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The Chief Lawyer and the Corporate Board
Emergence of the General Counsel as a
key strategic advisor to the Board of Directors
March 23, 2016
5:00-7:30pm
LOCATION:
Luxe Sunset Hotel
11461 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049
REGISTER HERE
Early Bird rate of $60 effective through Feb 29
General Counsels will be paired up with corporate board directors to discuss the growing importance of legal insight to corporate boards and executives in successfully charting global strategic vision and growth.
Generously sponsored by:
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Panelists:
CARLA CHRISTOFFERSON
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, AECOM
Carla Christofferson is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for AECOM. In this role, Ms. Christofferson oversees all aspects of AECOM's global legal function and leads its team of more than 100 lawyers and compliance professionals. Her areas of responsibility include risk management, ethics and compliance programs, SEC-reporting requirements, M&A and other transactional-related legal activities, and all legal support of global operations. She is also a member of AECOM's Executive Leadership Team at the enterprise level. (view full bio)
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LINDA GRIEGO
Independent Director
AECOM Technology, CBS Corporation and American Funds
Ms. Griego has served, since 1986, as president and chief executive officer of Griego Enterprises, Inc., a business management company that has overseen several entrepreneurial ventures in Los Angeles. She currently serves as a trustee of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. For more than twenty years, she has served on the boards of corporations, including current service as a director of CBS Corporation, AECOM Technology Corporation and American Funds. She was also a Los Angeles director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. (view full bio)
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LILY YAN HUGHES
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Public Storage
Lily Yan Hughes is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Public Storage, a NYSE REIT and member of the S&P 500 and FT Global 500, where she reports to two boards. Public Storage operates more than 2,200 unique company-owned locations in the United States and Europe, and is among the largest landlords in the world. Lily's achievements include the California Diversity Council Multicultural Leadership Award by the National Diversity Council, the 2013 Orange County Rising Star General Counsel Award by the Orange County Business Journal, and one of 100 national "Next Generation General Counsel" by Inside Counsel Magazine. (view full bio)
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LESLIE S. HEISZ
Independent Board Director - Ingram Micro, Inc., Kaiser Permanente
Leslie
Heisz is a highly engaged professional director and proven leader with keen problem solving and interpersonal skills. At Ingram Micro, (Fortune 100 global technology distributor with revenues of $40 billion), Leslie chairs the board's audit committee and serves on the executive and governance committees. Ms Heisz also serves as a director of the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plans (a leading provider and not-for profit health plan, with revenues of $60 billion), where she serves on the audit, governance and community benefit committees. Ms. Heisz has been recognized for her leadership, ethics and governance expertise in the board room with the 2013 Director of the Year, Corporate Governance, by the Forum for Corporate Directors, and was named to the 2015 "Directorship 100" by the NACD. (view full bio)
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Moderator:
PAMELA S. PALMER
Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP
Pamela Palmer is a partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the Orange County and Los Angeles offices. Ms. Palmer represents companies, officers, directors and accounting firms in investor disputes, class actions, derivative suits, merger and acquisition litigation, fiduciary and business judgment cases and SEC and FDIC matters. She advises boards and special committees in internal investigations involving whistleblowers, shareholder demands and auditor-initiated investigations. She also advises clients on corporate governance, disclosure, indemnification and D&O coverage. (view full bio)
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Event Host:
DARYA ALLEN-ATTAR
Founder, Broads Circle
Darya Allen-Attar founded Broads Circle, an executive level women's networking group with a focus on MONEY and POWER for WOMEN, in 2008. The group organizes events that provide a venue for established, successful women to make high quality revenue connections. A "Broad" in our circle is a dynamic, smart, successful woman responsible for driving revenue and growing capital. Over 5,000 people have attended our events since 2009. Darya currently serves on the Board of the Los Angeles Westside YMCA and the Los Angeles Chapter of Advisors in Philanthropy (LA-AiP). (view full bio)
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