Fellows Weekly 12/17/19 | News | Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

Welcome to the Fellows Weekly Announcements

Email announcements are sent to Fellows every Tuesday and feature program news and information, professional opportunities, and alerts of upcoming events to help you get the most out of your participation in the LCLD Fellows Program. These announcements will be archived on the LCLD website.

Questions about the announcements? Email Nichole Velasquez, Fellows Program Manager, or Caitlin Puffenberger, Communications Manager.

Please note: There will be no Fellows Weekly Announcements December 24 or 31. Any announcements submitted during that time will be published in the January 7 issue.

In This Issue:

Announcements

Did you know?
We've extended the deadline for the Fellows Alumni Survey, and we need your help!

2019 Fellow Iké Adeyemi was promoted to Director of Legal and Assistant Corporate Secretary at The Clorox Company.

2018 Fellow Jorge Leon, 2016 Fellow Steve Flores, and 2014 Fellow Ernesto Palomo were listed in Crain's list of Notable Minorities in Accounting, Consulting & Law.

2018 Fellow Beth Morales Singh was promoted to Senior Counsel, Corporate at The Vanguard Group, Inc.

2016 Fellow Juliet Hanna was promoted to Vice President of Legal Operations at Fannie Mae.

2016 Fellow Steve Hernandez has moved to DLA Piper, where he is Of Counsel.

2015 Fellow Tope Yusuf has moved to NBCUniversal, where she is Vice President.

2014 Fellow Chrissy Roussell has moved to Sony Pictures Entertainment, where she is Vice President, Employee Relations.

2013 Fellow Adine Momoh was recently featured in Attorney at Law magazine's 2019 Women in Law special issue, where she discussed her growing practice, historic presidency, and what’s next. Read more here and here.

Fellows visited Viacom for a Learning Experience earlier this year. Read about it here!

Keep up with other news in the LCLD community through the LCLD Weekly News Digest. If you are interested in receiving the News Digest in your inbox each week, email Caitlin Puffenberger at cpuffenberger@lcldnet.com and ask to be added to the list.

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Special Announcement

LAST CHANCE TO TAKE THE FELLOWS ALUMNI SURVEY!

Thank you to those of you who completed the Fellows Alumni Survey! In order for the survey to be viable, we just need 40 more responses. Please take 10 minutes today and complete the survey.

Your responses on this survey will help shape what the Fellows Program and the Alumni network look like over the next five years. This includes your feedback on key components of the program—the things that are most important for you and the areas where you want to see change or improvement.

Click here to begin taking the survey.

To encourage participation, we are raffling off a free registration to the 2020 LCLD Alumni Leadership Symposium for one Fellow who completes the survey before December 18. We are also offering prizes (and bragging rights!) to the class with the highest response rate. The class of 2018 remains in the lead, but there's still time for others to catch up!

Fellows Class	Response Rate
2018	60%
2016	39%
2017	37%
2012	36%
2014	34%
2011	33%
2015	31%
2013	22%

If you have any questions about the survey, email Caitlin Puffenberger, Communications Manager, at cpuffenberger@lcldnet.com.

Please note: This survey is for Fellows in classes 2011 through 2018. If you are a 2019 Fellow, you do not need to complete this survey.

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2019 Fellows Announcements

REGISTER NOW: 2019 FELLOWS THIRD MEETING: Miami, FL - February 20-22, 2020

Registration is now open for the LCLD 2019 Fellows Third Meeting at the InterContinental Miami in Miami, Florida. The meeting will begin Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 4:00 pm ET, and will conclude Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 12:00 pm ET.

Please register to attend the meeting and reserve your hotel room. This is a two-part process in which you must:

Register to attend the meeting by completing the sign-up form, here. Although registration will remain open until the meeting begins, we strongly encourage you to register as soon as possible. A preliminary meeting agenda is also available on the registration page.
Make hotel reservations. Click here to book your room at the InterContinental Miami by Tuesday, January 28, 2020, to take advantage of the LCLD conference rate of $299 per night. This special hotel rate will be available until LCLD’s room block fills up or January 28 -- whichever comes first.

If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact me at nvelasquez@lcldnet.com. For questions about registration or the hotel, please contact Stella Askin, LCLD Events Manager.

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Fellows Events and Opportunities

LEADERSHIP LUNCH: San Francisco, CA - February 4, 2020

All Fellows may now register for a Leadership Lunch with Brian Donnelly, Chair of Farella Braun + Martel LLP, and Kristin Sverchek, General Counsel of Lyft, Inc., on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. The lunch will take place at the San Francisco office of Farella Braun + Martel (235 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104). RSVPs should come directly to Nichole Velasquez, Fellows Program Manager, and include your name, organization, Fellowship year, and any dietary restrictions. Click here for more information.

LEADERSHIP LUNCH: Washington, DC - January 24, 2020

All Fellows may not register for a Leadership Lunch hosted by Ann Kappler, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Head of External Affairs of Prudential Financial, Inc., and Therese Pritchard, Co-Chair of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, on Friday, January 24, 2020. The lunch will take place at the Washington, DC office of Bryan Cave (1155 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20004). RSVPs should come directly to Nichole Velasquez, Fellows Program Manager, and include your name, organization, Fellowship year, and any dietary restrictions. Click here for more information.

DC-AREA HAPPY HOUR: Washington, DC - December 18, 2019

All current Fellows, Pathfinder, and Alumni are invited to a happy hour on December 18 from 5:30 to 8:30 at Crimson Whiskey Bar. For details, please contact 2018 Fellow Sarah Maguire at sarah.a.maguire@baesystems.com.

SAVE THE DATE: LCLD ALUMNI LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM: Dallas, TX - June 11-13, 2020

Mark your calendars for the LCLD Alumni Leadership Symposium, June 11-13, 2020 in Dallas, TX. More details forthcoming.

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Events of Interest

NAPABA Financial Services Network D.C. Launch Party: Washington, DC - January 29, 2020

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) has started a Financial Services Network - the first meeting was held during the recent NAPABA Convention last month. It is now planning a number of launch parties across the country, and the one for D.C. will be held at Ballard Spahr's D.C. office on Wednesday, January 29, at 5:30 pm. Please RSVP at napabafinancialservicesnetwork@gmail.com.

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