2023 Asian Leadership Award Winners
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP – Stephen S. Kho – Partner
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP – Yujin Kim McNamara – Partner
- Axinn – Jason Murata – Partner
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP – Maya Yamazaki – Partner; chair of the Diversity Executive Council
- Dechert – Amisha R. Patel – Associate
- Eli Lilly and Company – Ling Liu, Ph.D. – Chief Scientific Officer of Biotechnology Discovery Research
- Epiq Global – Jenny Trang – Vice President of Client Solutions
- Freddie Mac – Naveen Naidu – Development Senior Manager
- Freddie Mac – Ling Xu – Vice President, Multifamily Investments and Portfolio Management
- Haynes and Boone, LLP – Tom Chen – Partner and member of the firm’s Executive Committee
- Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP – Sheila N. Swaroop – Litigation Group Co-Chair
- Kroll – Anju Chopra – Managing Director, Global Head of Product Development
- Latham & Watkins – Aaron Chiu – Partner
- Latham & Watkins – Elisabeth Martin – Partner
- Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP – Lillian Ficht – Patent Agent
- Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP – Dan Huynh – Partner, Chief Diversity Partner
- Moss Adams, LLP – Lu Zhang – Managing Director, International Tax
- New American Funding – Karen Chiu – Vice President, Builder Division
- New York Life – Alise M. Civello – Head of Sales and Guidance, Pacific Zone
- Northern Virginia Family Service – Clifford Yee – Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
- Robins Kaplan LLP – Annie Huang – Partner and Deputy Managing Partner, New York Office
- Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP – Qiaojing Ella Zheng – Managing Partner of Palo Alto and San Francisco Offices, Chair of Asian American Litigation and Finance Practice
- Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC – Josephine Kim – Director
- Union Pacific Railroad – Snigdha Ganta – General Director – Enterprise Systems, Technology Department
- Union Pacific Railroad – David L. Welch – General Director Corporate Strategy
- University of Washington, Tacoma – Rachel Endo – Dean and Professor, School of Education, UW Tacoma
- Webster Bank – Samantha Yang – Senior Managing Director, CIO Strategy & Governance
- WilmerHale – Haixia Lin – Partner
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati – Eva F. Yin – Partner
2023 Black Leadership Award Winners
- AAA Northern California, Nevada, and Utah (AAA NCNU) – Kamili Moreland – Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer, and General Counsel
- Akin – Ike Emehelu – Partner
- Akin – Virgil A. Miller – Senior Policy Advisor
- AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) – Karmen Clark – Human Resource Business Partner, Sr. Manager
- AMD – Chudy Roosevelt Nwachukwu – Senior PCB Technologist, Data center GPU
- AT&T – David C. Williams – Assistant Vice President
- Avenue5 Residential – Lorri Oliver-Goldmann – Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion
- Barilla – Relonda Snipe – Senior Human Resources Manager
- BDO USA – Angelique Scott – Industry Specialty Services Senior Manager
- Circana Inc. – Boris L. Oglesby – Executive Vice President & Practice Leader
- Circana – Cecilia B. Ogude – Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Colgate Women’s Games – Cheryl Toussaint – Meet Director
- Curaleaf – Tyneeha Rivers – Chief People Officer
- Dechert LLP – Vincent H. Cohen Jr. – Global Managing Partner
- Epiq Global – Phil Hardy – Project Manager
- Fannie Mae – Sharifa A. Anderson – Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
- Fannie Mae – Elonda Crockett – VP, Automation and Process Excellence
- Freddie Mac – William Bagley – VP, Enterprise Supply Chain
- Freddie Mac – Angela Locke – VP – Human Capital Strategic Partners
- GEHA, Inc. – John E. Brown, Jr. – Chief Operating Officer
- Gibbons P.C. – Robert L. Johnson – Chief Diversity Officer/Corporate Group Director
- Gilbane Building Company – Yvette N. Stevens, P.E., PMP – Vice President, Director of Economic Inclusion
- HaystackID – Vazantha Meyers – Vice President, Discovery Services
- Heartbeat – Stephanie K. Robinson – Account Director
- Heartbeat NYC – Stanlisha Shaffer-Berry – Associate Director, Production
- Latham & Watkins LLP – Danielle Conley – Partner and Chair, Women Enriching Business Committee
- Latham & Watkins LLP – Kirsten Jackson – Partner
- Lincoln Financial Group – Rashanda Harris – Vice President, Life Underwriting – MoneyGuard
- Lincoln Financial Group – Stafford L. Thompson, Jr. – Senior Vice President, Life & Executive Benefits Business Management
- Moss Adams LLP – Tony Caldwell Jr. – Assurance Manager
- New American Funding – Melissa G. Mason – Branch Manager
- New American Funding – Alicia Norwood – Vice President of Construction and Renovation Lending
- New American Funding – Brenda Robinson – Branch Manager and Senior Loan Officer
- New York Life – Carlos B. Vicent – Vice President, Head of Business Solutions
- Norton Rose Fulbright – Jamila S. Mensah – Partner
- Project Bread – Khara Shearrion – Senior Director of SNAP Outreach Programs
- Sandia National Laboratories – David W. Gibson – Deputy Lab Director, Chief Operating Officer
- Sandia National Laboratories – Larry P. Thomas – Chief Diversity, Equity, & Belonging Officer
- Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP – Schwanda Rountree – Co-Managing Partner
- Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox – Lestin Kenton Jr. – Attorney/Director
- The Winters Group, Inc. – Mary-Frances Winters – Founder and Chief Executive Officer
- Union Pacific Railroad – Cerwin T. Fleming – General Manager of Transportation – Chicago Service Unit
- Wells Fargo – Drinal Foster, SHRM-CP, PHR – Senior Vice President, Workforce Engagement Leader
- WilmerHale LLP – Lauren Moore – Partner
- WilmerHale LLP – Kevin Prussia – Partner
2023 Diversity Leader Award Winners
2023 Diverse Lawyers Making a Difference Award Winners
2023 Innovations in Diversity Award Winners
- Dechert LLP – Pro bono advocacy challenges Philadelphia housing discrimination – Year Introduced: 2022
- Enact Mortgage Insurance – Expanded Nontraditional Credit program
- Epiq Global – Cultivating Inclusion: An Epiq Culture – Year Introduced: 2021
- Freddie Mac – Develop the Developer – Year Introduced: 2020
- Genentech – Belonging at The Table – Year Introduced: 2021
- HCA Healthcare – Lighting Pathways: The HCA Healthcare Scholars 365 Program – Year Introduced: 2021
- Landing International Inc. – BeautyFluent – Year Introduced: 2022
- Norton Rose Fulbright – Diversity Councils: The Minority Equity Council and the WiN Council – Year Introduced: 2022-2023
- New York Life – New York Life Cultural Ambassador Program: Fostering Inclusion and Belonging – Year Introduced: 2021
- The Winters Group – Engaging in Bold, Inclusive Conversations® Facilitator Certification Program – Year Introduced: 2018
- Union Pacific Railroad – Living Library – Year Introduced: 2023
2023 Latino Leadership Award Winners
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld – Alan Yanovich – Partner, International Trade
- Advanced Micro Devices – Tony Fernandez-Stoll – Sr. Director, AMD Latin America
- America Baez – America Baez – Talent Acquisition and DEI Leader
- AT&T – Michele Lee Rudolph – Director of Solutions Architecture
- BDO USA, LLP – Ana del Cerro-Fals – Tax Office Co-Managing Partner
- Clarify Health Solutions – Betty Rodriguez – Senior People Business Partner
- Comcast Cable – Kerin Handal – Senior Director, Multicultural Content Partnerships
- Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP – Camilo Echavarria – Partner-In-Charge, Los Angeles Office
- DiCello Levitt – Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann – Managing Partner, Birmingham and Co-Chair, Mass Torts – DiCello Levitt
- ECODiversity Strategies – Noemi Lujan Perez – President & CEO
- Eli Lilly & Company – Cecile González-Cerimele – Sr. Director, Diversity & Inclusion in Clinical Trials
- EPIQ – Carlos E. Gonzalez – Chief Information Officer
- FordHarrison LLP – Luis A. Santos – Deputy Diversity Equity & Inclusion Partner
- Freddie Mac – Julissa Pinto De Gracia – Director of Program Management for the Enterprise Operations and Technology Division
- Freddie Mac – Nora Guerra – Affordable Lending Manager
- HARMAN – Miguel Hernandez – Vice President & General Manager, Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean
- Heartbeat – Ana Capellan – Executive VP of Productions and Operations
- Marta Ronquillo Newhart – CCO & Brand Officer, Entrepreneur, Board Member
- Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP – Cindy Caranella Kelly – Partner
- Knobbe Martens – Maria Victoria Stout – Partner, Intellectual Property Attorney
- Lathan & Watkins – Marcela Ruenes – Counsel
- Moss Adams, LLP – Pamela Esparza – Senior Manager, Risk and Advisory Compliance
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP – Melissa Gomberg – Partner
- New American Funding – Patty Arvielo – Co-Founder & Co-CEO
- New York Life – Jose N. Barros – Managing Director, New York Life Investments; COO U.S. Distribution
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP – Daniel Alejandro Prati – Partner
- Robins Kaplan LLP – David Martinez – Partner; elected member of the firm’s Executive Board; member of the firm’s Diversity Committee; Firm Pro Bono Chair, California offices
- Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP – Christine Dunn – Partner and Co-Chair of Criminal/Sexual Violence Practice Group
- Saxena White – Lester R. Hooker – Director
- Travelers – Rita Ortiz – Senior Director, Community Relations at Travelers and Assistant Vice President, Travelers Foundation
- Ulmer & Berne LLP – Shana Ortiz See – Partner
- Union Pacific Railroad – Carl Garrison – AVP Transportation South
- Union Pacific Railroad – Wes Lujan – Assistant Vice President, External Affairs
- Union Pacific Railroad – Daniela Zarza – Director Mexico
- Washington Capital Partners – Giselle Bonzi – President
- Webster Bank – Jason A. Soto – Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
- West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. – Annette Favorite – Chief Human Resources Officer
- Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP – Elvira Cortez – Senior associate
- Withum – Moises Gutierrez – Audit supervisor
- World Electric – Gabino Martinez – Regional Operations Manager
2023 Native American/Indigenous Leadership™ Award Winners
2023 Veteran Leadership™ Award Winners
2023 Women Worth Watching® in Leadership Award Winners
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. – Michelle Hillman – Director, Silicon Design Engineering
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. – Heather Sham – Sr Director Graphics Platform Engineering
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. – Jeannie Steele – Head of Global Talent Acquisition
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. – Liwei Wang – Director, Advanced Packaging Engineering
- Aflac – Christina Baker – VP, Sales Strategy and Resolution
- Aflac – Jennifer Daniel – National Vice President Broker Distribution Strategy and Partnerships
- Aflac – Deb Ermiger – VP of Digital Engagement
- Aflac – Keyla Cabret-Lewis – VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Akin – Sarah Schultz – Partner
- Akin – Amy Wollensack – Partner
- Albany International – Alice McCarvill – Executive VP and Chief Human Resources Officer
- AT&T – Sarita Rao – Senior Vice President, Integrated & Partner Solutions
- AT&T – Margaret Rooney-McMillen – Vice President – Strategic Accounts
- AT&T – Catherine Soik – Head of Market Development
- Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Denise L. Plunkett – Partner
- Braverman Greenspun, P.C. – Tracy Peterson – Partner
- Catalyst Inc. – Leela Wilson – Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Engagement
- Circana – Larissa Jensen – Senior Vice President, Beauty Industry Advisor
- Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP – Andrea Jung – Associate
- Colgate-Palmolive – Prabha Parameswaran – Group President, Growth & Strategy
- Dechert LLP – Hartley M. K. West – Partner and Co-Chair of Global Enforcement & Investigations
- Dell Technologies – Rosandra Silveira – Global Consumer Sales Senior Vice President
- DTO Law – Megan O’Neill – Founding Partner/Chair of Litigation
- Epiq – Olivea S. Holley – Director of Document Review Services Operations & Continuous Improvement & Global Co-Chair Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Fannie Mae – Brittany Istenes – Open-Source Program Office Strategist
- Fannie Mae – Ting Yan – Business Architect, Manager
- FordHarrison LLP – Kristin Starnes Gray – Partner
- Fruit World – Bianca Kaprielian – Co-founder and CEO
- Fujifilm Holdings America Corporation – Patricia Colombo – Chief Compliance Officer
- FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies – Liza M. Rivera – VP, Marketing Communications
- Gibbons P.C. – Bisola Taiwo – Director, Real Property Group
- Globality, Inc. – Sonia Mathai – Chief Human Resources Officer
- HiddenLayer, Inc – Abigail Maines – Chief Revenue Officer
- Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP – Lauren Cole – Associate
- Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP – Prishika Raj – Associate
- Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP – Victoria (Tori) Roeck – Associate
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed – Sabrina Silverberg – Counsel and Chair, Media and Entertainment Practice Group
- Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP – Mayme Donohue – Partner
- Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP – Ashley L. Harper – Partner
- Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP – Kelly Sandill – Partner
- Idaho National Laboratory – Jana Beyerlin – Chief Operating Officer, Human Resources & Diversity
- Idaho National Laboratory – Megan J. Culler – Power Engineer and Researcher
- Idaho National Laboratory – Allison L. Hummel – Chief of Staff
- Idaho National Laboratory – Jennifer G. Hunt – Space Management Program Manager
- Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP – Jill L. Forster – Partner
- Knobbe Martens – Maria Culic Anderson – Partner
- Knobbe Martens – Christy Lea – Partner
- Kroll – Jessica Stamelman – President, Business Services Division
- Latham & Watkins – Manu Gayatrinath – Partner
- L.B. Hall Enterprises, Inc – Estefania Roa – President
- Lincoln Financial Group – Heather A. Milligan – SVP, Life Insurance Underwriting/New Business, Business Technology Solutions
- Mayer Brown LLP – Grace Shie – Partner; Chair of firm’s Women’s Leadership Committee
- McDonald Carano LLP – Pat Lundvall – Partner and Chair of the Commercial & Complex Litigation Practice
- Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP – Elaine Ki Jin Kim – Partner
- Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP – Louise Truong – Labor & Employment Partner
- Moss Adams – Seleeka Harris – Operations Senior Manager
- Nan and Company Properties – Nancy Almodovar – President and CEO
- Native Forward Scholars Fund – Angelique Albert – CEO
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP – Jo Thacker – Partner
- New American Funding – Patty Arvielo – CEO & Co-Founder
- New York Life – Amanda Kuhl Sarrubbo – Senior Vice President, Head of the Purchase Experience
- Norton Rose Fulbright – Jamila S. Mensah – Partner
- PBG Consulting, LLC – Pawla Ghaleb – Founder & CEO
- PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) – Heather Hoytink – President, South Division, PepsiCo Beverages North America
- Powin – Rachel Livek – Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
- Project Bread – Erin McAleer – President & CEO
- Revature – Vidya Shankaran – Senior Vice President of Customer Delivery & Success
- Robins Kaplan LLP – Elizabeth Burnett – Partner; Co-Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
- Robins Kaplan LLP – Christina Lincoln – Partner; Co-Chair for Firm’s Women of Robins Kaplan (WoRK) Resource Group; Member of Firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee; Management Liability Insurance Specialist (MLIS)
- Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP – Leigh Anne St. Charles – Managing Partner, Nashville Office
- Segra – Zenita Henderson – Chief Marketing Officer
- Slarskey LLC – Renee Bea – Partner
- Sonepar – Jennifer Owens – VP, Associate General Counsel
- Spirent Communications – Cheryl Ragland – Chief Marketing Officer
- Study.com – Dana Bryson – Senior Vice President, Social Impact
- The Acceleration Project (TAP), Inc. – Jane E. Veron – CEO and Co-Founder
- The Winters Group, Inc. – Mareisha N. Reese – President & COO
- Union Pacific Railroad – Jacqueline Bendon – Senior Vice President Industrial
- Union Pacific Railroad – Jo Ellen K. Stock – General Auditor
- Venable LLP – Jessie Beeber – Partner, Co-Chair New York Commercial Litigation
- Verizon – Sasha Lucas – SVP, Customer Experience
- Verizon – Kristin McHugh – SVP, Marketing & Creative
- WilmerHale – Susan Schroeder – Partner and Vice Chair of the Securities & Financial Services Department
2023 Women Worth Watching® in STEM Award Winners
- AT&T – Jush Danielson – AVP Technology & Transformation Center of Excellence
- Bazaarvoice – Zarina Lam Stanford – CMO
- City of Los Angeles – Marta A. Segura, MPH – Chief Heat Officer & Director of Climate Emergency Mobilization, City of Los Angeles
- Dechert LLP – Amanda K. Antons, PhD – Partner
- Dermavant Sciences, Inc. – Doral Fredericks – Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs Strategy
- Eli Lilly and Company – Marjoke F. Debets – Sr. Director
- Eli Lilly & Co. – Petra Verdino – Associate Vice President – Biotechnology Discovery Research
- Epiq Global – Alyssa Miller – Chief Information Security Officer
- Fish & Richardson – Grace Kim – Principal
- Fish & Richardson – Jacqueline Tio – Principal
- Haynes and Boone, LLP – Angela Grant – Partner
- Kelly Engineering – Maria Groszek – Senior Director Engineering Domain Intelligence
- Knobbe Martens – Shannon Lam – Partner
- Kroll – Venetia Manners Valsamakis – Chief Information Officer
- Latham & Watkins – Arlene Chow – Partner
- Latham & Watkins – Rachel Cohen – Partner
- Latham & Watkins – Betty Pang – Partner
- LaunchDarkly – Sara Mazer – Field CTO, Federal
- Learning Undefeated – Jennifer Colvin – Chief Innovation Officer
- Lincoln Financial Group – Allison Lasater – Vice President, Strategic Planning, Enterprise Technology
- McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP (MBHB) – Jori R. Fuller – Attorney
- New York Life – Reshma Budhwani – Chief Technology Security Officer
- Norton Rose Fulbright – Stephanie DeBrow – Partner, Intellectual Property Disputes
- Robins Kaplan LLP – Sharon Roberg-Perez – Partner
- Robins Kaplan LLP – Emily J. Tremblay – Partner
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center – Candace S. Johnson, PhD – President, CEO and M&T Bank Presidential Chair in Leadership
- Sandia National Laboratories – Birsen Ayaz-Maierhafer – R&D Nuclear Engineer
- Sandia National Laboratories – Vanessa N. Vargas – Principal Member of Technical Staff, R&D, Economist
- Segra – Rose Chambers – Chief Information Officer
- Sidus Space – Carol Craig – Founder and CEO
- Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox – Chandrika Vira – Director (“Partner”)
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso – Paul L. Foster School of Medicine – Cynthia N. Perry – Associate Academic Dean for Admissions
- Union Pacific – Lori Lentsch – General Director, Information Assurance
- Union Pacific – Jordan Turner – General Director
- WilmerHale – Cynthia T. Mazareas – Partner
