The Women's Networking Committee of the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association is hosting a networking program focused on the retention and advancement of talented women lawyers.Sponsored by STRIDES - Advancing Women in Business - a Lowenstein Sandler Initiative, the program will examine how business and the professions are losing intellectual capital as talented women leave and what we can do to stem the tide.
All in-house women lawyers are encouraged to join us for this informative and fun event on Wednesday, July 12, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park, NJ.
Speakers include Betsy Bernard, former President of AT&T, currently serving on the boards of BearingPoint, URS and Principal Financial Group; Marguerite Sheehan, Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Chase Home Finance; and H. Katherine White, Vice President and General Counsel of Sealed Air Corporation. Moderators are Mary Hildebrand and Christine Osvald-Mruz, Members of the Firm, Lowenstein Sandler PC.
The NJCCA Women's Networking Committee is partnering with the Community Food Bank of NJ, Kid's Division. Attendees are invited to support this cause by donating one or more of the following items: backpacks, pencils, filler and copy paper, glue and glue stocks, notebooks, rulers, markers, staples and staplers. Also, back-to-school clothing is always needed. There will be a donation box on-site on July 12.
Networking, cocktails, appetizers and dessert included in the $25 per person fee. For more information, contact Barbara Walder at [email protected]. Watch for future women's networking events for in-house counsel on NJCCA's web pages at www.acca.com.