
PDJ Recognizes our First Ever
Emerging Leaders Award Winners
For more than two decades, Profiles in Diversity Journal® has had the honor of recognizing and celebrating diverse leaders for over 26 years. Our mission has always been to highlight individuals who make significant contributions to their organizations and communities. We are proud to honor our Emerging Leaders Award winners. This is a new initiative to recognize the outstanding leadership and contributions of emerging professionals within organizations.
The eighteen profiles that appear in this issue recognize and celebrate the hard work and impressive achievements of these Emerging Leaders. Each award recipient has also provided us with answers to some interesting questions and an essay that will give you, our readers, a chance to better know these multitalented and trailblazing individuals.
Welcome to PDJ’s first ever Emerging Leaders Awards.
2024 Emerging Leaders Award Winners
- Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Rebecca L. Clegg – Counsel
- Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Kail J. Jethmalani – Partner
- Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Carol Xianxiao Liu – Counsel
- Epiq – Tayler Bradley – Design QA Lead
- Gibbons P.C. – Bria S. Beaufort – Associate, Employment & Labor Law Group
- Idaho National Laboratory – Athena Britschgi-Fowler – Safeguards & Security Program Specialist
- Idaho National Laboratory – Dr. Fabiola Cappia – Deputy Division Director
- Idaho National Laboratory – Dr. Rajiv Khadka – Visualization Researcher
- Idaho National Laboratory – Hope Morrow – Workforce and Economic Development Programs Manager
- Idaho National Laboratory – Alyssa Spence – Reactor Supervisor and Senior Reactor Operator
- Idaho National Laboratory – Dr. Ange-Lionel Toba – Decision Sciences Department Systems Scientist
- Knobbe Martens – Ben Kaito Shiroma – Associate
- Latham & Watkins – Y. Bora Bozkurt – Partner
- Latham & Watkins – Hadrian Luo – Associate
- Robins Kaplan LLP – Lauren Coppola – Partner; Chair, Telecommunications Practice; Deputy Managing Partner, Boston Office
- Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP – Kate Mueting – Firm Administrative Partner
- Texas Tech Health El Paso – Danielle Urbina – Assistant Vice President for Marketing & Communications
- Upbound – Priscila De France – Principal DEI Business Partner
