AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021

Registration opens

Welcome by the Co-chairs

General Counsel Roundtable

Moderator: Craig Martin, Firm Chair, Partner, Jenner & Block

Cindy Abbott, Vice President, General Counsel, Chicago Public Media

Anne M. Frye, Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary & Compliance Officer, Vertellus

Chad R. Hamilton, General Counsel, EVP Legal and Governmental Affairs, Sargento Foods Inc.

Jason Maxwell, Senior Vice President – Co-Head of Legal and General Counsel for Hines Global

Income Trust and Global REIT, Hines

Jeffrey Simmons, Chief Legal Officer, GlobalTranz

Lunch/Keynote
Julian Wheatland, former COO & CFO, Cambridge Analytica and SCL

Track 1: California Consumer Privacy Act Update
Maureen O’Neill, Senior Vice President, Strategic Engagement, Consilio

Track 2: Secrets to a Successful Contract Management Deployment

Chase D’Agostino, AVP of Corporate Solutions & Strategic Growth, QuisLex

Track 3: Unequal Pay in the GC Ranks

Theresa Amato, Counsel, Sherman & Sterling

Track 1: Experiences with Litigation Finance

Track 2: Hot Topics in Employment Law

Cheryl D. Orr, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Leslie E. Wallis, Shareholder, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Track 3: Women Negotiating for Career Success

Moderator: Carol Frohlinger, President, Negotiating Women, Inc.

Michele Stumpe, Partner, Taylor English Duma LLP

Networking Break

Track 1: Managing Internal & Government Investigations

Track 2: Legal Marijuana and Employment Law: What Businesses Need to Know

Track 3: News Since Last Year’s Summit Toward Advancing the Goal

Track 1: Update on the Illinois Biometric Act Cases

Debra R. Bernard, Partner, Perkins Coie

Track 2: What In-house Counsel Needs to Know About Pay Equity

Track 3: Action Items for Pay Parity

Tamara Bock, Member, Epstein Becker Green

CONFERENCE VENUE: GLEACHER CENTER

First Chair Awards Gala