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** Below are the names of the Class of 2023 Fellows **
Shereefat Balogun
Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation (MD)
Cory Blumberg
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Henrique Canarim
Leidos
Neena Chaudhry
National Women's Law Center
Kate Connelly
The Boeing Company
Amanda Dupree
ePlus inc.
Ali Emadi,
VMware, Inc.
George Galt
Yahoo Inc.
Audrey Heilprin
Fortinet
Andria Hill
The Cordish Real Estate Companies
Kristen Hollar
National Education Association
Robert Jefferson
Fannie Mae
Elizabeth Jones
Cambridge International Systems, Inc.
David Kalinski
Fannie Mae
Suzanna Kang
Consumer Technology Association
Paul Kehoe
Leidos
David Kessler,
BAE Systems, Inc.
Paul D. Lall
U.S. International Trade Commission
Jack Lin
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Amir T. Masoud
WTW
Soha Mody
Freddie Mac
Rome Perlman
National Student Clearinghouse
William Reynolds,
Freddie Mac
Alyssa Scruggs
KBR, Inc.
Clinton Smith
Willco
Brittany SmithShimer
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Eryn Starun
The Barack Obama Foundation
Wilson Sweitzer
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA)
Jennifer Thomas
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Peter Trentman
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Daniel Weir
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
The Leadership Academy Class of 2020 is highly diverse in terms of industry type, non-profit and for profit representation, size of legal departments and Fellow experience level. Academy Fellows work in a broad array of industries, including: Consulting Firms; Financial Services/Mortgages Companies; Government Contractors; Healthcare/Pharma Companies; Hotel and Hospitality Companies; Investment (REIT, Private Equity) Companies; Charitable or Advocacy Organizations; Technology and Telecomm/Media Companies; Trade Associations; and Utilities.
Twenty-three percent of the Fellows work for non-profit organizations. Thirteen of the Fellows work in legal departments of 10 or fewer lawyers, six work in legal departments ranging from 11 to 50 in size, and 11 work in departments of 51-plus lawyers.
The class is also diverse in terms of experience levels: 12 Fellows have practiced in-house for no more than seven years, with 15 or fewer years total practice experience; another 12 have 8-15 years of in-house experience and up to 20 years of total practice experience; and five Fellows have more than 16 years of in-house experience and more than 21 years of total practice experience.
