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 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 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 Diverse Organizations Worth Watching™ Award Winners
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 Innovations in Diversity Award Winners
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
2021 Native American/Indigenous Leaders Worth Watching™ Award Winners
2021 Women Worth Watching® in Leadership 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 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