Fish & Richardson P.C. |
| J. Keith Givens | Partner and Co-Founder | The Cochran Firm |
| J. Weili Cheng | Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel | The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC |
| Jacquelyn Bridgeman | Interim Dean and Professor of Law | Wyoming, University of, College of Law |
| James Breedlove | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | Praxair Inc |
| James Jenkins | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | Deere & Company |
| James Potter | SVP, General Counsel | Del Monte Foods |
| Janet Murguía | President and CEO | National Council of La Raza (NCLR) |
| Jennifer L. Rosato | Dean and Professor of Law | Northern Illinois University College of Law |
| Jenny Yang | Chair | EEOC |
| Jo-Ann Wallace | President and CEO | National Legal Aid and Public Defender Association |
| JoAnne A. Epps | Dean and Professor of Law | Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law |
| John Attaway, Jr. | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | Publix Super Markets |
| John Chou | Executive Vice President | AmerisourceBergen Corp. |
| John Daniels | Chairman Emeritus | Quarles & Brady LLP |
| John E. Page | Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility, Legal Officer |
Golden State Foods |
| John Echohawk | Executive Director | Native American Rights Fund |
| John Kuo | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. |
| John M. Iino | Managing Partner | Reed Smith LLP |
| John Torres | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
Lennox International Inc. |
| John Y. Gotanda | Dean and Professor of Law | Villanova University School of Law |
| Joia Johnson | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Hanesbrands Inc. |
| Joseph K. West | President & CEO | Minority Corporate Counsel Association |
| Juan Cartagena | President and General Counsel | LatinoJustice PRLDEF |
| Juliette Pryor | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer |
US Foods |
| Keith Williamson | EVP, Secretary & General Counsel | Centene Corporation |
| Kellye Walker | Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel | American Water Works Company, Inc. |
| Kent Matsumoto | Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary | Glatfelter |
| Kevin R. Johnson | Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies | UC Davis School of Law |
| Kim Keenan | President and CEO | Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC) |
| Kim Rivera | Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | DaVita |
| Kim Rucker | Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs | Kraft Foods Group, Inc |
| Larry Thompson | Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
PepsiCo |
| Lawrence Tu | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Office | CBS |
| Leonard M. Baynes | Dean | University of Houston Law Center |
| Leroy Pernell | Dean | Florida A&M University College of Law |
| Leslie T. Thornton | Vice President/General Counsel | WGL Holdings, Inc., & Washington Gas Light Company |
| Leticia M. Diaz | Dean and Profesor of Law | Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law |
| Lisa Washington | Chief Legal Officer | Atlas Energy |
| Lucy Lopez | Deputy General Counsel | McKinsey & Company |
| Mansi Shah | President | North American South Asian Bar Association |
| Marc Morial | President and CEO | National Urban League |
| Margaret Fung | Executive Director | Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund |
| Maria Pabón López | Dean Judge Adrian G. Duplantier Distinguished Professor of Law |
Loyola University-New Orleans College of Law |
| Maria Pasquale | Corporate Vice President Legal and Chief Counsel | Celgene Corporation |
| Mark Darrell | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer |
The Laclede Group, Inc. |
| Mark Katz | Chairman | Arent Fox LLP |
| Mary Smith | President | National Native American Bar Association |
| Michael Loughnane | Managing Partner | Kenyon & Kenyon LLP |
| Michael Tucker | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | Avis Budget Group Inc. |
| Michael Wu | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Carter’s | OshKosh B’gosh |
| Michelle Ifill | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | Verizon Enterprise Solutions |
| Morris Dees | Co-Founder and Chief Trial Counsel | Southern Poverty Law Center |
| Naran Burchinow | Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary | The Andersons, Inc |
| Nicholas Singh | Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer |
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. |
| Nicole Jones | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | Cigna |
| Pamela J. Meanes | President Partner |
National Bar Association Thompson Coburn |
| Paul Chung | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Targa Resources |
| Paul Harris | Secretary and General Counsel | Key Corporation |
| Paul Tang | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Burlington Coat Factory |
| Paul Williams | Managing Partner | Major, Lindsey & Africa |
| Paulette R. Dodson | General Counsel and Secretary | PetSmart |
| Penelope Andrews | President & Dean | Albany Law School |
| Peter Kalis | Chairman and Global Managing Partner | K&L Gates LLP |
| Phyliss Craig-Taylor | Dean & Professor of Law | North Carolina Central University School of Law |
| Rachel Moran | Dean and Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law | California-Los Angeles, University of, School of Law |
| Ram Wertheim | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | MBIA Inc. |
| Reeves Carter | General Counsel | Miss Jessie’s |
| Reginald Hedgebeth | General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer | Spectra Energy Corp |
| Rhonda Mims | Managing Director | Paul Hastings |
| Richard C. Lorenzo | Managing Partner | Hogan Lovells |
| Robert Grey | Executive Director Partner |
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Hunton & Williams LLP |
| Roberto Garcia | Vice President and General Counsel | Triple-S Management Corporation |
| Roderick Palmore | Executive Vice President; General Counsel; Chief Compliance and Risk Management Officer & Secretary |
General Mills, Inc. |
| Ronald Chen | Acting Dean, Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Leonard I. Garth Scholar |
Rutgers University-Newark School of Law |
| Samrat Khichi | Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary, Chief Administrative Officer |
Catalent Pharma Solutions |
| Samuel A. Cherry | Partner and Co-Founder | The Cochran Firm |
| Sandra Leung | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company |
| Scott Taylor | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Symantec Corporation |
| Sharon R. Barner | Vice President, General Counsel | Cummins Inc. |
| Shawne C. McGibbon | General Counsel | Administrative Conference of the United States |
| Sherrilyn Ifill | President and Director-Counsel | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. |
| Sherry D. Williams | Halliburton | Senior Vice President & Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer |
| Shirley Mays | Dean and Profesor of Law | Arizona Summit Law School |
| Simon Leung | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | Synnex Corporation |
| Simone Wu | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | Choice Hotels International, Inc. |
| Spencer Overton | Professor of Law President and CEO |
George Washington University Law School Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies |
| Stephen J. Brogan | Managing Partner | Jones Day |
| Sujit Choudhry | Dean and I. Michael Heyman Professor of Law | Berkeley |
| Tammy Kennedy | General Counsel | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Teresa Roseborough | EVP, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary | The Home Depot |
| Teresa Sebastian | Senior Vice President General Counsel and Secretary | Darden Inc |
| Teri Plummer-McClure | Senior Vice President of Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
United Parcel Service |
| Thad Florence | General Counsel | Optima Specialty Steel, Inc. |
| Theodore V. Wells Jr. | Partner and Co-Chair, Litigation Department | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP |
| Thomas Cabaniss | Managing Partner | McGuireWoods LLP |
| Tom Sager | Partner and Former General Counsel of DuPont | Ballard Spahr |
| Tracy Rich | EVP General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | Guardian Life Insurance Company of America |
| Vernon Baker | Senior Vice President & General Counsel | Meritor Inc |
| Veta T. Richardson | President and CEO | Association of Corporate Counsel |
| Vincent D. Rougeau | Dean | Boston College Law School |
| Vivian Neptune | Dean | University of Puerto Rico School of Law |
| Wab P. Kadaba | Managing Partner | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP |
| Wally Martinez | Managing Partner | Hunton & Williams LLP |
| Wendell Pritchett | Interim Dean and Presidential Professor | University of Pennsylvania Law School |
| William E. Cook, Jr. | Partner | Arnold & Porter |
| William J. Snipes | Partner | Sullivan & Cromwell |
| William M. Carter | Dean and Professor of Law | University of Pittsburgh School of Law |