PDJ – Magazine Issue – Q1 2024 – Award Winners

2024 Diversity Leader Award Winners

• Allnex – Tina Collins – HR Manager and D&I Champion, Americas
• Dechert LLP – Satra Sampson-Arokium – Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
• Elford – Denise Gilliam – Director of Inclusion & Outreach
• Epiq Global – Malia Turner – Sr. Global DEI Program Manager
• Latham & Watkins – Daniel Dominguez – Partner & Vice Chair of the Diversity Leadership Committee
• MSC Industrial Supply – JaCynthia Little – Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• New York Life – Tina Gupta – Senior Vice President
• Norton Rose Fulbright – Katherine Tapley – US Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
• Squire Patton Boggs – Kathy Bowman-Williams – Global Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion
• Upbound Group – Tran Taylor – EVP – CHRO – CDO

2024 Latino Leadership Award Winners

• Akin – Robert Salcido – Partner
• Advanced Micro Devices – Adrian Barrera – Director, Systems Design Engineering
• AMD – Nico Canovas – Sr. Director, Latin America
• Comcast – Abisaí Berthely Reyes – Sr. Manager, Strategic Initiatives
• Crowell & Moring LLP – Meshach Rhoades – Managing Partner, Denver Office
• Curacao – Ariela Nerubay – Chief Marketing Office
• Dechert LLP – Christina Guerola Sarchio – Partner, Dechert LLP
• Freddie Mac – Carolina Thompson – Director of Strategy & Initiatives
• Freddie Mac – Dan Ticona – Director, Mission Innovation
• Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP – Mark Lezama – Partner; Co-Chair Copyright Litigation
• L.B. Hall Enterprises, Inc. A/K/A L.B. Hall Fireproofing – Estefania Roa – President
• Latham & Watkins – Carlos Ardila – Partner
• MacKay Shields LLC – Rene A. Bustamante – Executive Managing Director, Chief Administrative Officer
• New American Funding – Patty Arvielo – Co-Founder and CEO
• Norton Rose Fulbright – Mayling C. Blanco – Partner
• PepsiCo Beverages North America – Johannes Evenblij Garza – Global Sales and Marketing Transformation
• Robins Kaplan LLP – Jason R. Fair – Deputy Managing Partner, Los Angeles Office; Co-Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
• Transamerica – Brandi Cruz – Manager, Operational Risk Management
• Transamerica – Maurice Perkins – Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
• Washington Capital Partners – Daniel Huertas – CEO and Co-Founder
• Webster Bank – Carlos R. Rivera – Senior Managing Director – Commercial Marketing
• Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP – Vivian Adame – Associate Attorney

PDJ – Magazine Issue – Q2 2024 – Award Winners

2024 Women Worth Watching^® in STEM Award Winners

• AT&T – Jush Danielson – Area Vice President – Indirect Technology & Enablement COE
• AT&T – Tracy M. Palumbo – Sales System Engineer
• Autodesk, Inc. – Smita Rajmohan – Senior Counsel, Artificial Intelligence Platform
• BDO USA – Binita Pradhan – Market Managing Principal – Third Party Attestation, West Geography
• CCRPS – Amareen Dhaliwal, MD, MPH – Founder and CEO
• Dechert LLP – Hilary Bonaccorsi – Associate
• Fish & Richardson – Rae Crisler – Principal
• Fish & Richardson – April Sunyoung Park – Principal
• Gilead Sciences, Inc. – Anu Osinusi, MD, MPH – Vice President, Virology Head, Hepatitis, Respiratory, and Emerging Viruses
• GoTab, Inc. – Ashley Frausto – Director of Operations
• Knobbe Martens – Christie Matthaei – Partner
• Latham & Watkins – Rachel Blitzer – Partner
• Latham & Watkins – Elana Nightingale Dawson – Partner
• Latham & Watkins – Monica Groat – Partner
• New York Life – Tali Rosenblum – Vice President of Strategic Capabilities AI & Data | Head of Strategic Insights
• Norton Rose Fulbright – Tamsen Barrett – Partner
• PBG Consulting, LLC – Vanessa Soon – Formally, Chief Technology Officer – Now COO
• Pepco Holdings, Inc. – Tamla Olivier – Chief Operating Officer
• Robins Kaplan, LLP – Jessica Gutierrez – Partner
• Sandia National Laboratories – Dr. Emily Sandt, PhD – Nuclear Engineer R&D
• SmartBear – Vineeta Puranik – SVP, Engineering and Operations
• West Pharmaceutical Services – Anya Harry MD, PhD – Chief Medical Officer, Vice President, R&D – Applied Research and Clinical Affairs
• WilmerHale – Vinita Ferrera – Partner

2024 Asian Leadership Award Winners

• Akin – Kapil V. Pandit – Partner
• Akin – Thomas Yang – Partner
• Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Kail J. Jethmalani – Partner
• Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest – Faustine Chan – Community and Business Programs Director
• Dechert LLP – Darshak Dholakia – Partner
• Fannie Mae – Linda Tai – Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Senior Vice President
• FordHarrison LLP – Geetha N. Adinata – Partner
• Freddie Mac – Judy Huie – Vice President and DEI Business Officer
• Freddie Mac – Ameez Nanjee – Vice President of Asset and Liability Management and Corporate Treasurer
• Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP – Rosaleen Chou – Partner
• New York Life – Dave Jachym – Vice President, Head of Experience Strategy for NYL Foundational Business
• Norton Rose Fulbright – Helen B. Kim – Partner
• Robins Kaplan LLP – Li Zhu – Partner
• Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP – Qiaojing Ella Zheng – Managing Partner, Palo Alto and San Francisco offices, Asian American Litigation and Finance Practice Group Chair.
• Union Pacific Railroad – Naomi Deines – AVP Risk Management
• Webster Bank – Ray Guanlao – Senior Managing Director/ Group Head – Property Management, HOA, and 1031 Specialty Banking
• Webster Bank – Sumakshi Vali – Senior Management Director, Market President
• WilmerHale – Nora Passamaneck – Partner

PDJ – Magazine Issue – Q3 2024 – Award Winners

2024 Women Worth Watching^® in Leadership Award Winners

• AAON, Inc. – Rebecca Thompson – AAON Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
• Akin – Shiva Aminian – Partner
• Akin – Michelle Chan – Partner
• Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) – Hanneke Krekels – Corporate Vice President CEO Operations
• AMD – Renee S. Parente – Program Management Director, Technology & Product Engineering
• AT&T – Kate DeLoach – AVP Sales
• AT&T – Shelley Goodman – Senior Vice President – Indirect Alliance Channels
• AT&T – Meghan Warren – Chief of Staff
• Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Rebecca L. Clegg – Counsel
• Catalyst – Kelly Montes – Executive Director, U.S.
• Circana – Lauren Cosby – VP, Product Management
• Circana – Helene Yen – Principal, Retail Manufacturer Collaboration
• Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna – Maria Brinkmann – Associate
• Coldwell Banker Warburg – Kevelyn Guzman – Regional Vice President
• Dignity Health/CommonSpirit – Diane L. Martin, MBA, CSSGB – Division Director, Dignity Health
• Curriculum Associates – Kelly Sia – President
• Dechert LLP – Siew Kam Boon – Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity
• DRG Talent – Heather Gowdy – Partner
• DRG Talent – Dara Z. Klarfeld – CEO
• DTO Law – Lauren Hudecki – Partner
• Entergy Corporation – Kimberly Cook-Nelson – Executive Vice President of Nuclear Operations and Chief Nuclear Officer
• FordHarrison LLP – Johanna G. Zelman – Partner
• FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation – Sarah Karlgaard – Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
• Fujifilm North America Corporation – Ashley Reeder Morgan – Vice President of Consumer Marketing, Imaging Division
• Gallaudet University – Khadijat K. Rashid, PhD – Provost
• Gibbons P.C. – Renée L. Monteyne – Director of Professional and Organizational Development
• Globality Inc. – Sonia Mathai – Chief Human Resources Officer
• Herrick, Feinstein LLP – Theresa Fortin Balducci – Counsel
• Herrick, Feinstein LLP – Liliana Chang – Partner
• Herrick, Feinstein LLP – Christina Ying – Partner
• Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP – Wendy Tsang – Associate
• Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP – Tamara Kraljic – Counsel
• Idaho National Laboratory – Dr. Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton – Division Director, Integrated Energy & Storage Systems
• Idaho National Laboratory – Geri L. Rackow – Director, Occupational Health Services
• Idaho National Laboratory – Julie A. Ulrich – Manager, Labwide Communication Services
• Knobbe Martens – Maria Victoria Stout – Partner, Intellectual Property Attorney
• Krauss Shaknes Tallentire & Messeri LLP – Jennifer Montoya – Attorney
• Latham & Watkins – Lindsey Champlin – Partner
• Lighthouse – Stacy Ybarra – Chief Marketing Officer
• Mayer Brown – Lauren Pryor – Partner
• McDonald Carano LLP – Chelsea Latino – Partner and Vice-Chair of the Employment & Labor Law Practice Group
• Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP – Iveliz R. Crespo, Esq. – Director of Diversity and Talent Development
• MoloLamken LLP – Swara Saraiya – Associate
• National Debt Relief – Natalia Brown – Chief Compliance and Consumer Affairs Officer
• New American Funding – Patty Arvielo – CEO & Co-Founder
• New American Funding – Mosi Gatling – SVP of Strategic Growth and Expansion
• New American Funding – Caroline Isern – SVP, Multi-Cultural Lending
• New York Life – Liz Brill – Senior Vice President & CFO of the Foundational Business
• Norton Rose Fulbright – Mary Young – Partner-in-Charge, Minneapolis
• Pitts Leadership Consulting – Shamis Pitts – Founder and CEO
• Prosperity Now – Marisa Calderon – President & CEO
• Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP – Jennifer Estremera – Deputy Managing Partner
• Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP – Amy L. Ruhland – Managing Partner, Austin Office
• Robins Kaplan LLP – Carrie Lambert – Partner, Chair of Professional Development
• Robins Kaplan LLP – Manleen K. Singh – Partner
• Samina Bari Advisors – Samina Bari – Principal
• Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP – Sharon Kim – Senior Litigation Counsel
• Sempra – Lisa Larroque Alexander – Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer
• Sempra – Karen Sedgwick – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Seward & Kissel LLP – Noelle Indelicato – Partner
• SimplePractice – Smita Wadhawan – Chief Marketing Officer
• Spirent Communications – Cheryl Ragland – Chief Marketing Officer
• Stretto – Melinda Bennett – Managing Director
• Stride, Inc. – Niyoka McCoy – Chief Learning Officer
• Tapestry 360 Health – Nicole Willis – Chief Medical Officer
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso – Dr. Alyssa C. Benavides – Managing Director, Interprofessional Education
• UW Tacoma – Rachel Endo – Founding Dean & Professor, School of Education
• Valley Bank – Collyn Gilbert – Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
• Van Dermyden Makus Law Corporation – Liz DeChellis – Partner & Title IX Program Director
• WilmerHale – Lori Echavarria – Partner-in-Charge, Los Angeles Office; Vice Chair, Securities & Financial Services Department

2024 Veteran Leadership^™ Award Winners

• Freddie Mac – Peter Hart – Technical Lead/Line Manager
• Freddie Mac – James Hilbert – Sr. Director, Single Family Servicing Operations
• FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation – Jason McKenna – Chief Human Resources Officer
• McDonald Carano LLP – John A. Fortin – Counselor at Law
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP – Chip Gray – Senior Associate
• Norton Rose Fulbright – Eli Gaylor – Senior Associate
• OGC – Gregory Williamson – Managing Partner
• Sempra – Jeffrey W. Martin – Chairman and CEO
• Transamerica – Joshua Durham – Chief Operating Officer, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
• Transamerica – Michael Nacarato – Senior Director, Head of Third Party Risk Management
• Union Pacific Corporation – Todd M. Rynaski – Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting, Risk and Compliance Officer
• WilmerHale – Erik Swabb – Partner

2024 Native American/Indigenous Leadership^™ Award Winners

• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP – Devin S. Sikes – Counsel
• MG+M The Law Firm – Candice C. Kusmer – Partner
• Native Forward Scholars Fund – Angelique Albert – CEO, Native Forward Scholars Fund
• Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP – Britany Riley-Swanbeck – Senior Associate

2024 Emerging Leaders Award Winners

• Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Rebecca L. Clegg – Counsel
• Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Kail J. Jethmalani – Partner
• Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Carol Xianxiao Liu – Counsel
• Epiq – Tayler Bradley – Design QA Lead
• Gibbons P.C. – Bria S. Beaufort – Associate, Employment & Labor Law Group
• Idaho National Laboratory – Athena Britschgi-Fowler – Safeguards & Security Program Specialist
• Idaho National Laboratory – Dr. Fabiola Cappia – Deputy Division Director
• Idaho National Laboratory – Dr. Rajiv Khadka – Visualization Researcher
• Idaho National Laboratory – Hope Morrow – Workforce and Economic Development Programs Manager
• Idaho National Laboratory – Alyssa Spence – Reactor Supervisor and Senior Reactor Operator
• Idaho National Laboratory – Dr. Ange-Lionel Toba – Decision Sciences Department Systems Scientist
• Knobbe Martens – Ben Kaito Shiroma – Associate
• Latham & Watkins – Y. Bora Bozkurt – Partner
• Latham & Watkins – Hadrian Luo – Associate
• Robins Kaplan LLP – Lauren Coppola – Partner; Chair, Telecommunications Practice; Deputy Managing Partner, Boston Office
• Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP – Kate Mueting – Firm Administrative Partner
• Texas Tech Health El Paso – Danielle Urbina – Assistant Vice President for Marketing & Communications
• Upbound – Priscila De France – Principal DEI Business Partner

PDJ – Magazine Issue – Q4 2024 – Award Winners

2024 Black Leadership Award Winners

• Akin – Nnedi Ifudu Nweke – Partner
• Coston Consulting | Bespoke Marketing Partners – Toni Wells – Partner | Principal
• Dechert LLP – Robert A. Robertson – Partner
• DHR Global – Andrea L. Henderson – Partner
• DRG Talent – Lori Clement Largie – Principal
• Epiq – Tanya Messado – Review Manager, Antitrust
• Foley Hoag LLP – DeShauna N. Lee, Esq. – Strategic Manager, diversity, equity and inclusion
• Government Employees Health Association, Inc. (G.E.H.A) – John A. Johnson MD, MBA, FACP – Chief Medical Officer
• Latham & Watkins – Damara Chambers – Partner
• Latham & Watkins – Linzi Thomas – Partner
• MENTOR Florida – Malika Harrison – President and Chief Executive Officer
• Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP – Greg Olaniran – Partner and Co-Chair of Diversity Committee
• Nashwood, Inc. – Keith Weaver – Founder & CEO
• New York Life – Keith B. McClain – Senior Vice President, Total Rewards
• Robins Kaplan LLP – Courtney Beauzile – Head of Marketing, Business Development & Communications
• Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight – Vincent McKnight – Co-Vice Chairman, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight
• Sikich – Dimitri Wilder – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Program Manager
• Stride, Inc. – Kevin P. Chavous – Senior Advisor to the CEO
• Tenable Inc. – Muta N. Mashack, JD – Engagement & Inclusion Lead, Sr. Manager
• Transamerica – Tawanda Saffore – Strategic Account Manager
• Transamerica Retirement Solutions – Jerry Tate – Director, Strategic Development & Intelligence
• Union Pacific – Ira Cooper – General Director of Training
• Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP – Nana Wilberforce – Partner

2024 Innovations in Diversity Award Winners

• Dechert LLP – Overturning the City of Miami’s racially gerrymandered voting district map – Year Introduced: 2022
• Include Inc. – IncludeChat – Year Introduced: 2024
• Norton Rose Fulbright – Norton Rose Fulbright Individual Sponsorship and Mentorship – Year Introduced: 2024
• Upbound Group – Transforming DEI At Upbound: Together We Thrive – Year Introduced: 2023

2024 Diverse Lawyers Making a Difference Award Winners

• Akin – Dean Chapman Jr. – Partner
• Akin – Matthew Durward-Thomas – Partner, Tax
• Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP – Jason Murata – Partner
• DLA Piper – Joseline Rodriguez – Senior Associate
• EPIQ – Rebecca Lopez – Client Services Program Manager
• Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP – Jennifer H. Wu – Partner
• Herrick, Feinstein LLP – Shivani Poddar – Partner
• Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP – Jayme Jonat – Partner
• Knobbe Martens – Chang Lim – Partner
• Robins Kaplan LLP – Rashanda Bruce – Associate
• Sempra – Diana Day – Chief Legal Counsel
• Trilantic Capital Management L.P. – Giulianna K. Ruiz – Partner, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
• WilmerHale – Tiffany J. Smith – Partner, Co-Chair of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Working Group

2024 Team Leadership Award Winners

• DRG Talent – The Organizational Consulting Team
• DRG Talent – DRG Talent Search Team
• Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP – DEI Team
• Orbital Engineering, Inc. – Cambodia Office Team