Cross-Cultural Communication: Beyond Words

By Dr. Thomas J. Bussen

The 19th century Swiss philosopher Ferdinand de Saussure wrote, “In the lives of individuals and of societies, language is a factor of greater importance than any other.ⁱⁱ ”

To Women Everywhere: We Must Advocate for Ourselves
[PDJ: Part 4 in a Series]

By Bhavana Bartholf, Chief Digital & Transformation Officer for Microsoft Commercial Solution Areas (Global)

Thank you for joining me on this journey, where I have been sharing my Advocating for Yourself series in Profiles in Diversity Journal.

Embodying Pride Across All Lines

By Traci Wade, Vice President, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Oracle

June is LGBTQ+ Pride month, and as we kick off the celebration, it’s worth reflecting on the momentous progress made by the gay liberation movement…

Paying it Forward with Gratitude

By Esther H. Lim

A phone call changed my life.

How to Create a Data-Led, Measurable Diversity and Inclusion Plan

By Eleanor Goichman Brett, consultant and trainer at global diversity and inclusion training consultancy PDT Global, part of Affirmity

All organizations now recognize that diversity and inclusion (D&I) are key to their success as a business.

What A Glass of Beer Says About Group Decision-Making: Individualist and Collectivist Biases

By Dr. Thomas J. Bussen

You made it: it’s Friday afternoon. You’re sitting down for happy hour with your friends from work.

PDJ - 2022 Award Winners

2022 Women Worth Watching^® Award Winners

• AARP - Shani Hosten - Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion African American/Black Strategy & LGBTQ Strategy at AARP
• Activision Blizzard - Johanna Faries - Senior Vice President, General Manager
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - Deborah Nations - Senior Director, Executive and Employee Communications
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - Jennifer Wong - Corporate Vice President, FPGA Product Development
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - Caixia Jiang - Corporate Vice President, Software Development
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Melissa J Schwartz - Partner
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Emma Simmonds - Partner
• Ankura - Taffi Schurz - Managing Director
• Arrowhead Consulting - Kuma Roberts - Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
• Axinn - Lisl J Dunlop - Partner
• Bayer U.S. - Beth Roden - Senior Vice President and Head of Communications, Consumer Health, North America
• BDO USA, LLP - Catherine Moy - Chief People and Culture Officer
• Capital Electric - Charmienne Ganao - Vice President of Finance
• Catalyst - Tanya van Biesen - Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Engagement
• Co/LAB Lending - Megan E Marsh - Co-Founder
• Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP - Cindy Jordano - Partner
• Cooper Electric Supply - Jill Kaplan - Vice President of Operations & Logistics
• Delta Dental of California and Affiliates - Sarah Chavarria - Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
• DentaQuest - Roxanne Martinez - Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
• DentaQuest - Kamila Chytil - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO)
• EHE Health - Joy Altimare - Chief Revenue Officer
• Enchanted Rock Solutions, LLC - Thais Grossi - Chief Operating Officer
• Frantz Ward LLP - Angela D Lydon - Partner; Vice-Chair, Litigation Practice Group
• Freeborn & Peters LLP - Christine E Hollis - Director of Attorney Recruiting, Development and Diversity
• Galderma U.S. - Silvina Nordenstohl - Head of Galderma U.S.
• GEI Consultants, Inc. - Brooke Bennett - Senior Geologist
• GEI Consultants, Inc. - Katherine Unke-Ehrenberg - Ecological Group Manager
• Gibbons P.C. - June M. Inderwies - Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer
• Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP - Skye Tian Gao - Associate
• Google - Sylvia Chen - Senior Patent Counsel
• Greenberg Traurig, LLP - Shari L. Heyen - Managing Shareholder
• Greenberg Traurig, LLP - Diane N. Ibrahim - Managing Shareholder
• Herrick, Feinstein LLP - Shivani Poddar - Partner
• Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP - Alison Miller - Associate
• Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP - Meaghan Gragg - Partner
• Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP - Shemin V. Proctor - Partner
• Idaho National Laboratory - Tiffany Leavitt - MFC, Business Division Director
• Idaho National Laboratory - Dr. Ashley Finan - Director, National Reactor Innovation Center
• Idaho National Laboratory - Michelle Wiest - Chief Procurement Officer
• Idaho National Laboratory - Krista K. Harris - Safeguards and Security Program Manager–Performance Assurance
• Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP - Melissa A. Barahona - Partner
• Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP - Heather S. Kim - Partner
• Keller Postman LLC - Zina Bash - Partner
• Kroll - Jill Weise - Chief Impact Officer
• Kroll - Christina Pullo - Managing Director, Head of Restructuring Administration and Issuer Services
• Kroll - Sharon Dhall - Chief Information Officer
• Kroll - Anne O'Dwyer - EMEA Regional Management Committee Chair and Managing Director, Restructuring
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Melissa Arbus Sherry - Partner and Vice Chair, Associates Committee
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Sharon Lau - Partner and Executive Committee Member
• LegalEase Solutions LLC - Patrice Asimakis - Director of Legal Services
• Lincoln Financial Group - Sharon Scanlon - Senior Vice President of Customer Experience, Producer Solutions and Retirement Plan
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP - Lynn L. Janulis, PhD - Partner
• Mayer Brown - Nicole A Saharsky - Partner and co-head of Mayer Brown's Supreme Court & Appellate Practice
• Microsoft Commercial Solutions Areas - Bhavana Bartholf - Global Head Digital & Sales Strategy
• Moss Adams - Kimberly Sokoloff - Senior Manager
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP - Colleen Pleasant Kline - Partner
• New American Funding - Patty Arvielo - President and Co-Founder
• New York Life - Cathy Council - Vice President, Human Resources - Talent Management
• Olivia DePiore - Olivia DePiore - International Model and Inclusion Advocate
• OPTrust - Jesusa Chow - Vice President, Member Experience
• Partnership for Inclusion Leadership - Youlanda M. Gibbons - CEO and Founder
• RBC Wealth Management–U.S. - Tammy Buchert - Chief Administrative Officer
• Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP - Christine Lehman - Managing Partner, D.C. Office
• Renasant Bank - Tracey Morant Adams - Senior Executive Vice President
• Saint-Gobain North America - La-Toya P. Hackney - Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary
• Sandia National Laboratories - Robin M. Jones - Manager, Building Systems Engineering
• Sandia National Laboratories - Kimberly Pino - Senior Manager, Facilities Capital Planning and Acquisition
• Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP - Melinda Koster - Partner and Co-Chair of the Discrimination and Harassment practice
• Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP - Christine Dunn - Partner
• Seward & Kissel LLP - Dora Pulido - Counsel
• SLAC National Laboratory - Dr. May Ling Ng - Beam Delivery Systems Engineering Department Head
• Sullivan & Cromwell - Nicole Friedlander - Partner
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) - Dr. Andrea Tawney - Vice President for Institutional Advancement
• The Conference Board - Amy Lui Abel - Vice President, Executive Programs
• Truth DEI Consulting - Nona Lee - Founder & CEO
• Ulmer & Berne LLP - Jennifer L. Adams - Partner; Co-Group Leader, Health Care
• Union Pacific Railroad - Grace Olsen - General Director, Locomotive
• Valley Bank - Tammy G. Mata - Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
• Venable LLP - Stephanie DeLong - Partner
• Viking Electric - Stacy Stanslaski - President
• Washington Capital Partners - Giselle Bonzi - President
• WilmerHale - Emily R. Whelan - Chair, Intellectual Property Department; Partner
• WilmerHale - April Williams - Partner
• WilsonHCG - Jennifer Koss - Vice President, Talent Operations NAM
• Withum - Theresa Richardson - Partner and Chief Talent Officer

2022 Women Worth Watching^® in STEM Award Winners

• Ally Financial - Donna P Hart - CISO
• Ally Financial - Jovan Talbert - Sr. IT Director, Digital Engagement & Marketing
• Altimetrik - Carol May - Head of Agility Practice
• AT&T - Sarita Rao - President, Integrated & Partner Solutions
• Dechert LLP - Angelina Liang - Partner
• e.l.f. Beauty - Ekta Chopra - Chief Digital Officer
• Fish & Richardson, P.C. - Bailey K. Benedict - Principal
• Fish & Richardson, P.C. - Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto - Principal
• Globality - Neda Pitt - Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
• HARMAN - Mary Joseph - Vice President–Digital Leadership, Lifestyle Audio Division
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Jekkie Kim - Partner
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Amy E. Speros - Counsel
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Susan Y. Tull - Counsel
• Lincoln Financial Group - Michelle DeCarlo - Divisional CIO, SVP, Technology Leader for Corporate Functions
• New York Life - Betty Smith - VP & CIO of Foundational Insurance Business
• Oracle - Alison J. Derbenwick Miller - Vice President, Oracle for Research
• Regor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Marjorie Zettler, PhD, MPH; - Executive Director of Clinical Science
• Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP - Khue Hoang - Co-Managing Partner, New York Office
• Sandia National Laboratories - Sondra Spence - Engineering Program Project Lead
• Teltech - Giulia Porter - Vice President of Marketing
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso - Munmun Chattopadhyay, PhD - Assistant Professor
• Urenco USA - Karen Fili - President and CEO
• West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. - Liat Shochat - Senior Director of Research & Development, SmartDose 10 Platform
• WilmerHale - Sarah Tegan Hogan - Partner
• WilmerHale - Mindy Sooter - Partner-in-Charge, Denver Office
• Withum - Zsia Rosmarin, CPA - Partner, Head of Tax, Technology and Emerging Growth Services

2022 Asian Leaders Worth Watching^™ Award Winners

• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Shiva Aminian - Partner
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Z.W. Julius Chen - Partner
• Bazaarvoice - Zarina Lam Stanford - CMO
• Berea College - Nicholas D. Hartlep, PhD - Robert Charles Billings Endowed Chair in Education & Education Studies Department Chair
• Blizzard Entertainment - Walter Kong - General Manager, Overwatch
• Cornerstone Research - Rahul Guha - Chief Executive Officer
• Dechert LLP - Nitya Kumar Goyal - Partner
• DentaQuest - Hyon Chu Leon - Director, Data Analytics & Underwriting
• Freddie Mac - Kathy Sheng - VP, Assistant General Auditor
• Greenberg Traurig, LLP - Magan Pritam Ray - Shareholder and Co-Chair of the Global Employee Benefits & Compensation Practice
• HARMAN - Jennifer Liang - Director, Global Marketing
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Kuan Huang - Partner
• Moss Adams LLP - Jennie Ly - Innovation & Strategy Senior Manager
• New American Funding - Karen Chiu - Builder Business Development Manager
• New York Life - Helen Wei - Vice President, CFO of Wealth Management Solutions
• Norton Rose Fulbright - Scarlet McNellie - Norton Rose Fulbright’s U.S. Head of Corporate, M&A, and Securities
• Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP - Qiaojing Ella Zheng - Co-Managing Partner–San Francisco, Chair of Asian American Litigation and Finance Practice
• Sestina Bio, LLC - Bruce Wu, PhD - Chief Legal Officer
• TransUnion - Ann H. Chen - Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel
• Veo - Candice Xie - Co-founder and CEO
• WilmerHale - Brenda Lee - Partner
• Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP - Parada K. Ornelas - Partner
• Withum - Peter Kim - Principal, Practice Leader for Financial Crimes

2022 Diversity Leader Award Winners

• Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), York Region & South Simcoe - Rebecca Shields - CEO
• Credera - Nickoria Johnson - Chief Diversity Officer & Partner
• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Yusuf Z. Zakir - Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
• Dechert LLP - Satra Sampson-Arokium - Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
• Greenberg Traurig, LLP - Nikki Lewis Simon - Litigation Shareholder and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
• JAMS - Mark Smalls - Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and Chair of the JAMS Diversity Committee
• Kelley Kronenberg - Harsh Arora - Partner; Co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP - Katerina Taylor - Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• New American Funding - Patty Arvielo - Co-Founder & President
• Pitney Bowes - Sheryl Battles - Vice President–Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement

2022 Latino Leaders Worth Watching^™ Award Winners

• Advanced Micro Devices - Daniel Chavez - Senior Director, Supply Chain
• Advanced Micro Devices - Sofia McDaniel - Global Consumer Marketing Director
• Advanced Micro Devices - Rhonda Medlin - Senior Manager, Information Technology
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Jose Borjon - Senior Policy Advisor
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Marissa Román Griffith - Partner
• American Battery Technology Company - Andrés Meza - Chief Operations Officer
• Best Best & Krieger LLP - Alisha M. Winterswyk - Partner
• Co/LAB Lending - Andres J. Munar - Broker/Owner
• Dechert LLP - Mauricio A. España - Partner
• Dickinson Wright PLLC - Cindy A. Villanueva - Of Counsel
• Entergy New Orleans - Deanna Rodriguez - President & CEO
• Freddie Mac - Mario Garcia - Director–Loan Servicing; Investor Reporting; Single-family Operations
• Freddie Mac - Luis Villavicencio - Director, Multifamily Finance
• Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP - Olga Lucia Fuentes - Founding Partner, Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP
• HARMAN - Rodrigo Rihl Kniest - South America Senior Vice President, HARMAN Brazil
• HARMAN - Veronica Morales - Senior Director of Operations & Site Leader for Juarez and El Paso, Texas, Operations
• Jones Walker LLP - Monique Garcia - Partner
• Latham & Watkins - Roderick O. Branch - Deputy Office Managing Partner of firm’s Chicago office
• Latham & Watkins - Elizabeth Deeley - Partner and Global Vice Chair of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice
• Lincoln Financial Group - Vivian Y. Adams - Assistant Vice President, Underwriting Training & Audit
• Moss Adams LLP - Pedro A. Gonzalez - Assurance Partner, Dallas Office Assurance Leader–Central Region Energy Industry Group Leader
• National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Community Development Fund, Inc. - Marisa Calderon - Executive Director, CDFI; Chief of Community Finance & Mobility, NCRC
• New American Funding - Patty Arvielo - Co-Founder and President
• New York Life - Victor Verastegui - Vice President–NYL Direct Head of Insurance Operations
• Sanford Heisler Sharp - Felicia Gilbert - Managing Partner, San Francisco Office
• Study.com - Adrian Ridner - CEO and Co-Founder
• Ulmer & Berne LLP - Dolores (Lola) Garcia - Partner; Vice Group Leader, Business Litigation
• Venable LLP - Belinda Martinez Vega - Partner; Co-Chair of Venable’s West Coast Litigation Group
• Washington Capital Partners - Daniel Huertas - CEO
• Withum - Christina J. Barea - Business Development Executive
• Zynga Inc. - Claudia Sanchez Wilson - Vice President, Legal

PDJ - 2021 Award Winners

2021 Black Leaders Worth Watching^™ Award Winners

• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - Terrence “T.J.” Lewis - Program Manager
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - LaKesha Small - Senior Manager Operations
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - Yolanda R. Williams - Senior Manager, Global Trade Compliance
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Amanda A. Butler-Jones - Counsel
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Jaelyn Edwards Judelson - Partner, International Trade
• Attune Insurance - Lael Chappell - Director, Insurance Distribution
• Best Best & Krieger LLP - Christine N. Wood - Director, PRA Services & E-Discovery Counsel
• Community Action Partnership of Orange County - Gregory C. Scott - President & CEO
• Curaleaf - Khadijah Tribble - Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility
• Dechert LLP - Sozi Pedro Tulante - Partner
• Dickinson Wright PLLC - Venroy July - Member
• The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. - Idris N. McKelvey - Vice President, Lead Patent Counsel
• Fannie Mae - Maritza Okata - Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Multifamily
• FordHarrison LLP - Tim Reed - Office Managing Partner
• Freddie Mac - Fritz E.R. Jeffries III - Regional Operations Director, Investment and Capital Markets
• Freddie Mac - Stacey M. Walker - Corporate Director, Housing & Community Outreach
• HARMAN International - Michael Craig - Senior Director, Global Marketing
• Heartbeat - Michelle Edwards - Vice President, Human Resources
• Heartbeat - Cam H. Walker - Vice President, Performance Management and Coaching
• Honeywell - Cheya Dunlap - Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer
• IBM - Nicole A. Spence - Senior Attorney, Intellectual Property Law
• Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP - Marcus A. Barber - Partner
• Kindred Healthcare - James Poullard, Jr. - Senior Vice President of Support Services, Health Equity and Experience
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Jennifer M. Kent - Senior Associate
• Mosaic Group - Natalie Sheils - Vice President, People and Culture
• Moss Adams LLP - Tiffany Coln-Smith - Regional Human Resources Senior Manager
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP - Marquetta J. Bryan - Partner
• New American Funding - Kim Arrington - Branch Manager, Diversity & Community Engagement Director
• New American Funding - John Drumgoole Jr - Vice President, Community Lending
• New American Funding - Nisaa R. El-Hasan - Senior Loan Consultant
• New American Funding - Charles R. Lowery, Jr. - Director, Legislative Policy & External Affairs
• New American Funding - Michael Moseby - Senior Loan Officer / Sales Manager
• New York Life Insurance Company - Whytne Brooks - Vice President, Office of Governmental Affairs
• The Oyate Group’s Bronx Rising Initiative - Jason Autar - Chief Operating Officer
• Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C. - Valerie Jules McCarthy - Counsel
• PGA of America - Charles Dillahunt - Strategic Adjunct for the Chief Executive and Chief People Officers
• Raytheon Technologies - Ruben Harris - Vice President, Global Supply Chain
• Sonepar USA - Joe L. Kidd Jr. - Vice President, Infrastructure, Support & Cyber Security
• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP - Tracy Richelle High - Partner
• Ulmer & Berne LLP - Alvin E. Mathews, Jr. - Counsel
• Valley Bank - Thais R. Sullivan - Senior Vice President/National Director of Community Lending
• WilmerHale - April N. Williams - Partner

2021 Innovations in Diversity Award Winners

• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Shaping Your Future virtual recruitment series - Year Introduced: 2020
• Dechert LLP - Increasing Transparency around the Use of Force by U.S. Police - Year Introduced: 2021
• The Estée Lauder Companies - Value Chain Conscious Inclusion Series - Year Introduced: 2020
• New American Funding - New American Dream - Year Introduced: 2016
• Sephora - Sephora Racial Bias in Retail Study - Year Introduced: 2019 (commissioned); 2021 publicly released
• Stoel Rives LLP - Move the Needle Fund - Year Introduced: 2020

2021 Diverse Organizations Worth Watching^™ Award Winners

• Sephora - San Francisco, California - Retail
• GEI Consultants, Inc. - Woburn, Massachusetts - Consulting–A&E

2021 Women Worth Watching^® Award Winners

• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Liz Osborne - Partner
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Ann Tadajweski - Partner, Firmwide Management Committee Member
• Advanced Micro Devices - Shirley Dong - Sr. Director, Systems Design Engineering
• Advanced Micro Devices - Indrani Paul - Fellow, Silicon Design Engineering
• Advanced Micro Devices - Kim M. Vo - Corporate Vice President, Legal
• American Dental Association - April Kates-Ellison - Vice President, Member and Client Services
• Amyris, Inc. - Daya V. Fields - President of Pipette & Purecane
• AT&T - Sarita Rao - President, Integrated & Partner Solutions
• Atwater Capital - Vania Schlogel - Founder & Managing Partner
• Axinn - Leslie C. Overton - Partner and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
• Best Best & Krieger LLP - Danielle Sakai - Chief Talent Officer
• Burns & Levinson LLP - Laura L. Carroll - Partner
• Burns & Levinson LLP - Andrea L. Martin - Partner; Co-Chair Business Litigation
• Burns & Levinson LLP - Robin M. Lynch Nardone - Partner; Chair of the Divorce and Family Law Department
• Catalyst, Inc. - Svetlana Mostovsky - Vice President, Development and Strategic Initiatives
• Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals - Teri Nestel - President & CEO
• Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP - Meredith Elkins - Hiring Partner
• Colgate-Palmolive - Bawana Radhakrishnan - Worldwide Director of Global Indirect Procurement & Digital Transformation
• Omnicare, a CVSHealth Company - Kathleen Beitzel - Vice President, Professional and Clinical Services
• Aetna, a CVSHealth Company - Jennifer Callahan - Vice President, Medicare Product and Implementation
• CVS Health - Dr. Jacquetta “Shea” Manigo - Division Vice President
• CVS Health - Jennifer Nicholus - Vice President, Client Operations
• Dechert LLP - Sabina Comis - Tax and Regulatory Partner; Co-Chair of Dechert’s Global Women’s Initiative; Co-Managing Partner of Dechert’s Paris office
• Dickinson Wright PLLC - Jennifer Ko Craft - Member
• Einhorn Barbarito Frost & Botwinick, P.C. - Jhanice V. Domingo, Esq. - Partner, Board Member, Diversity Chair
• EMD Serono, Inc. (biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in the U.S. and Canada) - Amy Mahery - Senior Vice President; Head of Global Franchise, Neurology and Immunology
• ESPN, Inc. - Tonya Harris Cornileus, PhD - Vice President, Development, Inclusion & Wellness
• The Estée Lauder Companies - Tracey T. Travis - Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
• FedEx - Auriel Echols Rawlings - Asia Pacific, Middle East, & Africa Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisor
• FordHarrison LLP - Geetha N. Adinata - Partner
• Frantz Ward LLP - Christina E. Niro, Esq. - Partner; Chair, Frantz Ward Women's Initiative
• FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation - Judy Melillo - Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
• FUJIFILM Sonosite - Amanda DePalma - Vice President of Marketing
• Gibbons P.C. - Jennifer Phillips Smith - Director, Real Property Group
• Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP - Olga Lucia Fuentes-Skinner - Founding Partner
• Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP - Marissa E. Miller - Founding Partner
• Globality, Inc. - Sonia Mathai - Chief Human Resources Officer
• Greenberg Traurig, LLP - Tracy L. Gerber - Co-Chair, Broker-Dealer Securities Litigation Practice & Co-Managing Shareholder, West Palm Beach office
• Greenberg Traurig, LLP - Sara K. Thompson - Chair, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice
• Guaranteed Rate Companies - Lizzie Garner - Chief People Officer
• HARMAN International - Lori Lampman - Vice President, Global Rewards, HR Technology & Analytics
• HARMAN International - Katrin Schneider - Senior Vice President, System Test & Validation
• Haynes and Boone - Megan Gess - Partner
• Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney LLP - Lejla Hadzic - Associate
• Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP - Denisha S. Bacchus - Associate
• Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP - Meredith Nelson - Associate
• Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP - Fara Tabatabai - Partner
• Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP - Emily Estela Cabrera - Partner
• Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP - Rudene Mercer Haynes - Partner
• Idaho National Laboratory - Jennifer Dobbs Eversull - Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) Complex Document Management Manager
• Idaho National Laboratory - Kathryn M. Jensen - Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) Occupational Safety and Health Manager
• Idaho National Laboratory - Dr. Ning Kang - Department Manager, Power & Energy Systems
• Idaho National Laboratory - Megan Kommers - Analytic Department Manager, Cybercore Integration Center
• International WELL Building Institute - Rachel Hodgdon - President and CEO
• Jones Walker LLP - Lauren Courtney Mastio - Partner
• Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP - Nefertiti J. Alexander - Partner
• Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP - Jennifer McDougall - Partner
• Kelley Kronenberg - Barbara Repandis - Chief Human Resources Officer
• Kelley Kronenberg - Michelle Martinez Reyes - Chief Relations Officer
• Kelly - Jocelyn D. Lincoln - Chief Talent Officer & Head of Global Business Planning
• Krauss Shaknes Tallentire & Messeri LLP - Justine A. Stringer, Esq. - Associate
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Yvette D. Valdez - Partner
• Lincoln Financial Group - Elena L. French - Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Communications and Brand
• Mayer Brown LLP - Keri Borders - Partner
• Mayer Brown LLP - Jennifer Keating - Partner
• McDermott Will & Emery LLP - Vernessa T. Pollard - Partner; FDA Practice Leader
• McGuireWoods LLP - Sabrina N. Conyers - Partner
• McKool Smith - Kat Li - Principal
• Microsoft - Bhavana Bartholf - Chief Digital and Transformation Officer, Microsoft Solutions
• Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP - Emma Luevano - Partner
• Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP - Karin Pagnanelli - Partner
• Moss Adams - Dena Herbolich - Partner; Professional Services National Practice Leader
• National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Community Development Fund, Inc. - Marisa Calderon - Executive Director, CDFI; Chief of Community Finance & Mobility at NCRC
• New American Funding - Patty Arvielo - Co-Founder & President
• Night Nurse Inc. - Tami E. Regan, RN, CHT-CNO - Director, Chief Nursing Officer
• OPTrust - Satwant Pannu - Director, IT
• Oracle - Traci Wade - Senior Director, Diversity and Inclusion
• Perfect Company - Miriam Kim - COO & Founder
• Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C. - Crystal West Edwards, Esq. - Principal
• RBC Wealth Management - Reva Shakkottai - Senior Vice President - Branch Director / Financial Advisor
• Republic Airways - Ellen C. Ham - Director of Labor Relations
• Robins Kaplan LLP - Sharon Roberg-Perez - Partner
• Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP - Deborah K. Marcuse - Managing Partner - Baltimore
• Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP - Kate Mueting - Partner; Discrimination and Harassment Practice Group Co-Chair
• Seward & Kissel LLP - Danielle Lemberg - Counsel
• Simplifya, LLC - Katrina A. Skinner - General Counsel & Chief Banking Officer
• Sonepar USA - Tammy Livers - Senior Vice President, U.S. Sales Enablement & Customer Experience
• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP - Catherine M. Clarkin - Partner, Co-head of S&C’s Capital Markets Group
• TelTech - Giulia Porter - Vice President of Marketing
• TLGG Consulting - Katrin Zimmermann - Managing Director
• Torchy’s Tacos - Elizabeth Baxter - Chief People Officer 
• Transfix - Lily Shen - CEO and President
• Ulmer & Berne LLP - Jennifer Snyder Heis - Partner
• UnitedHealthcare Global - Amy Shaw - CEO
• Univision Communications Inc. - Claudia Prado - Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility
• Venable LLP - Stacie E. Tobin - Partner-in-Charge, Baltimore Office; Partner, Commercial Litigation Practice
• Visionworks - Valerie Norvell - Chief People Officer
• Walmart - Amanda Whalen - Executive Vice President & CFO, Walmart International
• Warshaw Burstein, LLP - Kimberly C. Lau - Partner and Chair of Title IX/College Disciplinary Practice
• Wells Fargo - Tami Hudson - Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
• WilmerHale - Alyssa DaCunha - Partner
• WilmerHale - Peggy Otum - Partner; Co-Chair, Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Practices
• Wisely - Ushashi Chakraborty - Vice President, Engineering

2021 Diversity Team Award Winners

• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Firmwide D&I Council - Kim Koopersmith and Nimesh Patel
• EY - EY D&I Teams - Karyn Twaronite
• Greenberg Traurig, LLP - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Team - GT’s Executive Committee and Shareholder and Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer Nikki Lewis Simon
• HCA Houston Healthcare - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council - Sherri Neal, Chief Diversity Officer
• Interpublic Group - Global DEI Group - Heide Gardner
• Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP - Kasowitz Diversity & Inclusion Committee and Women’s Initiatives Committee - Cochairs Hector Torres & Cindy Caranella Kelly (Kasowitz Diversity & Inclusion Committee)
• Kelley Kronenberg Attorneys at Law - Kelley Kronenberg’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee - Michelle Martinez Reyes
• Mediavine - People Ops Department - Matt Richenthal
• New American Funding - Latino Focus - Patty Arvielo & Frank Fuentes
• New American Funding - New American Dream - Charles Lowery, Director of Legislative Policy & External Affairs
• Novartis - U.S. Diversity & Inclusion Team - Marion Brooks, Vice President and US Country Head, Diversity & Inclusion
• Salt River Project (SRP) - Diversity & Inclusion Team - Essen Otu
• Sandia National Laboratories - Inclusion, Diversity, Equal Employment & Affirmative Action (IDEA) Team - Esther Hernandez, Chief Diversity Officer
• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP - Diversity Management Department (DMD) - Kyra E. Laursen
• Visionworks - DE&I Council - Shane Rayford
• WilmerHale - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Tracey West & Monya Bunch

2021 Native American/Indigenous Leaders Worth Watching^™ Award Winners

• American Indigenous Business Leaders (AIBL) - Dave Archambault Sr. - Chairman of the Board
• American Indigenous Business Leaders (AIBL) - Prairie Bighorn Blount - Executive Director
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Katie Brossy - Senior Counsel
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Jason Hauter - Partner
• Ernst & Young LLP - Anita L. Holloway - Partner
• HP Inc. - Dana Miller - Senior Manager, Personal Systems - New Service Introductions
• Eli Lilly and Company - Tannia Lau Mair - Research Scientist
• Moss Adams LLP - Tasha N. Repp - Partner and National Practice Leader–Tribal & Gaming
• Native American Bank, N.A. - Veronica R. Lane - Assistant Vice President; Business Development Officer
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP - Brandee Jarski Kowalzyk - Partner
• Nike - Sam McCracken - Nike N7 General Manager & Visionary
• Synchrony - Heather Taylor - Funding Manager
• Consultant for many companies - Barbara Dumont-Hill - Spirit Keeper

2021 Women Worth Watching^® in STEM Award Winners

• Dechert LLP - Lindsay Flora - Partner
• Entergy Corporation - Ann Nguyen Delenela - Vice President, Information Security
• EY (Ernst & Young) - Priyanka Garg - Senior Manager
• Fish & Richardson - Nitika Gupta Fiorella - Principal
• Fish & Richardson - Heather L. Flanagan, PhD - Principal
• Fish & Richardson - Annie J. King - Principal
• Fish & Richardson - Nicole Williams - Principal
• FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education) - Anita Roach - Vice President, Health Innovation Strategies
• HARMAN - Gunjan Singh - Vice President of Android Platform Engineering/Product Delivery
• Hypersonix Inc. - Gina Becchetti - Cofounder & Chief of Staff
• Ingredion - Janet Carver - Director, Global Culinology
• Kelly Services - Sarah Holloway, PhD - Domain Intelligence Director, Kelly Science & Clinical
• Kelly Services - Sarah Porter - Vice President, Kelly Government Solutions
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Heather Deixler - Counsel
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Rebecca (Reba) Rabenstein - Associate
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Patricia Young - Partner
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP - Sharon M. Sintich, PhD - Partner
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP - Kate Nuehring Su - Patent Attorney
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP - Susan S. Jackson - Partner
• New York Life - Natalie Shapiro - Vice President & Head of Service Technology
• S&P Global - Annya Marte Jaquez - Senior. Director, Technology Product Management; Head of Risk and Regulation
• S&P Global - Ketki Lamba - Associate Director, Quality Engineering, S&P Global Platts
• S&P Global - Sajal Mahajan - Director of Cloud Architecture
• S&P Global - Bindu Majumdar - Head of Service Delivery for Ratings Technology
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. - Marsha Rose Gillentine, PhD - Director
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. - Bonnie W. Nannenga-Combs, PhD - Director
• WilmerHale - Brittany Blueitt Amadi - Partner
• Xandr - Natasha Desai - Director, Product Management

2021 Asian Leaders Worth Watching^™ Award Winners

• Activision Blizzard - Ken Wee - Chief Strategy Officer
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Alison Chen - Partner
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Arshi Siddiqui - Partner
• Best Best & Krieger LLP - HongDao Nguyen - Partner
• Dechert LLP - Angela M. Liu - Partner
• EY - Sandra Baker Zarraga - Principal, Financial Services Consulting
• HARMAN International - Lily Guo - Vice President, Global Operations, HARMAN Lifestyle Consumer Audio
• HARMAN International - Kelei Shen - Chief Technology Officer
• Kelley Kronenberg - Harsh Arora - Partner
• Kindred Healthcare - June Dumaguet, MSN, RN, NE-BC - Chief Clinical Officer
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Lisa Kim Anh Nguyen - Partner
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Shagufa Hossain - Partner
• Moss Adams LLP - Annie Yuan Norviel - Audit Senior Manager
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP - Jeong-Hwa “June” Lee - Partner
• New American Funding - Karen Chiu - Builder Division Development Manager
• New York Life Insurance Company - Melissa Kuan - Chief Strategy Officer, New York Life Investment Management
• Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP - Gina N. Shishima - U.S. Chief Strategy and Operations Partner
• RBC Capital Markets - Nancy Huynh - Global Head of Business Architecture, Client Technology
• S&P Dow Jones Indices - Jaspreet Duhra - Managing Director, Head of EMEA ESG Indices
• S&P Dow Jones Indices - Aye Soe - Managing Director, Global Head of Product Management
• S&P Global - Karen Chu - Associate, Corporate Ratings
• S&P Global - Shahzeb K. Rao - Senior Director, Strategy and Strategic Initiatives
• Walmart Inc. - Ella Chan - Vice President, Business Initiatives–Sam’s Club
• Walmart Inc. - Parvez Musani - Vice President, Transportation and Last Mile Technology

2021 Diversity Leader Award Winners

• Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) - Annie Holmes - Chief Equity Officer
• Dechert LLP - Satra Sampson-Arokium - Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
• Ernst & Young (EY) - Karyn Twaronite - Global, Americas & US Diversity & Inclusiveness Officer
• HP Inc. - Harvey Anderson - General Counsel
• LinkedIn - Rosanna Durruthy - Vice President, Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
• New American Funding - Patty Arvielo - Co-Founder and President
• New York Life - Keith McClain - Vice President and Global Head of Compensation
• RBC Capital Markets - Sandye Taylor - Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion
• Sephora - George-Axelle Broussillon Matschinga - Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion
• Walmart - Richard Mayfield - EVP, Global Sourcing & Regional CEO - Walmex & Canada
• Wayfair - KeyAnna Schmiedl - Global Head of Culture & Inclusion

2021 Latino Leaders Worth Watching^™ Award Winners

• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Estela Diaz - Partner
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Rubén H. Muñoz - Partner-in-Charge, Philadelphia Office
• Advanced Micro Devices - Christopher Aguilar - Corporate Vice President of Finance
• Advanced Micro Devices - Frank Azor - Chief Architect, Gaming Solutions and Marketing
• Advanced Micro Devices - Jay Carlos Nunez - Corporate Vice President, Strategic Accounts
• Advanced Micro Devices - Diane Ramos - Director HR Business Partner
• Best Best & Krieger LLP - Ruben Duran - Partner, Ontario Office Managing Partner
• Dechert LLP - Nazim (“Naz”) Zilkha - Corporate Partner
• Entergy Corp. - Eliecer Viamontes - Vice President, Utility Distribution Operations
• Fish & Richardson P.C. - Todd E. Garcia - Managing Principal–Boston, Corporate Secretary
• FordHarrison LLP - Allison Saunders - Managing Partner, Los Angeles Office
• Frantz Ward LLP - Marc A. Sanchez - Partner
• Freddie Mac - Christian Valencia - Vice President, Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer Capital Markets
• HP Inc. - Enrique Lores - President & Chief Executive Officer
• IMC Health - Carolina M. Veira - Director of Partnerships and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Jones Walker LLP - Luis Llamas - Partner
• Kelley Kronenberg - Michelle Martinez Reyes - Chief Relations Officer
• Keystone Alliance Mortgage - Andres J. Munar - Co-Founder/Owner
• Kindred Healthcare - America Jones - Chief Executive Officer, Kindred Hospital El Paso
• Latham & Watkins LLP - Antonio Del Pino - Partner & Global Chair, Latin America Practice
• Mayer Brown LLP - Matthew H. Marmolejo - Partner
• Moss Adams LLP - Yenifer Origel Hernandez - Risk Advisory & Compliance Manager
• The National Hispanic Corporate Council - Eduardo Arabu - Executive Director
• New American Funding - Patty Arvielo - Co-Founder and President
• New York Life Insurance - Jomil Guerrero - Managing Director, New York Life Investments; Head of Global Marketing Operations
• PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. - Pedro Viera, Jr. - Vice President, Business Banking
• S&P Global Inc. - Michael Bonilla - Senior Corporate Strategy Analyst
• S&P Global Inc. - Marcela Mikkola - Senior Research Associate
• S&P Global Inc. - Nicole Rodriguez - Senior Director, People Strategy Lead
• S&P Global Inc. - Paula Rojnica - Senior Director, Operations; Site Lead, Buenos Aires Office
• Therium Capital Management - A. Elizabeth Korchin - Senior Investment Officer
• UnitedHealthcare Global - Santiago Irurita - Vice President, Global Solutions Latin America
• UnitedHealthcare Global - Ximena Gloffka Wilmans - Vice President, Enterprise Business Intelligence
• Venable LLP - Nora E. Garrote - Partner; Co-Lead, Intellectual Property Transactions Practice Group; Partner in Charge, Diversity & Inclusion
• Walmart Inc. - Daniel Trujillo - Executive Vice President, Global Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
• WilmerHale - Regina “Gina” Rodriguez - Partner
• Wilson Turner Kosmo - Carolina Bravo-Karimi - Partner