Inside 2Q2013
2....Local General Counsel Step Up for Diversity
3...2013 Schedule of Events
4....Round-Up on Anti-Bribery: 2013 to Date
5....ACC News
6....In-House Counsel Forum
7....Third Annual Best Corporate Counsel Luncheon
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President’s Message
Meg McClellan
The Full Life
As I write this column, it is “sprinter”
spring-winter, the third week of April, and
we still have several inches of snow outside,
after a record-setting couple of cold and
snowy weeks. But when you read this column, we should all be enjoying the glorious
Colorado summer. As I dream of summer
now I imagine some great hikes, bike rides
and trail runs. Whatever your summer
plans, it is definitely a time to pause, take
stock of what you have going on in your
life and decide how you want to shape it.
All too often we get wound up in work and
literally forget to stop and smell the flowers.
“When I was lying in the hospital recovering from cancer, I realized that all I had
done with my life was work. I wasn’t thankful for all those billable hours and the time
spent at work. Instead I longed for memories of travels and experiences. I vowed that
if I beat this cancer, I would change.”
And she did. She made a list of all the
places that she wanted to visit and proceeded to find the right combination of
work and leisure time for travel over for
the next twenty years. These words of
wisdom from a mid career associate (and
mentor) over 20 years ago, after she recovered from cancer, would set me on my
own path to live a life professionally and
personally that is full. I call it the Full Life.
While this may sound like
the corny title of a 1970’s
guide on finding personal
fulfillment, I can’t think a
better way to characterize
the aspiration to manage
the intersection of my personal and professional life.
While much is written
about “work-life balance,” burnout and
how to get the most out of your work and
personal life, this column is not inspired
by any notion that your life will always
be in balance. Quite the contrary: life is
hectic, full of twists and turns, deaths,
births, new jobs, lost jobs, new challenges
at work, family illness, and yes, your personal conquests. This column was inspired
by Mark Fogg’s column in the February
Colorado Lawyer, where he so eloquently
explained why he chooses both!1 Fogg,
the current Colorado Bar Association
President, admonishes us all to realize
that we do have choices in how we spend
our time. He counsels: “Finding a healthy
balance of work and life doesn’t always
happen overnight. It can mean a lifetime of
trial and error, learning from our mistakes,
and seeking counsel from people we trust.
It’s important to accept that professional
decisions made in our day-to-day practice
may have an impact on our personal lives
– and vice versa.”2
Consistent with Fogg’s
message, I suggest that
in order to live a full life,
you have to engage in two
incongruous activities.
First, you must plan, plan
and plan some more, both
your work and non-work
time. Second, you must
be flexible enough to drop
all plans, switch gears and go in a different
direction. Honing these two opposing
skill sets will serve you well in both your
professional and non-work endeavors. In
addition, they should help you address
the inevitable guilt and resentment you
feel when you are engaged in work, when
you would rather be elsewhere. As well,
frankly, when a day off ends up as a big
disappointment.
Although our worlds are not simple
checklists and schedules, I wholly embrace
the power of a good plan, and even more
so when it comes to your non-work,
leisure and family time. Time management expert, Laura Vanderkam, does an
excellent job of providing a “how to” in her
book: What Most Successful People Do on
the Weekend: A Short Guide to Making the
Most of Your Days Off.3 Vanderkam starts
appropriately, by discussing the paradox
of weekends. The fact is that we all long
for leisure time, and supposedly, time to
just do nothing. But then we often feel lost
Mark Fogg, “Work and Life – I Choose Both,” The Colorado Lawyer (Feb 2013) Vol.42, No.2 (Feb. 2013): 5.
Fogg at 7.
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and disappointed when the weekend nears
its end and we feel that we have wasted it.
Vanderkam’s mantra is to plan your days
off. Not down to the minute, but rather
where you focus on some distinct activities that she calls “anchor events,” that
you want or need to do. Based on several
studies, she asserts that the mere act of
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While you may picture lazy days as your
version of happiness, Vanderkam notes:
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packed with lots of other tips that I suspect
many of you already use.
The other skill that I recommend you need
to live a full life is the nimbleness to throw
all your plans out the window and be flex-
ible. Accept the unplanned family or work
crisis or enjoy a last minute bike ride, road
trip or microbrewery visit. I know this is
much harder than all you Type A, control
freak lawyers like to admit. You feel that
you have let yourself down when you don’t
do planned “Event A.” But skipping your
kid’s soccer game really won’t be missed
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coffee shop with friends. Even Vanderkam
exalts the notion of flexibility and the pleasure that it brings.
The notion that we can “do it all” or live a
balanced life is hardly attainable. Instead,
we can chose to have full personal and
professional lives. You need to remind
yourself of this every day. In the meantime,
go enjoy your Colorado summer and create some memories along the way.
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CENTER FOR LEGAL INCLUSIVENESS
Local General
Counsel
Step Up For Diversity
EIGHT Colorado law departments are
By Andrea
Juarez
CENTER FOR LEGAL INCLUSIVENESS
EIGHT Colorado law departments are
leading the Center for Legal Inclusiveness’
Next Generation Pilot of Step Up for
Diversity — a follow up initiative to last
year’s successful online campaign with
attorneys from across the country.
The pilot was launched last fall and
continues through April.
General counsel and their law
departments have been busy increasing
opportunities for diverse and female
attorneys in law firms and urging their
outside counsel to make inclusiveness a
priority.
Rhonda Parish, general counsel for
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, met
with Miko Brown, a Wheeler Trigg
O’Donnell female partner of color, to get
acquainted and discuss ways to create
more opportunities for diverse and female
attorneys. Parish was also a panelist at
the firm’s “Women in Leadership Lecture
Series” in March.
“Rhonda
gladly
accepted
my
invitation,” said Brown. “I’ve often heard
that women’s fear of rejection in asking for
meetings with people of Rhonda’s stature
interferes with their success. That is one
of the reasons it’s so important that when
we do go out on a limb, we’re met with
support and encouragement. Rhonda
gives women and diverse attorneys the
confidence to go outside their comfort
zone and think big.”
Parish is engaging in five action
items created by CLI to overcome the
hidden barriers national research shows
negatively impact diverse and female
4
5
women hold about 33 percent of legal
impactful asking corporate counsel to:
jobs, there
few female equity
partners, • Meet directly with female & diverse
leading the Center
forare Legal
Inclusiveness’
and they continue to experience a wage attorneys
gap throughout their careers.
• Provide meaningful work assignments
Next Generation
Pilot
of and
Step
forfor good work/new work
With
so few diverse
female Up
• Share praise
attorneys in the profession, there is with relationship partner
additional cause
concern because •to
Require
relationship partners to attend
Diversity — a follow
upfor initiative
last
national research studies conclude these diversity-related events
are routinely excluded from career- • Meet with outside counsel to discuss
year’s successfulgroups
online
campaign with
enhancing opportunities — contributing progress on diversity & inclusion
to higher attrition rates than their straight Through this initiative, corporate counsel
attorneys from across
the country. recognize they are uniquely situated to
white male counterparts.
In June 2011, CLI held a focus group be a catalyst for real change in the legal
with diverse
law firm partners,last
managingfall
profession.
The pilot was
launched
and
partners and corporate counsel. From the “General counsel understand the value of
diverse partners’ perspective, the ability diversity, as well as the power they have
continues through
April.
to develop
business and access to clients with outside counsel,” said Dennis Kaw,
were salient items detrimental to the general counsel of Appliance Factory
retention and advancement
and Outlet. “We
do have conversations about
General counsel
andof diversetheir
law
female attorneys.
having a diverse workforce, and we want
to support their efforts.”
departments have
been busy increasing
Increasing access &
attorneys — such as limited access to accountability
General Counsel Panel
opportunities
andCity Results
female
networking
opportunities with corporate for
from the pilot will be presented
Einstein diverse
Noah and the Denver
counsel.
Office, along with Appliance at CLI’s upcoming Legal Inclusiveness
Likewise,
Denver City Attorney
attorneys
in Doug
lawAttorney’s
firms
and urging
theirSummit on May 6 at the
Factory
Outlet, CenturyLink,
Molson & Diversity
Friednash and Scott Martinez, Denver Coors Brewing Co., Red Robin Gourmet Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. Parish
deputy city attorney, are letting their Burgers, United Launch Alliance, and will moderate a panel that will include
outside
counsel
toEnergy
make
inclusiveness a
outside
counsel know that
diversity and Xcel
are all engaging their Kevin MacCary, vice president and general
inclusiveness matters.
outside counsel in the Step Up pilot’s five counsel of United Launch Alliance; Scott
“We’re
also trying to create more action items that help increase access Martinez, Denver deputy city attorney;
priority.
opportunities for diverse attorneys to and accountability for diversity and and Lee Reichert, deputy general counsel
work on our matters,” Martinez said.
of Molsonfor
Coors Brewing Co. •
inclusiveness.
Rhonda Parish,
general counsel
Racial and ethnic minorities These Colorado corporate counsel are
comprise approximately 33 percent of helping diverse and female attorneys
Einstein
Noah
Restaurant
Group, met
the U.S.
population but only
11 to 12 build
relationships and are instituting
percent of all lawyers, according to the more measures to hold their outside
National
Bureau ofMiko
Labor Statistics.
with
Brown,
a Wheeler
Trigg
law firms accountable
on diversity and
The number of lesbian, gay, bisexual inclusiveness.
and transgender attorneys is also below The five action items are practical and
O’Donnell
female
partner of color, to get
general
population figures. And,
while
acquainted and discuss ways to create ANDREA JUAREZ
more opportunities for diverse and female
attorneys. Parish was also a panelist at attorneys — such as limited access to
the firm’s “Women in Leadership Lecture networking opportunities with corporate
counsel.
Series” in March.
Likewise, Denver City Attorney Doug
“Rhonda
gladly
accepted
my
invitation,” said Brown. “I’ve often heard Friednash and Scott Martinez, Denver
that women’s fear of rejection in asking for deputy city attorney, are letting their
meetings with people of Rhonda’s stature outside counsel know that diversity and
interferes with their success. That is one inclusiveness matters.
“We’re also trying to create more
of the reasons it’s so important that when
we do go out on a limb, we’re met with opportunities for diverse attorneys to
support and encouragement. Rhonda work on our matters,” Martinez said.
Racial and ethnic minorities
gives women and diverse attorneys the
confidence to go outside their comfort comprise approximately 33 percent of
the U.S. population but only 11 to 12
zone and think big.”
Parish is engaging in five action percent of all lawyers, according to the
items created by CLI to overcome the National Bureau of Labor Statistics.
hidden barriers national research shows The number of lesbian, gay, bisexual
negatively impact diverse and female and transgender attorneys is also below
general population figures. And, while
ANDREA JUAREZ
In order to recognize corporate counsel’s efforts,
CLI is collecting short statements from female/
diverse attorneys about what corporate counsel
did and how it helped them. Email statements
by April 15 to Andrea Juarez, interim executive
director for the Center for Legal Inclusiveness, at
[email protected].
women hold about 33 percent of legal
jobs, there are few female equity partners,
and they continue to experience a wage
gap throughout their careers.
With so few diverse and female
attorneys in the profession, there is
additional cause for concern because
national research studies conclude these
groups are routinely excluded from careerenhancing opportunities — contributing
to higher attrition rates than their straight
white male counterparts.
In June 2011, CLI held a focus group
with diverse law firm partners, managing
partners and corporate counsel. From the
diverse partners’ perspective, the ability
to develop business and access to clients
were salient items detrimental to the
retention and advancement of diverse and
female attorneys.
Increasing access &
accountability
Einstein Noah and the Denver City
Attorney’s Office, along with Appliance
Factory Outlet, CenturyLink, Molson
Coors Brewing Co., Red Robin Gourmet
Burgers, United Launch Alliance, and
Xcel Energy are all engaging their
outside counsel in the Step Up pilot’s five
action items that help increase access
and accountability for diversity and
inclusiveness.
These Colorado corporate counsel are
helping diverse and female attorneys
build relationships and are instituting
more measures to hold their outside
law firms accountable on diversity and
inclusiveness.
The five action items are practical and
Vanderkam, Chapter1, The Paradox of Weekends, “Embrace Anticipation.”
Vanderkam, Chapter 2, How to Plan a Weekend, “The Six Secrets of a Successful Weekend.”
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impactful asking corporate counsel to:
• Meet directly with female & diverse
attorneys
• Provide meaningful work assignments
• Share praise for good work/new work
with relationship partner
• Require relationship partners to attend
diversity-related events
• Meet with outside counsel to discuss
progress on diversity & inclusion
Through this initiative, corporate counsel
recognize they are uniquely situated to
be a catalyst for real change in the legal
profession.
“General counsel understand the value of
diversity, as well as the power they have
with outside counsel,” said Dennis Kaw,
general counsel of Appliance Factory
Outlet. “We do have conversations about
having a diverse workforce, and we want
to support their efforts.”
General Counsel Panel
Results from the pilot will be presented
at CLI’s upcoming Legal Inclusiveness
& Diversity Summit on May 6 at the
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. Parish
will moderate a panel that will include
Kevin MacCary, vice president and general
counsel of United Launch Alliance; Scott
Martinez, Denver deputy city attorney;
and Lee Reichert, deputy general counsel
of Molson Coors Brewing Co. •
In order to recognize corporate counsel’s efforts,
CLI is collecting short statements from female/
diverse attorneys about what corporate counsel
did and how it helped them. Email statements
by April 15 to Andrea Juarez, interim executive
director for the Center for Legal Inclusiveness, at
[email protected].
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Round-Up on Anti-Bribery: 2013 to Date
By China Terrell, Senior Counsel and Director of Advocacy, ACC
Bribes, baksheesh, “tea money”—whatever
the local name, the demand for kickbacks
is one of the perils of doing business
abroad.
In recent months, several countries have
toughened, or appear on the fast track
to toughen, their anti-bribery laws. This
means that it may be time to take a fresh
look at your company’s compliance
program to ensure that it is keeping pace
with the evolution of anti-bribery law in
the countries where your company does
business.
And it is worth noting that for companies doing business in the United States,
recent guidance on the United States
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (US FCPA)
recommends that “given the existence of
anti-corruption laws in many other countries, businesses should consider designing
programs focused on anti-corruption
compliance more broadly.”6
As of January 1, 2013, two of the BRICS
countries7 — the People’s Republic of
China (China) and the Russia Federation
(Russia) — have made effective new
anti-bribery measures that toughen the
countries’ stances against corruption. As
companies globally consider China and
Russia for foreign direct investment, these
new measures may have important implications for in-house counsel managing
corporate compliance programs.8
Additionally, Canada is expected to amend
its Corruption of Foreign Public Officials
Act, a development popularly described
as the most significant since Canada’s
anti-corruption law was passed in 1998.
Taking a closer look at the ever-growing
thicket of anti-bribery regulation, there is
an obvious trend worth noting for the busy
practitioner: Countries are not afraid to
up the ante in terms of their government’s
reach and what companies must do to
comply.
In China, new guidance having the force
of law codified leniency for companies that
confess violations.9 Yet, the guidance also
broadened the scope of illegal activity and
clarified penalties, signaling that offering
bribes is just as unlawful as receiving them.
Key points on China’s new guidance include:
• Mitigation for voluntary confessions:
Voluntary confession before prosecution may lead to mitigated punishment
or possibly a waiver of punishment,
while voluntary confession after
prosecution may lead to leniency in
sentencing.
• Expanded scope of illegal activity:
The guidance expands the scope of
“improper benefits” to include “seeking
competitive advantage in economic,
organizational, human resource, administrative and other activities in violation
of the principles of justice
and fairness.”
• Clarified penalties: The guidance
clarifies the penalties associated with
different levels of offering bribes.
In Russia, Article 13.3 of the Law on
Corruption Counteraction is the first
anti-bribery law to mandate compliance
programs, regardless of actual compliance
risk.10 The article affects all companies with
operations in Russia, whether domestic or
foreign. Specifically, the law states “organizations are required to develop and implement measures to prevent corruption.” The
measures may include:
1. Designating departments and officers
responsible for preventing bribery and
related offenses;
2. Developing mechanisms for cooperation with law enforcement authorities;
3. Developing and implementing standards and procedures designed to
ensure ethical business conduct;
4. Adopting a code of ethics and professional conduct for all employees;
5. Establishing means for identifying,
preventing and resolving conflicts of
interest; and
6. Preventing the creation and use of false
and altered documents.
For most companies, these measures will
not require an upgrade to their compliance
programs. Worth noting, however, is the
specific focus on mechanisms for cooperation with law enforcement, as opposed
to just internal reporting structures and
communications with third parties that
the company engages. Also noteworthy,
the specific focus on managing conflicts
of interest, not just the unlawful conduct
itself.
CRIMINAL DIV. OF THE U.S. DEP’T OF JUSTICE & ENFORCEMENT DIV. OF THE U.S. SEC. & EXCH. COMM’N, A RESOURCE GUIDE TO THE U.S. FOREIGN
CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT 56 (2012).
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The term BRICS refers to Brazil, Russia, China, India, and South Africa. Although South Africa is now often considered included, the original term, BRIC, referred to
the four national economies that, in 2001, global economics expert Jim O’Neil posited would grow to the point of justifying their inclusion in the G7, the key body of
global economic policy co-ordination. See Jim O’Neil, Building Better Global Economic BRICs, GLOBAL ECON. PAPER NO. 66 (Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, N.Y.),
Nov. 30, 2001, at 3.
8
Over the past decade, inflows of foreign direct investment to BRICS more than tripled to an estimated US$263 billion in 2012, with China and Russia “accounting for
the lion’s share of growth.” U.N. Conference on Trade and Dev., The Rise of BRICS FDI and Africa, Global Inv. Trends Monitor 1 (Mar. 25. 2013), http://unctad.org/en/
PublicationsLibrary/webdiaeia2013d6_en.pdf.
9
The Global Compliance & Disputes Practice Grp., 2013 Guidance on PRC Anti-Bribery Law Focuses on Bribe Givers, STAY CURRENT, (Paul Hastings, Los Angeles)
January 2013, at 1.
10
Jaclyn Jaeger, Russia Anti-Bribery Law Sets New Compliance Standards, COMPLIANCE WEEK (Mar. 26, 2013), http://www.complianceweek.com/russia-anti-briberylaw-sets-new-compliance-standards/article/285702/.
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Finally, Canada.11 Currently any company
with a “real and substantial connection” to
Canada can face prosecution for CFPOA
violations. The proposed amendments
would change that to nationality-based
jurisdiction so that Canadian citizens,
permanent residents, and entities organized
under the laws of Canada would necessarily
be subject to the CFPOA’s scope, regardless
of where alleged bribery takes place. The
proposed amendments would also extend
application of the CFPOA to non-profit
companies and more than double the maximum penalties for breaking the law, now
up to 14 years imprisonment, instead of the
earlier maximum of five years.
The proposed amendments would eliminate the exception for facilitation payments, bringing the Corruption of
Foreign Public Officials Act into line
with the UK Bribery Act and the laws of
most other OECD Convention member
states. Last, the proposed amendments
would create a books and record offense
and grant exclusive authority to the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police to bring corruption charges.
So, the trend globally includes criminalizing facilitation payments, commercial
bribery, and both the offering and receipt
of bribes. And there may be a new trend to
fashion legal disincentives for companies
that do not have compliance programs.12
On enforcement, according to
Transparency International, Canada is
ranked as a moderate enforcer with three
cases and 34 investigations pending in
2012.13 For China and Russia, the data
is less clear and in some cases conflicting. What remains to be seen is whether
passing the new measures was a first step
for the two BRICS, soon to be followed
by resources and coordination for bolder
enforcement.
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Justin Connor & Lucinda Low, Significant Amendments Proposed to Canadian Foreign Anti-Corruption Law, IN-HOUSE ACCESS (Feb. 19, 2013), http://www.inhouseaccess.com/2013/02/19/significant-amendments-proposed-to-canadian-foreign-anti-corruption-law/.
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Although not proactively requiring a compliance program, the UK Bribery Act of 2010, does allow companies without a compliance program to be charged
with the corporate offense of failing to prevent bribery. U.K. MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, BRIBERY ACT 2010: GUIDANCE ABOUT COMMERCIAL ORGS.
PREVENTING BRIBERY 15 (2010).
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Fritz Heimann & Gillian Dell, EXPORTING CORRUPTION? COUNTRY ENFORCEMENT OF THE OECD ANTI-BRIBERY CONVENTION PROGRESS
REPORT 2012 16 (2012).
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Third Annual Best Corporate Counsel Luncheon
The Denver Business Journal announced
the Best Corporate Counsel winners at the
luncheon on April 18th at the Grand Hyatt
hotel. The awards recognize the dedicated
lawyers who keep the business world running but who rarely receive public recognition – corporate counsel.
Meg McClellan
presenting life
time achievement
award to Nicholas
G. Muller
Winners
...
Nicholas G. Muller received
the lifetime achievement award
Katrina Hamrick, general
counsel for Audubon Engineering,
received the Rising Star award.
Top 5
Corporate Counsel
...
L. Shawn Cheadle, general
counsel for Lockheed Martin
Space Systems Co.’s military space
division;
Nicholas Muller
Mark Fogg, general counsel,
COPIC;
Edward Nekritz, chief legal
officer and general counsel,
Prologis, Inc.,;
Lee Reichert, deputy general
counsel and chief legal officer,
Molson Coors Brewing Co.;
Presentation
of award to L.
Shawn Cheadle
Jason Wiener, co-owner and
general counsel, Namaste Solar.
Winners were selected for their
community involvement, leadership
in business, company accomplishments, important legal matters
handled and other general information about their position as in-house
counsel.
Some
of the
winners
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Welcome New Members!
James Ballard, Critical Nurse Staffing, Inc.
Jessica Morgan, Boulder Brands, Inc.
Wayne Chancellor, AngloGold Ashanti North America Inc.
Patrick Mulroney, Silverpop Systems Inc.
Cameron Chandler, TIC - The Industrial Company
Kevin Opp, Black Hills Corporation
Raymond Cho, Shareholder Representative Services LLC
Peter Scott, LSI Corporation
Tiffany Ecker, IMM
Vladimir Shifrin, CH2M HILL
Adam Feldman, Physicians’ Capital Investments, LLC
Robert Simmons, Molson Coors Brewing Company
David Frosh, Computer Sciences Corporation
Jay Sonnenberg, Juwi Solar Inc.
Leslie Greer, Financial Preservation Network
Jason Sophinos, ViaSat Comms.
Andrew Holleman, CenturyLink
Katarina Stahl, XtremeGeo LLC
Jody Kepler, Coram LLC
Stefan Stein, ViaSat Comms.
Jason Langley, ClearChoice Management Services, LLC
Sarah Stoneking, Juwi Solar Inc.
Katie Lester, SuccessFactors, Inc.
Pamela Strauss, ViaSat Comms.
Jyll Lottner, Vail Resorts Management Company
Chris Wagner, Air Methods Corporation
Timothy Mattimore, Vaisala Inc.
Stephen Wichern, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc.
Linda McConnon, GoGo, LLC
James Wilbourn, Midway Gold Corporation
Board Members and Contacts
President
Meg McClellan
UCAR
General Counsel
Directors
Carmel Gill
Level 3 Communications, LLC
Corporate Counsel
President Elect
Martha Cardi
Reed Group, Ltd.
Chief Compliance Officer
Elliot Miller
Wowza Media Systems, LLC
Corporate Counsel and Business
Development
Vice President
Sean Radcliffe
Ciber, Inc.
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Scott Porter
Level 3 Communications, LLC
Corporate Counsel
Secretary & Advocacy Chair
Sean Radcliffe
Ciber, Inc.
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Treasurer
Aaron Brodsky
Trimble Navigation Limited
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
Immediate Past President
Eric Hilty
National MS Society
Chief Legal Officer
8 Colorado Chapter FOCUS 2Q13
Chris Allyn
Digital Globe, Inc.
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Fiona Arnold
Vail Resorts, Inc.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Gina Casias
Century Link
Senior Corporate Counsel
Linda Ramirez-Eaves
Covidien
Corporate Counsel
Mark Donald
Quad/Graphics
Senior Counsel
Molly Beth Kocialski
Oracle America, Inc.
Patent Counsel
Carolyn Powell
MVG Development
Vice President, General Counsel
Chapter Administrator
Josie Griffith Hall
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