At-Large Director, IWIL Board Los Angeles, CA James Keshavarz, M.S., M.B.A., is the Chief Wellness Officer for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and has over 20 years of experience working in the well-being industry. He is also an At-Large Board Member for the Institute for Well-being in Law, and an appointed American Bar Association Well-Being…
At-Large Director, IWIL Board State Initiatives Team Leader, LWBW Salt Lake City, UT Martha Knudson, J.D., MAPP, is a lawyer, speaker, and consultant pioneering the integration of well-being science in the legal field. She implements evidence-based strategies to enhance professional success and has collaborated with clients like the Utah State Bar and the Utah Board…
VP of Law Schools, IWIL Board IWIL Research and Scholarship Committee IWIL Law School Committee High Point, NC Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academics Affairs, High Point University School of Law J.D. Harvard University A.B. Duke University M.Div. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Publications Deconstructing Thinking Like a Lawyer: Analyzing the Cognitive Components of the…
At-Large Director, IWIL Board Boston, MA Fiona Trevelyan Hornblower is President and CEO of the NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization focused on research and education about the legal profession. Ms. Hornblower guides the NALP Foundation’s research initiatives, publications, programs, and fundraising, and represents the Foundation. Prior to joining…
At-Large Director, IWIL Board New York, NY Gina Passarella, ALM VP of Global Content, oversees the global newsroom for the Legal Division of ALM Global, responsible for the content strategy, audience engagement and market segment knowledge for our global brands, including Law.com, The American Lawyer, Law.com International, Law.com Pro, Corporate Counsel, Legaltech News, The National…
Immediate Past President, IWIL Board VP, IWIL Policy Wednesday Team Leader: Career/Intellectual Well-Being| Leadership, LWBW Boston, MA Heidi Alexander is Massachusetts’ first Director of the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being. Before assuming that role, Heidi served as the Deputy Director of Massachusetts Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers and led its Law Office Management Assistance Program,…
President, IWIL Board State Task Force Committee Topeka, KS Danielle Hall currently serves as the Chief of Professionalism and Outreach for the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration with the Kansas Judicial Branch. Much of her career has been dedicated to improving the practice of law and service to the public by tackling issues surrounding the…
Missoula, MT Chris L. Newbold is Executive Vice President of ALPS, the nation’s largest direct writer of lawyers’ professional liability insurance, where he oversees business development, sales strategy and is ALPS’ chief liaison into the bar association. Additionally, Chris is a recognized strategic planning facilitator in the bar association and bar foundation worlds, a leader…
Washington D.C. Tara Owens Antonipillai is the founder of Cultivate. She is a well-being consultant, speaker, teacher, and author. Tara combines her unique expertise as a practicing attorney and a positive psychology practitioner to help professionals, teams, and organizations thrive. Tara also helps law firms and other organizations develop and expand workplace well-being programs in…
President-Elect, IWIL Board Los Angeles, CA Raul Ayala is the former collaborative courts supervising attorney for the Federal Public Defender’s Office in the Central District of California. As such, he was assigned as the lead deputy federal public defender for each of the Conviction and Sentence Alternatives (CASA) Program courts—two in Los Angeles and one…
IWIL Planning Committee Fort Lauderdale, FL Carla Barrow practiced law for 25 years as an AV-rated commercial litigator, then received her M.A. in Integral Clinical Counseling in 2018. She now practices as a licensed marriage and family therapist in South Florida, specializing in relationships. She also presents workshops on topics of mental health, journaling, well-being,…
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IWIL Advisory Board Huntington Beach, CA Anne is a former equity partner at Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP and the founder of Aspire, an education and consulting firm for the legal profession. Anne is the past Chair of the ABA Law Practice Division’s Attorney Well-Being Committee and was the Editor-in-Chief and co-author of the 2017…
President, NFT Team Tuesday Team Leader: Spiritual WB | Balance, LWBW Austin, TX Bree Buchanan is a founding co-chair of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-being and is a co-author of its groundbreaking 2017 report, The Path to Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change. In December 2020, she was appointed Board President of the…
IWIL Advisory Board Butte, MT Bob Carlson, a shareholder with the Butte, Montana, law firm of Corette Black Carlson and Mickelson, P.C., was president of the ABA from August 2018 to August 2019. During his term as president, Bob focused on enhancing the benefits to members and broadly marketing the value of membership to potential…
IWIL Advisory Board Denver, CO Logan Cornett is the director of research at IAALS at the University of Denver. She has more than 15 years of experience as an empirical researcher, with the past 10 years of her career dedicated to the study of legal issues in topics such as legal education, minimum competence for…
VP of Communications, IWIL Board Atlanta, GA Marcie Dickson is a leading voice on diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging in alternative dispute resolution. She is the President of Tapestry ADR, a NAM division, and an executive leadership team member. At Tapestry ADR, Dickson focuses on developing and promoting a wide range of strategic initiatives,…
IWIL Advisory Board Milwaukee, WI Following his 2006 retirement as a Milwaukee County Circuit Court Commissioner, Lindsey D. Draper oversaw Wisconsin’s adherence to the mandates of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) as the state’s Disproportionate Minority Contact Coordinator and Compliance Monitor until his retirement in 2014. Draper previously served as Chair of…
IWIL Advisory Board St. Louis, MO Whittney A. Dunn, risk manager at The Bar Plan, is a national speaker who presents to hundreds of lawyers annually on ethics, malpractice avoidance, and lawyer well-being. When not presenting, she provides one-on-one ethics guidance and law practice management assistance to attorneys in the states where The Bar Plan…
Treasurer, IWIL Board St. Louis, MO As founder and CEO of Decipher, Michael helps his clients create safer, more productive, and more profitable workplaces by equipping them with investigative intelligence. He believes that empowering people inside firms to make informed hiring decisions, based on intelligence-driven transparency, is both the right thing to do and one…
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IWIL Executive Director Owner / Principal, RavenWork Consulting & Executive Coaching Portland, OR Denise Gaskin, Ph.D., PCC is a seasoned executive coach, culture and change management advisor who helps individuals and firms achieve specific, measurable goals. Denise’s world class solutions help organizations identify, measure, and connect culture and health to a stronger and healthier bottom…
VP of Law Schools, IWIL Board Boston, MA Professor Shailini George teaches legal writing, and her scholarship focuses in the areas of lawyer well-being, mindfulness, and the cognitive science of learning. She is the author of The Law Student’s Guide to Doing Well and Being Well (Carolina Academic Press), as well as the co-author of…
IWL Advisory Board Madison, WI Judith Gundersen is the president and CEO of the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), where she has overseen a number of major modernizations to the 90-year-old organization, including a three-year study of the bar exam resulting in recommendations that are guiding implementation for the next generation of the exam;…
IWIL Advisory Board Indianapolis, IN Terry Harrell completed her law degree at Maurer School of Law and her Master of Social Work Degree (MSW) at Indiana University. Terry is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor (LCAC) in Indiana and has a nationally recognized Master Addictions Counselor certification from NAADAC.…
IWIL Advisory Board Minneapolis, MN Kristin Haugen is vice president of legal at LifeWorks, a publicly traded company operating in over 160 countries and supporting over 26 million people, focused on improving the health and wellness of employees and their families. In addition to being president of Minnesota Women Lawyers, Kristin serves on the board…
IWIL Advisory Board New York, NY Noah Heller is Katten’s first chief executive officer. In that role, he steers the strategic and operational direction of the firm of more than 650 lawyers across 10 offices in the United States, London, and Shanghai. Noah takes a straightforward approach to management, providing clear direction for the firm…
VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, IWIL Board Atlanta, GA R. Javoyne Hicks is a passionate advocate for wellness within the legal profession. She chairs the State Bar of Georgia Attorney Wellness Committee and actively participates in the Lawyers Assistance Program and the Suicide Awareness and Prevention Committee. As the Secretary of the State Bar…
IWIL Planning Committee Kansas City, MO Emily Hirsekorn is a career confidence coach, helping lawyers with career navigation, leadership development, and work-life integration. Her signature group, The Career Confidence Club, helps women lawyers transition to practice. Emily is ICF credentialed, iPEC trained, and coaches with international group Coaching Advocates. Her background is in law school…
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IWIL Advisory Board Washington, D.C. David Jaffe is associate dean for student affairs at American University Washington College of Law. In his work on wellness issues among law students over the last two decades, he has served on the D.C. Bar Lawyer Assistance Program, including as its chair, and continues to serve on the ABA…
Secretary, IWIL Board New York, NY As an IP Partner at Wiggin and Dana, Michael focuses on all areas of intellectual property law, providing his clients with full- service IP expertise that ranges from patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation to IP-related transactions – including licensing and monetization – to helping companies to protect…
IWIL Advisory Board IWIL Planning Committee Chicago, IL Tracy L. Kepler is the Risk Control Consulting Director for CNA’s Global Lawyers Professional Liability Division. In this role, she creates the content of risk management initiatives and collaborates with the underwriting and claims teams to develop and execute strategies for the profitable growth of the program. …
IWIL Planning Committee Corona, CA Amy Leinen Guldner is a product liability litigation attorney. She has been practicing law for 25 years, both in Big Law and as a freelance attorney with Montage Legal Group. As the founder of Reframing Alcohol and a certified coach, she loves to help people change their relationship with alcohol.…
IWIL Advisory Board Boston, MA M. Dru Levasseur serves as deputy program officer for the National LGBT Bar, working to deepen the bar’s programmatic work around the country and increase outreach to and education for constituencies, including law schools and students, law firms, and corporations. Previously, Dru was senior attorney and transgender rights project director…
At-Large Director, IWIL Board New York, NY Natalie Loeb is the founder and Co-CEO of Loeb Leadership, a preeminent leadership coaching and development company based in the United States with over 100 consultants across the U.S. and Europe. Natalie is an entrepreneur and a female business leader who has built a family owned and operated…
IWIL Advisory Board Austin, TX Stephanie Louie is an estate planning and probate attorney in Austin, Texas. She was born and raised in Los Angeles and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to go to school at UC Berkeley and University of San Francisco School of Law. Stephanie practiced as a civil litigator for…
IWIL Advisory Board New York, NY S. Starling Marshall is a partner in the Tax and Litigation groups in the Crowell & Moring’s New York office. Starling represents clients in commercial and tax litigation in federal and administrative tribunals and complex IRS audits and administrative appeals, and she provides tax-related advice, conducts internal investigations, and…
VP Policy As the Wellness Coordinator in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Margaret Hannapel Ogden is dedicated to improving mental health and addressing substance abuse in the legal profession through education, policy, and outreach. A lawyer by training, Margaret began her career in the Roanoke City Commonwealth Attorney’s…
Member, IWIL Planning Committee Monday Team Leader: Physical Well-Being | Rewards & Recognition, LWBW Charlotte, NC In addition to his ongoing work with ReelTime CLE, Chris Osborn is the founding principal of Osborn Conflict Resolution, which provides Superior Court mediation, pre-litigation dispute resolution, and collaborative law services throughout North Carolina. Connect on LinkedIn
IWIL Planning Committee Charlotte, NC Roslyn (Roz) Pitts is the director of professional development and well-being at Katten. She started her professional career as an environmental lawyer. After seven years of practice, she discovered her passion for talent and built a career focusing on legal talent management strategies: attorney recruitment, training, development, engagement and retention,…
Co-Chair, IWIL Planning Committee Friday Team Leader: Emotional Well-Being | Culture of Trust, LWBW Philadelphia, PA Gretchen is a Human Resources Director for Cozen O’Connor, a law firm headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. She oversees Human Resource operations including talent management, benefits and well-being programs in the organization. A native Philadelphian, Gretchen has her undergraduate degree…
IWIL Advisory Board Washington, D.C. Danyale Phillips is a corporate health law attorney, and like that of her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, she was destined to have a career in health care. She believes health care is essential and transformative, and she utilizes her legal acumen to enable providers and caretakers to focus on…
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IWIL Advisory Board Montpelier, VT Justice Paul L. Reiber of Chittenden, Vermont, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 20, 1947. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia in 1970 and earned his J.D. from Suffolk Law School in Boston in 1974. Justice Reiber is married to the former Sandra Sherburne, and they have two…
IWIL Advisory Board Coral Gables, FL Jarrod Reich is a member of the faculty of the University of Miami School of Law, where he currently teaches first-year and upper-level writing courses as well as evidence, and where he is the faculty advisor to the Miami Law Mental Health Collective. Previously, he served on the faculties…
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IWIL Advisory Board Pittsburgh, PA Casey Ryan is the global head of legal personnel at Reed Smith LLP and a member of the firm’s senior management team. She plays a key role in the firm’s talent development efforts, including its Wellness Works program, which strives to promote the overall well-being of the attorneys and professional…
IWIL Advisory Board Chicago, IL Stephanie Scharf is founding partner of Scharf Banks Marmor, LLC, a prominent women-litigation and appeals firm. Stephanie and the firm have been profiled for the “unique quality of their work” and for “Work at a Very High Level.” A frequent author and CLE speaker, most recently Stephanie has been lead…
IWIL Advisory Board New York, NY Annette Sciallo, Latham & Watkins’ director of global benefits & well-being, was named to the New York Law Journal’s inaugural list of 2019 New York Trailblazers, which recognizes individuals who are considered innovators and agents of change. She was praised for being “at the forefront of a movement to…