The Application for the Academy Class of 2022 is now closed.
Applications for the Class of 2023 will open in February 2022.
Here are the 33 Fellows in the Class of 2021, who started their Academy experience with an orientation and introductory Module last fall, and began the nine-month curriculum in January. They are:
Aisha Ahmad
Senior Corporate Counsel (IP)
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Stephanie Bagot
Assistant General Counsel, Equity
US International Development Finance Corporation
Suzanne Barr
Associate General Counsel
Fannie Mae
Cecilia Barry
Senior Corporate Counsel
Association of American Medical Colleges
Benjamin Beiter
Corporate Counsel
VMware, Inc.
Stephen Bellotti
Vice President and Associate General Counsel
Ullico Inc.
Clinton Cole
Senior Associate Corporate Counsel
VMware, Inc.
Filicia Davenport
Associate General Counsel
Freddie Mac
Robyn Gray Davis
Senior Legal Counsel
Tredegar Corporation
Will Dean
Associate General Counsel
Freddie Mac
Emily Glendinning
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
BAE Systems, Inc.
Randall Gregory
Deputy GC - Operations, Litigation and IP
BWX Technologies, Inc.
Wei (Samantha) Guo
Associate General Counsel
China Telecom Americas Corporation
Rea Holmes
Director, Associate General Counsel
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Herrin Hopper
Senior Director, Global Legal Affairs & Compliance
Clements Worldwide
Nia Jenkins
Senior Associate General Counsel
UnitedHealth Group (Optum)
Thomas Julian Jr.
Secretary, Risk Manager, and Corporate Counsel
Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc.
Joanne Kelly
VP & Chief Counsel
Verizon Media
Joelle Laszlo
Corporate Counsel
Accenture Federal Services LLC
Aida Lebbos
Associate Vice President, Institutional Compliance & Risk
University of Maryland Global Campus
Kimberly LeBlanc-Ross
Senior Counsel
American Red Cross
Benjamin Lindorf
General Counsel
Institute for Defense Analyses
Lorna Lunney DeRosa
Senior Counsel
MAG Aerospace
Ethan Marsh
Senior Counsel
BAE Systems
Sabrina Mays-Diagne
Senior Corporate Attorney
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Christopher Nowack
Senior Counsel
GEICO
Staci Patel
Assistant General Counsel
Leidos, Inc.
Kerry Pollak
Senior Counsel
Plex Systems, Inc.
Nathan Pollard
Officer, Legal Affairs and Associate General Counsel
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Michael Rafferty
Associate General Counsel
Fannie Mae
Michael Spector
Deputy General Counsel
America's Health Insurance Plans
Riana Studner
Assistant General Counsel
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Cristian Torres
Assistant General Counsel
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
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.
