Celebration 55 Audio and Video

Video

Thursday

• 9-18-08 Kick-Off
  
• 9-18-08 Open Mic: HLS Women on Law & Life
  Anne C. Weisberg '85, HLSA Alumnae Committee, Founder & Former Chair; Deloitte U.S. Firms, Director, Talent
• 9-18-08 Panel: Finding Our Voices
  Welcome: Amy Gutman '93, Celebration 55, Program Chair; Harvard Law School, Special Assistant to the Dean for Communications and Director of Alumni Communications and Special Projects
  Moderator: Theresa Park '92, The Park Literary Group, Owner
  Julie Buxbaum '02, The Opposite of Love (Dial 2007)
  Viola Canales '89, The Tequila Worm (Random/Wendy Lamb Books 2005)
  Nancy Geary '90, Being Mrs. Alcott (Warner Books 2005) and others
  Rebecca Haile '91, Held at a Distance: A Rediscovery of Ethiopia (Academy Chicago Publishers 2007)
  Tama J. Kieves '85, This Time I Dance: How One Harvard Lawyer Left It All to Have It All (Tarcher Penguin 2003) and owner of Awakening Artistry
  Helen Elaine Lee '85, Water Marked (Scribner 2001) and others; Associate Professor MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies
  Christina Meldrum '94, Madapple (Knopf 2008)
  Lauren Willig '06, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Dutton 2005) and others

Friday

• 9-19-08 Plenary: Defining Leadership
  Moderator: Kim Robinson '93, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, Coordinator of Organisational and Leadership Development
  Charlotte P. Armstrong '53, The Ross Companies, Senior Consultant; Harvard Law School Association, Former President (1994-96)
  Brenda Feigen '69, Kenoff & Machtinger, Of Counsel; Co-Founder of Ms. magazine and author of Not One of the Boys: Living Life as a Feminist (Knopf 2000)
  Erica Ariel Fox '95, Global Negotiation Insight Institute, Founder; Mobius Executive Leadership, Partner; Lecturer at Harvard Law School
  Juliette Kayyem '95, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Undersecretary of Homeland Security
  Zia Mody LL.M. '79, AZB & Partners, Senior Partner
• 9-19-08 Plenary: Faces of Female Leadership
  Moderator: Lena G. Goldberg '78, HBS, Senior Lecturer; previously Fidelity Investments, Executive Vice President - Strategic Corporate Initiatives
  Hon. Deborah A. Batts '72, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  Mona Harrington '60, MIT Workplace Center, Director; author of Women Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules (Plume/Penguin 1995)
  Susan C. Levy '82, Jenner & Block, Managing Partner
  Margaret E. Montoya '78, University of New Mexico School of Law, Professor of Law
  Jennifer J. Raab '85, Hunter College, President
  Kate Reilly '09, Harvard Law School, Student; Harvard Women's Law Association, President

Saturday

• 9-20-08 Panel: Leadership from the Bench, The Judicial Experience
  Moderator: Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong '82, U.S. Bankrupty Court, Eastern District of New York
  Hon. Judith A. Cowin '70, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Associate Justice
  Hon. Maria Cristina Mattioli LL.M. '94, Federal Labor Judge, Federal Labor Court of the 15th Circuit, Campinas, Brazil
  Hon. Marla Miller '80, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
  Hon. Sondra M. Miller '53, McCarthy Fingar, Chief Counsel; Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, Second Department, Judge (retired); previously served as New York State Supreme Court Judge in the Ninth Judicial District and Westchester County Family Court Judge
  Hon. Reena Raggi '76, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Brooklyn, NY
  Hon. Jane R. Roth '65, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Wilmington, DE
  Hon. Patti B. Saris '76, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston
  Hon. Wilhelmina M. Wright '89, Minnesota Court of Appeals
• 9-20-08 Conversation with Elena Kagan and Bader Ginsberg

Sunday

• 9-21-08 Town Meeting
  Where Do We Go from Here? (Our Vision(s) for the Future)
  Moderator: Sharon E. Jones '82, Harvard Law School Association, First Vice President; Chicago Urban League, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  Stefanie A. Balandis '93, Greater Boston Legal Services, Housing Unit, Senior Attorney
  Hon. Jane Lakes Harman '69, United States Congress, Representative (D-CA)
  Judith Richards Hope '64, Georgetown University Law Center, Distinguished Visitor from Practice; author of Pinstripes and Pearls: The Women of the Harvard Law School Class of '64 Who Forged an Old-Girl Network and Paved the Way for Future Generations (Scribner 2003)
  Ruth A. Marcus '84, Washington Post, editorial writer and columnist
  Ramona E. Romero '88, DuPont Legal, Corporate Counsel, Logistics and Energy; Hispanic National Bar Association; President
  Linda Chatman Thomsen '79, Securities and Exchange Commission, Director of the Division of Enforcement
  Sandra S. Yamate '84, American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, Director
  

Audio

Friday

• 9-19-08 Panel: Cross-Cultural Conversations
  Moderator: Ana Maria Salazar '89, TV show ("Seguridad Total") and radio host; author and journalist; Grupo Salazar, independent international consultant
  Peggy Kuo '88, New York Stock Exchange, Chief Hearing Officer; former prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
  Lenora M. Lapidus '90, American Civil Liberties Union, Women's Rights Project, Director
  Anne-Marijke Morgan de Rivery LL.M. '80, GE Capital Solutions, Legal Director
  Kim Robinson '93, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, Coordinator of Organisational and Leadership Development
• 9-19-08 Panel: Managing Your Career
  Moderator: Scott A. Westfahl '88, Goodwin Procter, Director of Professional Development
  Julie Anna Alvarez '88, Fordham University School of Law, Career Planning Center, Director
  Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., Lawyers Life Coach LLC
  Irene Reed '98, Northwestern University School of Law, Center for Career Strategy and Advancement, Associate Director
  Carolyn Stafford Stein '85, Harvard Law School, Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA), Attorney Advisor
• 9-19-08 Panel: Models of Motherhood
  Moderator: Jennifer S. Taub '93, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Isenberg School of Management, Lecturer & Coordinator of Business Law Program
  Katherine Ashton '85, Debevoise & Plimpton, Partner
  Elizabeth Bartholet '65, Harvard Law School, Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Child Advocacy Program
  Maia H. Harris '00, Nixon Peabody, Associate
  Elaine Johnson James '82, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Partner
  S. Elaine McChesney '78, Bingham McCutchen, Partner
  Lynn Savarese '81, aspiring writer and volunteer for educational and human rights organizations including the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
• 9-19-08 Panel: Running for Office
  Moderator: Lucia Fakonas Howard '75, Fakonas Howard Ltd., President; Arizona List, Board of Directors
  Elizabeth Holtzman '65, Herrick, Feinstein, Counsel; previously served as U.S. Congresswoman, District Attorney of Kings County (Brooklyn), Comptroller of New York City
  Rhonda Adams Medina '93, Nickelodeon/MTV Networks Kids & Family Group, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel; Democratic National Committee, member of the DNC's National Women's Finance Leadership Committee and of the DNC's Platform Committee
  Ellen L. Weintraub '84, Federal Election Commission, Vice Chair

Saturday

• 9-20-08 Panel: In a Different Voice
  Moderator: Sally Rosenberg '86, Oratorio, Presentation Skills and Leadership Coach
  Susan Cain '93, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Crown/Random House 2009); The Negotiation Company (consulting firm), Owner
  Hon. Lucy Koh '93, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
  Catherine O'Neil '90, King & Spalding, Partner
• 9-20-08 Panel: Leadership in Legal Education
  Moderator: Jeannie Suk '02, Harvard Law School, Assistant Professor of Law
  Anita L. Allen-Castellitto '84, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy
  Sarah M. Buel '87, University of Texas School of Law, Clinical Professor of Law
  Adam Neufeld '04, McKinsey & Co., Associate; lead author of "Study of Women's Experiences at Harvard Law School" (Working Group on Student Experiences, February 2004)
  Carol Steiker '86, Harvard Law School, Howard J. and Katherine W. Aibel Professor of Law; Special Advisor for Public Service
  Kathleen M. Sullivan '81, Stanford Law School, Stanley Morrison Professor of Law and Former Dean
• 9-20-08 Panel: Crossing Boundaries
  Moderator: Jennifer M. Daniels '88, Barnes & Noble, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  Judith F. Aidoo '87, Caswell Communications, Owner & Chief Executive Officer
  Karen E. Glover '75, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, Global Integreation Partner
  Eleanor Pelta '86, Morgan Lewis, Partner
  Sarah Eaton Stuart '91, Reebok, Senior Counsel
  Alice Young '74, Kaye Scholer, Partner and Chair of Asia Pacific Group
• 9-20-08 Panel: Leadership in Arts/Entertainment
  Moderator: Lesley Rosenthal '89, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
  Brenda Feigen '69, Kenoff & Machtinger, Of Counsel; previously film producer (Navy Seals, Orion 1990), agent and business affairs attorney with William Morris Agency
  Crystal Nix Hines '90, Television Writer and Producer, "The Practice," "Alias," "Commander-in- Chief" (invited)
  Lisa Jones Johnson '82, Media International, Partner; formerly CEO of Comedy Express Television
  Karen J. Levinson '82, John Silberman Associates, Of Counsel
  Debra Martin Chase '81, Martin Chase Productions, CEO and President ("The Princess Diaries," "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," and "The Cheetah Girls" movie franchises")
  Zola Mashariki '97, Senior Vice President of Production, Fox Searchlight Pictures
  Debra Osofsky '89, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), National Director, News and Broadcast
• 9-20-08 Panel: Leading as a Volunteer
  Moderator: Susan Lytle Lipton LL.M. '71, Harvard Law School Fund, Chair (2003-05)
  Jenny Brody '81, D.C. Volunteer Lawyers Project, Founder & Executive Director; solo practitioner
  Elena M. Paul '88, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Executive Director
  Maria A. Skirnick '69, Meredith Cohen Greenfogel & Skirnick, Partner; Sponsorship Chair for A Celebration of Public Interest at HLS
  Silda Wall Spitzer '84, Children for Children, Founding Chair; ServiceNation, Leadership Council
• 9-20-08 Panel: Feeding the Pipeline
  Moderator: Hon. Fernande R. V. Duffly '78, Massachusetts Appeals Court; National Association of Women Judges, President (2007-present)
  Lindsay Blohm '06 and Ashley R. Riveira '06, authors of Presumed Equal: What America's Top Women Lawyers Really Think about Their Firms (AuthorHouse 2006)
  Carolyn C. Clark '68, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Consulting Partner
  Claudia L. Hammerman '91, Paul Weiss, Partner
  Deborah K. Holmes '88, Ernst & Young, Americas Director, Corporate Responsibility
  Vernā Myers '85, Vernā Myers Consulting Group, Principal
  Jennifer H. Weddle '00, Holland & Hart, Associate
• 9-20-08 Panel: Alternative Visions of Leadership
  Moderator: Monica Parker '99, Leaving The Law.com, Founder & Owner
  Maryanne Hancock '01, McKinsey & Company, Principal
  Sheila Heen '93, Triad Consulting Group, Partner; Harvard Law School, Lecturer on Law; Co-author of Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (Penguin 2000)
  Katina Leodas '88, Leodas Search Group, Principal
  Rosemary Cox Masters '64, Psychotherapist
  Theresa Park '92, The Park Literary Group, Owner
  Stacy Stern '93, Justia, President; Co-Founder & Former President of Findlaw
• 9-20-08 Panel: The Entrepreneurial Leader
  Moderator: Sheela Murthy LL.M. '87, Murthy Law Firm, Founder, President & Managing Attorney
  Maria J. Krokidas '73, Krokidas & Bluestein, Co- Founder & Principal
  Sandra (Raye) Mitchell '94, The Mitchell Law Group, Founder & Principal
  Hillary Richard '88, Brune & Richard, Co-Founder & Principal
  Marcia S. Wagner '87, Wagner Law Group, Founder & Principal
• 9-20-08 Panel: Leadership in the Corporate World
  Moderator: Deirdre Stanley '89, Thomson Reuters, Executive Vice President & General Counsel
  Diana Daniels '74, Washington Post Co., Former Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel (1988-2007)
  Laura S. Franco '87, CBS Corporation, Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel
  Elaine Mandelbaum '83, Citigroup Markets & Banking, Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel
  Kim Rucker '93, Avon Products, Senior Vice President & General Counsel
  Nicole Seligman '83, Sony Corporation, Executive Vice President & General Counsel
• 9-20-08 Panel: The Large Law Firm
  Moderator: Brande Stellings '93, Catalyst, Senior Director, Advisory Services
  Rima J. Alaily '98, Heller Ehrman, Partner
  Preeta D. Bansal '89, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Partner
  Deborah L. Feinstein '87, Arnold & Porter, Partner
  Ann Bailen Fisher '76, Sullivan & Cromwell, Partner
  Elizabeth L. Grayer '89, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Partner
  Laura C. Hodges Taylor '82, Goodwin Procter, Partner
  Lori E. Lesser '93, Simpson Thacher, Partner
• 9-20-08 Panel: On Ramping
  Moderator: Kate Neville '92, Neville Career Consulting, Founder & Principal
  Shelley C. Chapman '81, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Partner
  Carol Fishman Cohen HBS '85, iRelaunch, Co-Founder; co-author of Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work (Warner Books 2007)
  Marguerite A. Fletcher '90, Solo Practitioner and Diversity Consultant
  Janine Hill '74, Council on Foreign Relations, Deputy Director of Studies Administration
  Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., Lawyers Life Coach LLC
  Alice Turinas '87, The Law Office of Robert M. Mark, Of Counsel; HLSA Alumnae Committee, Co-Chair
• 9-20-08 Panel: Making a Difference
  Moderator: Jodi Grant '93, Afterschool Alliance, Executive Director
  Denise J. Casper '94, Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Deputy District Attorney
  Piper Hoffman '99, Outten & Golden, Partner
  Wendy Jacobs '81, Harvard Law School, Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Director
  Jamienne S. Studley '75, Public Advocates, President
  Julie Su '94, Asian Pacific American Law Center, Litigation Director (invited)
• 9-20-08 Panel: Making Rain
  Moderator: Sara Holtz '75, ClientFocus, Founder
  Peggy Steif Abram '86, Faegre & Benson, Partner
  Dale Cendali '84, O'Melveny & Myers, Partner; Chair of the New York Intellectual Property and Technology Practice; firmwide Chair of the Copyright, Trademark, and Internet Subpractice.
  Cari K. Dawson '93, Alston & Bird, Partner and Chair of the Class Action Practice Team for the Litigation and Trial Practice Group
  Karen F. Green '81, WilmerHale, Partner; Chair, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Group; former Litigation Department Chair
• 9-20-08 Panel: Leadership Strategies
  Moderator: Gail Merel '77, Andrews Kurth, Partner
  Rhea Kemble Dignam '72, Ernst & Young, Principal
  Patricia A. King '69, Georgetown University Law Center, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics & Public Policy; Harvard Corporation, Fellow
  Ellen J. Odoner '77, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Partner
  Hillary Sale '93, F. Arnold Daum Chair in Corporate Finance and Law, University of Iowa College of Law
  Laura Stein '87, The Clorox Company, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
  Elisse B. Walter '74, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commissioner

Sunday

• 9-21-08 Panel: The New Girls Club
  Moderator: Marissa C. Wesely '79(80), Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Partner; Kate Stoneman Project (network of women partners at ten leading NYC law firms), Co-Founder
  Elizabeth A. Brown '96, Fish & Richardson, Principal; Past President of the Harvard Law School Association of Northern California, founder of the HLSA Northern California Women's Network, current member of HLS Massachusetts Alumnae Network Steering Committee
  Rebecca Eisenberg '93, AdBrite, Inc., Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary; Loco Parentis (network of working mother-attorneys), Founder & President
  Suzanne M. Nora Johnson '82, The Goldman Sachs Group, Former Vice Chairman, Senior Director; early member of 85 Broads (global professional women's network launched by Goldman women)
  Patricia López Aufranc LL.M. '85, Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal, Partner; FAME (Argentine Forum of Executive Women), Co-Founder
  Valerie A Yarashus '90, Yarashus, Wagner, Cook, Freiberger & Washienko, Founder & Principal; Massachusettts Bar Association, President-Elect
• 9-21-08 Developing Your Signature Strengths
  Facilitator: Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., Lawyers Life Coach LLC
• 9-21-08 Panel: Leading Change
  Moderator: Anne C. Weisberg '85, Deloitte U.S. Firms, Director, Talent; co- author of Mass Career Customization (HBS Press 2007)
  Shelley C. Chapman '81, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Partner
  Debora de Hoyos '78, Mayer Brown, Partner & former Managing Partner (1991-2007)
  Ashish Nanda Ph.D. (HBS), Harvard Law School, Professor of Practice; HLS Program on the Legal Profession, Research Director; Faculty Director of HLS Executive Education Programhis
  Andrea L. Zopp '81, Exelon Corporation, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer