Speakers:

• Allison Hobbs, Senior Counsel, Epic Games | President, Association of Black Women Attorneys of NY (Moderator)
• Jennifer Taiwo, Chief Data Privacy Counsel, Colgate-Palmolive | Past President, Association of Black Women Attorneys of NY
• Afigo I. Fadahunsi, Chief Litigation Counsel, Verisk
• Izu Emeagwali, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co. 

Prema L. Roddam

Senior Asscoiate

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

President,

South Asian Bar Association of NJ

Prema is a senior associate with the New Jersey office of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, a firm of 6000 professionals across 60 offices worldwide (https://www.fragomen.com/). She focuses her practice in the areas of global mobility, workforce management, corporate immigration, related corporate compliance and advisory services. Her experience spans across various industry verticals such as Telecom, IT, Healthcare, Pharma and Entertainment. Prema is an experienced and passionate advocate who understands the unique needs of companies that have a global workforce and footprint.

Prema is the President for the South-Asian Bar Association of New Jersey, an association of South-Asian attorneys dedicated to the needs, concerns and interests of the South Asian Legal Community (https://www.sabanj.org/).Prema is dedicated to advocating for women's rights and serves as the Vice-President, Board of Directors for Manavi Inc., whose mission is to end all forms of gender-based violence in the South Asian Community (https://www.manavi.org/). She is dedicated to advocating for women empowerment and works to enhance and uplift women professionals and entrepreneurs. She serves as the co-chair for the TiE-NJ Women with a vision to embrace, engage and empower women entrepreneurs across the globe (https://nj.tie.org/). She also serves on the Board of Akshaya Patra Foundation USA Tri-State Chapter (https://www.apusa.org/). As the world’s largest NGO, Akshaya Patra’s mid-day meal program serves wholesome school lunches to over 2 million children, in 22,000 schools, across 15 States and 2 Union Territories in India every day. 

Raising the Stakes

Making your Experience in Law Count in the Boardroom

Natalya G. Johnson

Sr. Director & Sr. Counsel, Johnson & Johnson

Joy Tolliver

Acting Asst. VP, Legal Affairs and Labor Relations, Borough of Manhattan Community College

Sheea Sybblis

VP, Human Pharma Business Law

Boehringer Ingelheim

Anna Maria Tejada

Partner,

Saul Ewing

Julia A. Lopez

Partner,

Reed Smith



Lissa Jean Ferrell

Chief Diversity Officer, Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn, Wikstrom & Sinins

Natalya Johnson, Sr. Director & Sr. Counsel, Johnson & Johnson, joins the Board of Trustees for Public Media NJ, Inc., operator of NJ PBS

Joy Tolliver, Acting Asst. VP, Legal Affairs and Labor Relations, Borough of Manhattan Community College to receive Higher Education Award from the Garden State Bar Association

Sheea Sybblis joins Boehringer Ingelheim as VP, Human Pharma Business Law

Anna Maria Tejada, Partner, Saul Ewing, served Plenary Chair for the Hispanic Nationa Bar Associaiton Conference

Julia Lopez, Partner, Reed Smith, selected to the Global Empower Executive Role Model list for the second consecutive year

Lissa Jean Ferrell, Chief Diversity Officer, Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn, Wikstrom & Sinins, honored at Alumni Awards Dinner for New York Law School

Kim Allman

Principal,

The Allman LLC

Cheyne Scott

Partner,

Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, P.C.

Hoda Rifai-Bashjawish

Counsel,

Daignault Iyer 

Maria Fernandez

Deputy Secretary of Education, Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

Justina K. Rivera

General Counsel & Deputy Comptroller,

NYC Office of the Comptroller

Rabiya Kader

Global Head of IP,

Sanofi

Kim Allman becomes Principal of The Allman Group, a social impact consultancy that works with organizations to develop strategy, build programs and conduct workshops, with a focus on building financial health and advancing racial justice

Cheyne Scott, Partner, Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, P.C., serves as featured speaker during 2nd Annual NJ Judiciary Wellness Conference

Hoda Rifai-Bashjawish joins Daignault Iyer as Counsel and the National Arab American Bar Association as Corresponding Secretary

Maria Fernandez, Deputy Secretary of Education, Office of Governor Kathy Hochul, recognized by El Dario, 2024 Mujeres Destacadas

Rabiya Kader, Global Head of IP, Sanofi, recognized at Rutgers Law School MAPS Groundbreakers Gala

Yaneris Rosa

VP, Legal and Business Affairs, WWE

Nicole Lester Arindell

Chief of Staff, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary,

Equitable

Izu Emeagwali

Managing Director & Associate General Counsel,

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 

Tsui Ng

Executive Agency Counsel, NYC Department of Education

Agnetha Jacob-Chen Columbia University as Associate General Counsel

Onome Adejemilua

Partner

McCarter & English LLP

Yaneris Rosa, VP, Legal and Business Affairs, WWE, joins the President's Council of Cornell Women

Nicole Lester Arindell, Chief of Staff, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary, Equitable, starts Presidency of Metropolitan Black Bar Association on July 1

Izu Emeagwali, promoted to Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co. 

Tsui Ng promoted to Executive Agency Counsel, NYC Department of Education

Agnetha Jacob-Chen joins Columbia University as Associate General Counsel



Onome Adejemilua, Partner, McCarter & English LLP, joins Executive Women of New Jersey as a Board Member

Mirlande Telfort

Partner

Blank Rome

Markeisha Miner

VP Community, Equity & Diversity, University of Rhode Island

Monica Ingram

Vice Provost of Academic Enrollment, Seattle University

Mirlande Telfort joins Blank Rome as Partner

Markeisha Miner, joins the University of Rhode Island, VP Community, Equity & Diversity

Monica Ingram joins Seattle University as Vice Provost of Academic Enrollment

Trina Glass

Special Counsel,

Duane Morris

Hon. Tiffany Williams Brewer

Asst. Professor of Law,

Howard University School of Law

Pooja Bhutani

Sr. Corp. Counsel, Employment,

J.Crew Group

Trina Glass, Special Counsel, Duane Morris, chairs Data Privacy Section of the NJ State Bar Association

Hon. Tiffany Williams Brewer, Asst. Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law, serves as Vice Chair of the ABA Litigation Section and publishes law review article with the Belmont Law Review

Lissa Jean Ferrell, Chief Diversity Officer, Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn, Wikstrom & Sinins, honored at Alumni Awards Dinner for New York Law School

Pooja Bhutani joins J.Crew Group as Sr. Corp. Counsel, Employment

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