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Leadership

2009 Committees

STEERING COMMITTEE

CLASS COMMITTEE

SELECTION COMMITTEE

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

TRIBUTE BOOK COMMITTEE

Leadership
Pinney L. Allen
Head of School
Atlanta Girls' School
Atlanta, GA


Leadership
Thomas A. Cole
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Chicago, IL


Leadership
Doneene K. Damon
Director
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
Wilmington, DE


Leadership
Rhea Kemble Dignam
Former Principal and America's Leader of Law Firm Services
Ernst & Young LLP
New York, NY


Leadership
Diane Holt Frankle
DLA Piper LLP
East Palo Alto, CA


Leadership
Kathleen M. Franklin
Partner
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP
New York, NY


Leadership
Lena G. Goldberg
Senior Lecturer
Harvard Business School
Retired EVP and General Counsel
Fidelity Investments
Boston, MA


Leadership
Carol Graebner
Deputy General Counsel
PNM Resources, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM


Leadership
Linda L. Griggs
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Washington, DC


Leadership
Renie Y. Grohl
Warren, OH


Leadership
Samuel A. Guess
Vice President, Executive Compensation
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Bentonville, AR


Leadership
Nesa E. Hassanein
Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
The Sports Authority, Inc.
Greenwood Village, CO


Leadership
Linda Hayman
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
New York, NY


Leadership
Henry Horbaczewski
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Reed Elsevier Inc.
New York, NY


Leadership
Mary Ann Hynes
Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
Corn Products International, Inc.
Westchester, IL


Leadership
Mary Ann Jorgenson
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
Columbus, OH
and
Partner
Squire Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P.
Cleveland, OH


Leadership
Tara Goff Kamradt
Partner
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Chicago, IL


Leadership
Ann Kappler
Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Newark, NJ


Leadership
Roberta S. Karmel
Centennial Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY


Leadership
Linda A. Klein
Managing Shareholder
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC


Leadership
Allison L. Land
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Wilmington, DE


Leadership
Marni J. Lerner
Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
New York, NY


Leadership
Roberta D. Liebenberg
Member
Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C.
Philadelphia, PA


Leadership
Laura J. McMahon
Partner
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Houston, TX


Leadership
Patricia A. McQuater
Senior Corporate Counsel
Solar Turbines Incorporated
San Diego, CA


Leadership
Gail Merel
Partner
Andrews Kurth LLP
Houston, TX


Leadership
Ellen J. Odoner
Partner and Head of the Public Advisory Group
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
New York, NY


Leadership
Mary W. Quazzo
Vice President and Principal Counsel
Bechtel Group, Inc.
San Francisco, CA



Leadership
Jennifer J. Raab
President
Hunter College
New York, NY


Leadership
Hillary A. Sale
Walter D. Coles Professor of Law and Professor of Management
Washington University School of Law
St. Louis, MO


Leadership
Nancy L. Sanborn
Partner
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York, NY


Leadership
Lynn Schenk
Former Congresswoman
San Diego, CA


Leadership
Dominique C. Schulte
Executive Director
DirectWomen
New York, NY


Leadership
James R. Silkenat
Partner
Arent Fox LLP
New York, NY


Leadership
Deborah M. Soon
Vice President, Marketing and Executive Leadership Initiatives
Catalyst
New York, NY


Leadership
Maryann A. Waryjas
Partner
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Chicago, IL


Leadership
Susan Webster
Partner
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
New York, NY


Leadership
Marissa C. Wesely
Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
New York, NY


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