Susan Comparato is CEO, President and the only woman member of the Board of Directors of Syncora Holdings Ltd. Syncora is a global company that provides financial guarantee insurance and other credit enhancement for debt obligations in the United States and international capital markets. Susan was one of the key leaders of Syncora’s complex restructuring …
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Gillian Lester is the Dean and Lucy G. Moses Professor at Columbia Law School, a position she has held since January 2015, after having served in various capacities at Berkeley Law School, Harvard Law School, UCLA School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and Stanford Law School. She started her career in her native Canada, …
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Sasha Scott runs The Inclusive Group, which over the last 15 years has educated and facilitated over 50,000 professionals, from lawyers to members of the armed forces, on the need for authenticity and acceptance in the workplace. Sasha recently provided training to Debevoise’s London office on unconscious bias. Sasha, who identifies as LGBT, is considered an international …
Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary is responsible for all of The Home Depot’s legal functions worldwide, including securities, litigation, employment, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, store operations, risk management and intellectual property. She formerly served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General during the Clinton administration, and as Deputy General Counsel …
Alisa Melekhina, a second-year litigation associate at Debevoise, spoke with me recently about her experiences as one of the highest-ranking female chess players in the United States, how she balances a demanding chess competition schedule with being a junior litigation associate, and strategies she has developed over time to succeed in the male-dominated world of …
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