Schedule

PANEL SESSION I

• OPTION 1: WOMEN IN THE JUDICIARY (Silverman 147)
  
  • The Honorable Margo Brodie L’91 U.S District Court Judge, Eastern District of New York
  • The Honorable Allison Burroughs L’88 U.S. District Court Judge, District of Massachusetts
  • The Honorable Deborah Poritz L’77 former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey (as moderator)
    
  • The Honorable Patty Shwartz L’86 U.S. Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • The Honorable Karen Valihura L’88 Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware
    
• OPTION 2: RETURNING TO THE WORKFORCE/SUCCESSFUL REENTRY (McNeil Center)
  
  • E.J. Borrack C’86, L’90 General Counsel, The Stilwell Group (as moderator)
    
  • Martha Keon L’93 Shareholder, Littler Mendelson P.C.
  • Shari Solomon L’91 General Counsel, Diamatrix, Inc.
  • Keita Young L’95 Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    

PANEL SESSION II

• OPTION 1: LEADING SOCIAL CHANGE: WOMEN IN POLITICS, POLICY, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR (Silverman 147)
  
  • Regina Austin L’74 William A. Schnader Professor of Law, Penn Law (as moderator)
    
  • Sheila Bapat L’07 Writer focusing on gender and economic justice
    
  • Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick Director of LGBT Affairs, City of Philadelphia
  • Nell McCarthy L’05 Senior Policy Advisor, The White House
• OPTION 2: STARTING YOUR OWN LAW PRACTICE (McNeil Center)
  
  • Nicole Galli C’89, L’92 Managing Partner, Law Offices of N.D. Galli LLC
  • Fran Griesing L’81 Founder, Griesing Law (as moderator)
    
  • Nicole Li L’04 Founder, Li Law Firm
  • Heather Orr L’05 Founder, HSO Law

PANEL SESSION III

• OPTION 1: BECOMING A LAW FIRM LEADER : CLIENT DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING A BOOK OF BUSINESS, AND BEYOND (Silverman 147)
  
  • Manu Gayatrinath L’04 Partner and Global Chair of Recruiting Committee, Latham & Watkins (as moderator)
    
  • Jami Wintz McKeon Global Chair, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
  • Patty Menendez-Cambo L’89 Shareholder, VP, Secretary, and Chair of Global Corp. & Securities Practice, Greenberg Traurig
  • Susan Spaeth L’89 Firmwide Managing Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
    
• OPTION 2: WOMEN AND THEIR BODIES: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT POLICIES (McNeil Center)
  • Sophia Lee Professor of Law and History, Deputy Dean, Penn Law (as moderator)
    
  • Lindsey Middlecamp L’11 Assistant City Attorney, Civil Litigation, City of Minneapolis
  • Rachel Pereira L’09 Director of Title IX and Equal Opportunity, Vassar College
  • Carol Tracy CGS’76  Executive Director, Women’s Law Project

Transportation from the Law School to Hotel Palomar will be provided following the conclusion of Panel Session III.

6:30-8:30pm

DINNER RECEPTION & RISING STAR AWARDS (Hotel Palomar, 117 S. 17th St.)

• 6:30-7:45pm: DINNER RECEPTION
• 8:00-8:30pm: INTRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF RISING STAR AWARDS BY PENN LAW’S VICE DEAN FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, JO-ANN VERRIER L’83, AND REMARKS FROM HONOREES

REGISTRATION OPENS (Great Hall)

• COFFEE AND LIGHT BREAKFAST (Goat)

PANEL SESSION IV

• OPTION 1: FEMALE FOUNDERS & STARTUP LEADERS: EXPLORING THE LEGAL AND BUSINESS ASPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP (McNeil Center)
  
  • Veenita Bleznak L’94 Chief Operations Officer, IAmElemental
  • Bernice Grant Clinical Supervisor & Lecturer for Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, Penn Law (as moderator)
    
  • Jessup Shean L’12, WG’12 Vice President, Greenhill & Co.; Co-Founder, Common Bond
  • Jan Buckner Walker L’88 President, Executive Editor, and Chief Creative Officer, Kids Across Parents Down
• OPTION 2: ADVISING IN HOUSE: INFLUENCING AND LEADING INTERNAL COMMUNICATION, COMPLIANCE, CRISIS MANAGEMENT & CHANGE (Silverman 147)
  
  • Lisa Detwiler SVP, General Counsel and CCO, FS2 Capital Partners, a Franklin Square company
  • Ann Laupheimer L’84 Partner, Blank Rome LLP (as moderator)
    
  • Melissa Orlen L’97 Executive Vice President and General Counsel, MovieTickets.com, Inc.
  • Pilar Ramos C’94, L’97 Executive Vice President, Associate General Counsel- North America, Mastercard International
    
  • Cheryl Solomon L’95 Former Chief Legal Officer, TOMS Shoes
    

PANEL SESSION V

• *OPTION 1: NATIONAL SECURITY, COUNTERTERRORISM, AND THE MEDIA (Silverman 147)
  • Julie Edelstein L’07, Trial Attorney, National Security Division, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Claire Finkelstein Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Penn Law (as moderator)
    
  • Jennifer Arbittier Williams C’92, L’95 Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    
  • Aretae Ortiz Wyler L’07 General Counsel and Director, Corporate Operations, Atlantic Media Company
• OPTION 2: PAY EQUITY & GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE (McNeil Center)
  
  • Sheerine Alemzadeh L’11 Law Clerk, US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit; Co-Founder, Coalition Against Workplace Sexual Violence
  • Sherrie Savett CW’70, L’73 Managing Shareholder & Chair, Securities Litigation, Berger & Montague
  • Nicole Sugarman L’09 Assistant General Counsel, Drexel University
  • Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05 Professor of Law and Psychology, Penn Law (as moderator)
    
  • Kam Wong L’94 Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion Planning & Administration, Prudential Financial Inc.
    

WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ LUNCHEON + SUMMIT AWARDS
(Levy Conference Center)

• INTRODUCTION: DEAN TED RUGER
• PRESENTATION OF SUMMIT AWARDS BY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESIDENT AMY GUTMANN
• ACCEPTANCE REMARKS: PAMELA DALEY L’79, AMBASSADOR MELANNE VERVEER, PATRICIA VISEUR SELLERS L’79, AND CHAIR MARY JO WHITE

PANEL SESSION VI

• WOMEN (AND WOMEN LAWYERS) IN THE BOARDROOM (Silverman 147)
  
  • Pamela Daley L’79 Director, BlackRock, Inc., Former Special Advisor to the Chairman, General Electric Company
    
  • Vicki Kramer President & Founding Member, The Thirty Percent Coalition; Former Board Member, Women’s Law Project
    
  • Gail Lione L’74 Director, Sargento Foods, Inc., Badger Meter, Inc., and The F. Dohmen Co.; Former Executive President, General Counsel, Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer, Harley-Davidson, Inc.
    
  • Suzanne Mayes L’91 Member & Chair, Public & Project Finance, Cozen O’Connor; President, Forum of Executive Women (as moderator)
    
  • Helen Pudlin CW’70, GED ’71, L’74 Former Executive Vice President and General Counsel, PNC Financial Services Group; Director, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company; Former Director, BlackRock, Inc.; Chair of the Board of Trustees, Wistar Institute

PANEL SESSION VII

• OPTION  1: WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (McNeil Center)
  
  • Rangita de Silva de Alwis Associate Dean for International Programs, Penn Law (as moderator)
    
  • Stephenie Foster L’86 Senior Advisor, Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, U.S. Department of State
    
  • Patricia Viseur Sellers L’79 Special Advisor for Prosecution Strategies, International Criminal Court at The Hague
  • Petra Smutny GL’13 Former Judge, Court of Appeals, Vienna; Attorney, Klanzlei Plaz Law Firm
  • Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security; Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues 
    
• OPTION 2: NARCOTICS IN AMERICA: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PROSECUTION, DEFENSE, INVESTIGATORS, & THE BENCH (Silverman 147)
  
  • Catherine Henry Senior Litigator, Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Lecturer, Penn Law
  • Desiree Maxwell Special Agent, Philadelphia FBI Safe Streets Violent Drug Gang Task Force
  • Faithe Taylor Moore C’81 Assistant U.S. Attorney & Deputy Chief, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force/Narcotics, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • The Honorable Gene Pratter L’75 U.S District Court Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (as moderator)
    

PANEL SESSION VIII

• FROM SANSOM STREET TO THE SILVER SCREEN: A CONVERSATION ON WRITING AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW (Silverman 147)
  
  • Victoria Cook L’98 Partner and Member of the Entertainment Group, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC
  • Heather Frattone L’98 Associate Dean for Professional Engagement, Penn Law (as moderator)
    
  • Kimberly McCreight L’98 Author, Reconstructing Amelia and Where They Found Her

COCKTAIL RECEPTION (Great Hall)

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS GALA DINNER + KILGORE AWARDS
(Levy Conference Center)

• INTRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF KILGORE AWARDS BY PENN LAW DEAN THEODORE RUGER
• VIDEO MESSAGE: HILLARY R. CLINTON &  IN-PERSON ACCEPTANCE OF AWARD BY AMB. MELANNE VERVEER, ON BEHALF OF SEC. CLINTON
• KEYNOTE ADDRESS: SAFRA CATZ W’83, L’86
  

3 MILE RUN/WALK THROUGH PHILADELPHIA (meet/end at Penn Law)

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PANEL SESSION IX

• BUILDING YOUR PROFESSIONAL BRAND, ONLINE & OFFLINE
  (McNeil Center)
  
  • Elizabeth Fenton L’98 Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
  • Jana Landon L’99 Counsel; Founder & Chair, E-Discovery Team, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP
    
  • Alva Mather L’04 Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP
    
  • Tiffany Southerland SPP’08, L’11 Professional Recruitment Manager, Pepper Hamilton LLP (as moderator)