Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Announces 2015 Fellows
March 05 2015 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) announced this
week that 202 attorneys have been selected as 2015 Fellows. This is
the largest class of Fellows in the program’s five-year
history.
LCLD is a national organization made up of the general counsel
of Fortune 500 corporations and the managing partners of the
nation’s leading law firms. Its Fellows program is a unique
initiative created to increase diversity at the highest levels of
leadership in the legal profession.
“The LCLD Fellows program is becoming recognized across the
country as an extraordinarily effective way to develop talent,”
said Brad Smith, LCLD Chair and Executive Vice President and
General Counsel at Microsoft Corporation. “Along the way, the
Fellows themselves are building a powerful, connected community of
rising leaders in the legal profession.”
The Fellows program is directed by LCLD Talent Development
Committee Chair Deborah Majoras, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary,
Procter & Gamble; and by Committee Vice Chair Gary Sasso,
President and CEO, Carlton Fields Jorden Burt.
Participants in the Fellows program experience an ambitious year
of professional development, building relationships, sharpening
leadership skills, and burnishing their “personal brands.”
“The Fellows are high achievers,” said Robert J. Grey, Jr., LCLD
President. “They are handpicked for this program by the
organizations that know them best. It is a great honor.”
For more information on LCLD, contact Don Belt at
dbelt@lcldnet.com or visit www.lcldnet.org.
For LCLDSlay CommunicationsJoe Slay, 804-350-7089