2017 MCCA Diversity Gala

Coinciding with the Creating Pathways to Diversity® Conference, is the annual Diversity Gala, MCCA’s signature fundraising event. The Diversity Gala helps fund MCCA’s key research and programming throughout the year. The Gala features an elegant networking reception, an awards program recognizing achievement and leadership in diversity and inclusion efforts by an individual, law firm, and corporation.

2017 Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree

David L. Cohen is Senior Executive Vice President of Comcast Corporation and is the Company’s Chief Diversity Officer. David has a broad portfolio of responsibilities, including corporate communications, government and regulatory affairs, public affairs, legal affairs, corporate administration, and community investment. He also serves as senior counselor to the CEO. Before joining Comcast in July of 2002, David served as a partner in and Chairman of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, one of the 100 largest law firms in the country.

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2017 EOC Award Winner

2017 Thomas L. Sager Award Winner

Event Sponsors

MCCA would like to thank all our generous sponsors who supported MCCA’s 2017 Diversity Gala.

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Host Committee

Michelle Banks
(Co-chair)

Senior Adviser,
BarkerGilmore, LLC
Former EVP & Global General
Counsel, Gap Inc.

Damien Atkins

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary,
Panasonic

Don Liu
(Co-chair)

Executive Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer &
Corporate Secretary,
Target Corporation

Cornell Boggs III

Executive Vice President
& General Counsel,
Toys “R” Us, Inc.

Craig L. Silliman
(Co-chair)

Executive Vice President –
Public Policy & General Counsel,
Verizon

Robert Bostrom

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary,
Abercombie & Fitch

Stuart Alderoty

Executive Vice President,
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary,
CIT Group, Inc.

Janice Brown

Founder,
The Brown Law Group

Clarissa Cerda

General Counsel,
Pindrop

Linda Lu

Senior Vice President,
Personal Lines Insurance Legal Department,
Nationwide Insurance Company

Samantha Grant

Partner,
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Gwen Marcus

Executive Vice President & General Counsel,
Showtime Networks Inc.

Duane D. Holloway

Executive Vice President & General Counsel,
Ascena Retail Group, Inc.

Natalie A. Pierce

Shareholder, Co-Chair,
Robotics, AI & Automation
Industry Group
Littler Mendelson P.C.

John W. Kuo

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary,
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

Thomas L. Sager

Partner,
Ballard Spahr LLP

Austin K. So

General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary,
StoneMor Partners L.P.

Michael Wu

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary,
Carter’s Oshkosh B’gosh

Alan K. Tse

Senior Vice President
& General Counsel,
Petco, Inc.

Andy Yoo

Vice President, Associate General Counsel,
Pearson Education

Rich Wallis

Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Office Product Group
Microsoft Corporation

Dwight Yoo

Partner,
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Benjamin F. Wilson

Chairman,
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

Host Committee Members

Michelle Banks
(Co-Chair)

Senior Adviser,
BarkerGilmore, LLC

Former EVP & Global General Counsel,
Gap Inc.

Don Liu
(Co-chair)

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer &
Corporate Secretary,
Target Corporation

Craig L. Silliman
(Co-chair)

Executive Vice President – Public Policy
& General Counsel,
Verizon