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 Black Leadership Award Winners
AARP – Shani W. Hosten – Vice President, Audience Strategy–Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Abbott – Karl E. Analo – Counsel, Labor & Employment Counseling and Litigation
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices Inc.) – Dr. Pierre Maillard – Radiation Effects & RAS Architect
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices Inc.) – Mark Wadlington – Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Markets Group – AECG, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP – Terence Rozier-Byrd – Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP – Tiffanye Threadcraft – Counsel
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Leslie C. Overton – Partner and Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
Corteva Agriscience – Cheryl H. Curbeam – Vice President, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Corteva Agriscience – Karis Gutter – Vice President, Government & Industry Affairs, North America
Coston Consulting – Michael Coston – Chief Executive Officer
Crimson Wealth Strategies LLC – Chauvon L. McFadden – Principal
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP – Christopher D. Ford – Partner
DiCello Levitt – Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann – Managing Partner, Birmingham and Co-Chair, Mass Torts – DiCello Levitt
Enact Mortgage Insurance – Dina Fleurima – Senior Manager, Lender Services
Freddie Mac – Tinesha C. Richardson – Equitable Housing Manager
Givelify – Wale Mafolasire – Founder and CEO
Harman International Industries, Incorporated – Fred Owens – Vice President, Global Intellectual Property
Heartbeat – Christopher Cocking – Vice President, Solutions Architect
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP – Nefertiti J. Alexander – Partner
Latham & Watkins – Sarah Fortt – Partner
Latham & Watkins – David Ziyambi – Partner
Levain Bakery – Kutina Ruhumbika – Chief People Officer
LexShares – Cayse Llorens – CEO
Mayer Brown LLP – Jeremiah A. DeBerry – Partner and the Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Mayer Brown
Moss Adams – Shaunté Kinch – Consulting Director
Nelson Mullins – Kraig B. Long – Partner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP – Alicia N. Ritchie – Partner
New American Funding – Kenol Cadet – Sales Manager
New American Funding – Albert “AJ” Nunnally, III – Branch Manager
New American Funding – Ken Smith – Sales Manager
New American Funding – Micheline St. Fleur – Sr. Loan Originator
New American Funding – Wonida Welch – Branch Manager
New York Life – Martin King – Managing Director, NYL Investors LLC
NorthEast Electrical – Deshawn Fentress – Director of Project Management
Norton Rose Fulbright – Vincent Dunn – Co-Partner-in-Charge, New York
Novavax, Inc – Talitha Hampton, PhD – Senior Director, Supply Chain Production Planning & Systems
Partnership for Inclusion Leadership – Youlanda Gibbons – CEO and Founder
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP – H. Gregory Baker – Partner
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP – Peter C. Harvey – Partner
Point32Health – Cain A. Hayes – President and CEO
REVOLT – Detavio Samuels – Chief Executive Officer
RWJ Barnabas Health – Suzette Robinson, MHA – Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion
Saxena White – Omar D. Davis – Special Counsel
Sonepar USA – Ron Harper – SVP Supply Chain & Logistics
Strativia – Kenneth Kelly – President & CEO
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP – Kamil R. Shields – Partner
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine – Charmaine A. Martin, M.D. – Interim Associate Dean Student Affairs, FSOM, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Union Pacific Railroad – Kenny Rocker – Executive Vice President – Marketing and Sales
Webster Bank – John L Guy Jr. – EVP, Director Business Banking
WilmerHale – Monya M. Bunch, Esq. – Director, Diversity Equity and Inclusion
WilmerHale – Peggy Otum – Chair, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Practice; Partner
Wind River – Kevin Dallas – President and Chief Executive Officer
Withum – Adrienne Smith, PMP, ITIL – Assistant vCIO & Project Manager
WithumSmith+Brown, PC – Jasmina Woodson, CPA/ABV/CFF – Manager, Forensic Valuation Services
2022 Diverse Lawyers Making a Difference Award Winners
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 Diverse Organizations Leadership Award Winners
2022 Diversity Team Award Winners
Ally Financial – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team – Reggie Willis
Best Best & Krieger LLP – Best Best & Krieger Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee – Chief Talent Officer Danielle Sakai
Milbank LLP – Milbank LLP Diversity Group – Mikeisha Anderson Jones, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Washington Capital Partners – Washington Capital Partners – Giselle Bonzi
2022 Innovations in Diversity Award Winners
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP – Akin Gump/Robert S. Strauss Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship Program – Year Introduced: 2013
Ally Financial – Ally’s Moguls in the Making : Building a New Generation of Entrepreneurs – Year Introduced: 2019
Dechert LLP – Dechert and Aspiring Solicitors – Improving access to the law – Year Introduced: 2017
Enact Mortgage Insurance – Enact Mortgage Industry Development Program – Year Introduced: 2021
Freddie Mac – Freddie Mac Inclusive Content Guide – Year Introduced: 2021
Gibbons P.C. – Gibbons Diversity Initiative (GDI) and the Gibbons Cares pro bono program – Year Introduced: 2020-2022
New York Life – DE&I Center for Awareness & Advocacy – Year Introduced: 2021
Norton Rose Fulbright – Year Introduced: 2021
United Rentals – Month of Impact – Year Introduced: 2022
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
2022 Native American/Indigenous Leadership Award Winners
2022 Women Worth Watching® in Leadership Award Winners
AARP – Shani W. Hosten – Vice President, Audience Strategy–Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Activision Blizzard – Johanna Faries – GM, Call of Duty
Advanced Micro Devices – Caixia Jiang – VP–Software Development
Advanced Micro Devices – Deborah Nations – Sr. Director, Global Communications
Advanced Micro Devices – Jennifer Wong – CVP, Silicon Integration
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP – Melissa Schwartz – Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP – Emma Simmonds – Partner
Ankura – Taffi Schurz Jaso – Managing Director–Data and Technology
Arrowhead Consulting – Kuma Roberts – Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Axinn – Lisl J. Dunlop – Partner
Bayer US – Beth Roden – SVP and Head of Communications, Bayer US
BDO USA, LLP – Catherine Moy – Chief People Officer
Capital Electric – Charmienne Ganao – Vice President of Finance
Co/LAB Lending – Megan Marsh – CEO & Co-Owner
Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP – Cindy Jordano – Partner
Cooper Electric – Jill Kaplan – Vice President of Operations
Delta Dental of California and Affiliates – Sarah Chavarria – President
DentaQuest – Kamila Chytil – Chief Operating Officer
DentaQuest – Roxanne E. Martinez – EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer
EHE Health – Joy Altimare – Chief Revenue Officer
Enchanted Rock Electric, LLC – Thais Grossi – Chief Operating Officer
Frantz Ward LLP – Angela Lydon – Partner, Litigation Practice Group Vice-Chair
Freeborn & Peters LLP – Christine E. Hollis – Director of Attorney Recruiting, Development and Diversity
Galderma – Silvina Nordenstohl – Head of Galderma U.S.
GEI Consultants, Inc. – Brooke Bennett – Senior Geologist
GEI Consultants, Inc. – Katie Unke Ehrenberg – Senior Practice Leader
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, Houston; Global Co-Chair of Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice
Greenberg Traurig, LLP – Diane Ibrahim – Managing Shareholder, Delaware
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 – Ashley E. Finan – Director, National Reactor Innovation Center
Idaho National Laboratory – Krista Harris – Manager
Idaho National Laboratory – Tiffany Leavitt – Materials and Fuels Complex Business Division Director
Idaho National Laboratory – Michelle Wiest – Director, Acquisition & Contracts Management
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP – Melissa A. Barahona – Partner
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP – Heather S. Kim – Partner
Keller Postman LLC – Zina Bash – Partner
Korn Ferry – Tanya van Biesen – Managing Partner, Board & CEO Succession Canada
Kroll – Sharon Kaur Dhall – Chief Information Officer
Kroll – Anne O’Dwyer – EMEA Management Committee Chair and Managing Director, Restructuring
Kroll – Christina Pullo – Managing Director, Head of Kroll’s Restructuring Administration and Issuer Services practices
Kroll – Jill Weise – Chief Impact Officer
Latham & Watkins – Melissa Arbus Sherry – Partner, Supreme Court and Appellate Practice; Vice Chair, Associates Committee
Latham & Watkins – Sharon Lau – Partner and Executive Committee Member
LegalEase Solutions LLC – Patrice Asimakis – Director of Legal Services
Lincoln Financial Group – Sharon Scanlon – Senior Vice President, Customer Experience, Producer Solutions and Retirement Plan Services Operations
Marshall, Gerstein and Borun LLP – Lynn Janulis – Partner/Patent Attorney/DEI Chair
Mayer Brown LLP – Nicole A. Saharsky – Co-head of Mayer Brown’s Supreme Court & Appellate Practice
Microsoft Corporation – Bhavana Bartholf – Global Head of Digital and Sales Strategy, CSA
Moss Adams – Kimberly Sokoloff – Assurance Services Senior Manager
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP – Colleen Pleasant Kline – Partner
New American Funding – Patty Arvielo – Co-Founder & President
New York Life – Catherine L. Council – Vice President & Head of the DE&I Center for Awareness & Advocacy
Olivia DePiore – Olivia DePiore – International Model and Inclusion Advocate
OPTrust – Jesusa Chow – Vice President, Member Experience
Partnership for Inclusion Leadership – Youlanda Gibbons, PhD – Founder and CEO
RBC Wealth Management–U.S. – Tammy Buchert – Chief Administrative Officer
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP (RJLF) – Christine E. Lehman – Managing Partner, Washington, D.C. Office
Renasant Bank – Dr. Tracey Morant Adams – Executive VP & Chief Community Development & Corporate Social Responsibility Officer
Saint-Gobain North America – La-Toya P. Hackney – Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary
Sandia National Laboratories – Robin Jones – Manager–Building Systems Engineering
Sandia National Laboratories – Kimberly Pino – Senior Manager, Facilities Capital Planning and Acquisition
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP – Christine Dunn – Partner and Co-Chair of Criminal/Sexual Violence Practice Group
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP – Melinda Koster – Partner and Co-Chair of the Discrimination and Harassment Practice Group
Seward & Kissel LLP – Dora Pulido – Counsel
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory – May Ling Ng – Head, Engineering Department
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP – Nicole Friedlander – Partner
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso – Dr. Andrea S. Tawney – Vice President
The Conference Board – Amy Lui Abel, PhD – Vice President, Executive Programs
Truth DEI Consulting – Nona Lee – Founder/CEO
Ulmer & Berne LLP – Jennifer Lawry Adams – Partner; Co-Group Leader, Health Care
Union Pacific Railroad – Grace Olsen – General Director–Locomotive Engineering & Quality
Valley Bank – Tammy Garnes Mata – Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Venable LLP – Stephanie DeLong – Partner
Viking Electric – Stacy Stanslaski – President
Washington Capital Partners – Giselle Bonzi – President
WilmerHale – Emily R. Whelan – Partner; Chair, Intellectual Property Department
WilmerHale – April N. Williams – Partner
WilsonHCG – Jennifer Koss – Vice President–Talent Operations, NAM
Withum – Theresa Richardson, CPA – 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 – Jekkie Kim – Partner
Latham & Watkins – Amy E. Speros – Counsel
Latham & Watkins – 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
Withum – Zsia Rosmarin, CPA – Partner, Head of Tax, Technology and Emerging Growth Services