Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Paramount
Christa D’Alimonte joined Paramount (previously known as ViacomCBS) in 2012 and became General Counsel in 2017. She previously spent 17 years at Shearman & Sterling, where she was Deputy Practice Group Leader of the Firm's Global Mergers & Acquisitions group. Christa was named a “Top Female Dealmaker” by Law360 and was the Editor-in-Chief of the American Criminal Law Review.
As part of LCLD's Leaders at the Front initiative, Christa created a Leader's Pledge detailing her personal and organizational commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read Christa's pledge here.
Paramount promotes diversity through programming, employee affinity groups, and its Office of Global Inclusion, which supports a variety of diversity initiatives, like a tax-equalization policy for same-sex couples. Paramount has won awards for diversity from the Empire State Pride Agenda and the NAACP.
Paramount was named an LCLD Top Performer in 2021 and 2022.
Read more about ViacomCBS' 2019 LCLD Learning Experience.
Joined LCLD 2012
Highlights of LCLD Participation
LCLD Board of Directors
Member
Fellows Program
Hosted Leadership Lunch (2013)
Hosted Learning Experience (2019, 2020)
Fellows nominated:
2023: Maria Romeo, Chris Ellis; 2022: Javier Royal, Danya Ahmed; 2021: Amadu Sowe, Joseph Richburg; 2020: Kelly Villamar, Jemar Daniel; 2019: Manas Mohapatra, Xavier Afriyie; 2018: Alice Kim, Tara Hitchcock; 2017: Nur-ul- Haq, Jasmine Jaye McMullen; 2016: Mitchel Carbullido, Ranfi Rivera; 2015: Jose Avina, Rainer Lorenzo; 2014: Jodi B. Carmichael, Jennifer Hodulik; 2013: Caryn Kennedy Groce, Jennifer Silver
Pathfinder Program
Pathfinders selected:
2023: Rachel Fisher; 2022: Earl Cotton, Cindy Moore; 2021: Alexander Coedo, Michelle Van Oppen; 2018: Sophie Ciufo; 2017: Amanda Johnson
Success in Law School Mentoring Program
Mentors provided: 2020, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
Attendance
Annual Meeting (2022, 2021, 2020)
Leadership Summit (2021)
Member: Christa D’Alimonte
Diversity Professional: Christa D’Alimonte
Communications: Jeremy Zwieg
