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 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 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 Diverse Lawyers Making a Difference Award Winners
2022 Diverse Organizations Leadership Award Winners
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
