2017 Fellows Second Meeting: Washington, D.C. | Events | Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

2017 Fellows in front of the Willard InterContinental in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Wilma Jackson)

The second in-person meeting for the 2017 class of LCLD Fellows took place at the Williard InterContinental hotel in Washington, D.C. The meeting will began Monday, October 16, 2017 at 1:00 pm ET and concluded Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 12:15 pm ET.

See below for speaker resources linked throughout the agenda, a photo gallery, and a list of books recommended by LCLD Members.

If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact Nichole Velasquez, Fellows Program Manager. If you need assistance accessing the linked materials below, please contact Jessica Sabesan, Communications & Marketing Manager.

AGENDA

Monday, October 16, 2017

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Registration

1:00 - 1:15 pm

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Nichole Velasquez, Fellows Program Manager, LCLD

1:15 - 3:00 pm

Personality Matters! Collaborating Successfully with Others!
Mary E. Abbajay, President & Co-Founder, Careerstone Group, LLC

3:00 - 3:30 pm

Coffee & Snack Break

3:30 - 5:15 pm

Breakout Sessions with LCLD Members
Ben Adams, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC | Michael Blair, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Treasurer, LCLD Board of Directors | N. Cornell Boggs III, Toys “R” Us, Inc.; LCLD Board Member | Les Bookoff, Bookoff McAndrews PLLC | Matthew Cooper, Capital One Financial | Peter Devlin, Fish & Richardson P.C. | Eric Friedman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; LCLD Board Member | Andrew Giacomini, Hanson Bridgett LLP; LCLD Board Member | Kimberly Johnson, Quarles & Brady LLP | Ann Kappler, The Prudential Insurance Company of America | Wally Martinez, Hunton & Williams LLP; Former LCLD Board Chair | David McAtee II, AT&T, Inc. | Thomas O'Neill, Exelon Corporation | Rick Palmore, Dentons US LLP; Founding Chair Emeritus, LCLD Board of Directors | Joanne Raphael, PPL Corporation | Laura Stein, The Clorox Company; LCLD Board Chair | Russell Swartz, Southern California Edison | Alexander (Sandy) Thomas, Reed Smith LLP | Christine Wheatley, The Kroger Co.; 2011 LCLD Fellow | Benjamin Wilson, Beveridge & Diamond, PC; LCLD Board Member

5:30 - 6:30 pm

Leadership Spirit: Hallmarks of Effective Leadership
John B. Frisch, Chairman & CEO, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.; LCLD Member

7:00 - 10:00 pm

Reception with LCLD Members
Hosted by the LCLD Board of Directors at the National Museum of African American History & Culture. Enter the museum on the Madison Drive, NW, entrance, between 14th and 15th streets.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

8:00 - 9:00 am

Breakfast

9:15 - 10:30 am

The Power of Networks
Joshua Cooper Ramo, Co-CEO, Kissinger Associates, and Author of "The Age of the Unthinkable" and "The Seventh Sense"
(Interactive simulcast from the Eighth Annual LCLD Membership Meeting)

10:30 - 10:45 am

Break

1:30 - 3:00 pm

Section B: Reactionary to Visionary
Kate Ebner, Founder & CEO, The Nebo Company; Director, Institute for Transformational Leadership at Georgetown University

3:00 - 3:30 pm

Gorup Photograph & Coffee Break

3:30 - 5:00 pm

Section A: Reactionary to Visionary
Kate Ebner, Founder & CEO, The Nebo Company; Director, Institute for Transformational Leadership at Georgetown University