Pamela Craven

PAMELA CRAVEN CW’74, L’77 has made a significant contribution to the Law School. Craven, a member of the Board of Overseers at Penn Law and of the Board of Managers at the Penn Law Alumni Association, is senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at Avaya Inc., a leading global provider of communications systems applications and services. Craven is responsible for all legal services at Avaya, including its commercial practice; corporate, securities, compliance, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions practices; labor, employment and employee benefits law; litigation; and intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and licensing. She is also one of Avaya’s two co-chief compliance officers.

Prior to her appointment at Avaya, Craven was vice president, law and corporate secretary for Lucent Technologies. She also served as assistant general counsel and assistant secretary at NCR Corporation. Craven is chair of the Community Advisory Board of New Jersey Network.

Benefactors Dinner

James C. Brennan L’58 holds the Penn Law medallion he received from Paul Levy and Michael A. Fitts.