Meet the 2018 MIHCA Conference Faculty!
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Ambassador Andrew Young
2018 MIHCA Conference Keynote, legendary civil rights leader,
former U.N. Ambassador, and
Mayor of Atlanta
Sharon Rowen
Founding Partner at Rowen & Klonoski and R&K Productions, Director and Producer of the documentary entitled,
"Balancing the Scales"
Audrey Boone Tillman
Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Aflac
Honorable Leah Ward Sears
Partner in the Business Litigation and Appellate Practice at Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP and former Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
Michelle Ifill
General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Verizon Corporate Services Group, Inc.
Burt Fealing
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at Southwire
Monica Howard Douglas
General Counsel at Coca-Cola, North America
Peter Muniz
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at The Home Depot, Inc.
Neer Gupta
Associate General Counsel at Verizon, Intellectual Property
Sloane Perras
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary, Risk at the Krystal Company and On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina Restaurants
Vanessa Bailey
Director of Intellectual Property Policy at Intel Corporation
Allen Lo
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property at Facebook
Ami Patel Shah
Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group's Intellectual Property Finance Group
Debbie Stone
JD, CPCC, PCC, Executive Coach, Author, Speaker, Novateur Partners
Erika Jackson Gardner
Assistant General Counsel at The Home Depot, Inc.
Jeanne Somma
Director of Analytics and Managed Review at RVM Enterprises
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Michele Mayes
General Counsel at New York Public Library, Critically Acclaimed Co-Author of "Courageous Counsel"
Ingrid Hackett
General Counsel and Compliance Officer at Quantum Spatial Inc. (QSI)
Angela Frazier
Assistant General Counsel at Cox Communications, Inc.
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Oni Holley-Brown
Assistant General Counsel - Employment and Data Privacy at U.S. Security Associates, Inc.
Meet the 2018 MIHCA Conference Team!
Conference
Co-Chairs
Glenda Martinez - Former Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Univision Communications Inc.
John Childs - MIHCA Secretary, Assistant General Counsel- Litigation at Georgia-Pacific LLC.
Marketing Chair
Sonya Olds Som - Partner at Major, Lindsey & Africa
Programming Chair
Lata Setty - MIHCA Chair, Intellectual Property Officer at UnitedLex Corporation
Melba Hughes - Partner at Major, Lindsey & Africa
Members: Sonya Som, Stephen Brown, Angela Grayson, Julie Mehta and Karma Rodgers
MIHCA Staff
Karma Rodgers - MIHCA Executive Director, Partner at MWH Law Group
Jessica Ocampo - MIHCA Law Student Intern, National President of the Law Student Division - Hispanic National Bar Association, 3L Student at The John Marshall Law School
Fundraising and Sponsorships Co-Chairs
Carlos Vasquez - Senior Vice President, Chief Counsel LAC at Visa Inc.
Julie Mehta - MIHCA Vice Chair,
Commercial Counsel at Ecolab, NALCO Water Division
Karma Rodgers - MIHCA Executive Director, Partner at MWH Law Group
MIHCA's Advisory Board
Earl J. Barnes, II - Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Stephen Brown - Senior Advisor, Board Leadership Center at KPMG, LLP
Vincent Brunetti - Chief Executive Officer at RVM Enterprises, Inc.
Angela Grayson - Principal at Precipice IP, PLLC
Emery Harlan - Partner at MWH Law Group
Victor P. Henderson - Partner at Henderson Parks, LLC