Crowell & Moring's Diversity Council

The Diversity Council promotes and coordinates all programs relating to diversity in the firm. It is made up of a diverse group of lawyers from all U.S. offices , as well as other Crowell & Moring professionals. All of our members are active in various aspects of firm and community life. A number of our members are chairs or members of other firm committees, including the Lawyer Development, Recruiting, Summer Program, and Public Service Committees; others are practice group leaders or active participants in diversity affinity groups; and still others are active in various diversity-related community organizations. Our members include:

Leadership

• Jennifer Waters (Co-Chair), chair of the Recruiting Committee; member of the Finance Committee, Summer Program Committee, Lawyer Development Committee, Professional Development Committee, Visiting International Scholars Program Committee, and Women Attorneys' Network Steering Committee;
• M. Kay Martin (Co-Chair), serves on Crowell & Moring's Women Attorneys' Network Steering Committee and is a member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area and the University of San Francisco Women Lawyers Committee;
• Monica Parham, firm diversity counsel, member of the Women Attorneys' Network Steering Committee and the Summer Program Committee; member of the board of directors of the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia; co-chair of the Marketing and Networking Committee of the DuPont Minority Counsel Network; and member of the Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals.

Council Members

• Keith Harrison, partner, member of the Lawyer Development Committee and head of the firm's Trial Practice Team;
• Clifford B. Hendler, partner, former co-chair of the Diversity Committee and co-chair of the firm's Insurance and Reinsurance Group;
• Laurel Pyke Malson, partner, vice-chair of the Recruiting Committee (in charge of judicial clerk hiring), member of the Summer Program Committee, and chair of the Diversity Business Development Initiative;
• Kirsten L. Nathanson, partner, chair of the Women Attorneys' Network Steering Committee and member of the Recruiting Committee;
• Cliff Zatz, partner, member of the Public Service Committee and the Law Development Committee.
• Ann Mason Rigby, counsel, member of the Women Attorneys' Network Steering Committee, former elected associate member of the Lawyer Development Committee;
• Gloria Martinez Trattles, counsel, leader of the Hispanic attorneys affinity group;
• Van Dzung Vu Nguyen, counsel, elected counsel member of the Law Development Committee, participant in the Orange County Diversity Task Force, and member of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California;
• Theresa Lopez, counsel, member of the firm's Public Service Committee, and one of the firm's representatives on the Orange County Diversity Task Force;
• Lisa Savitt, counsel;
• Baiju Vasani, partner, member of the Visiting International Scholars Program Committee.
• Meriam Alrashid, associate; member of the Summer Program Committee;
• Lucy Noyola, associate;

Other Professional Members

• Doral Cooper, president, C&M International, Ltd.;
• José Cunningham, chief marketing & business development officer;
• Alyson Guthrie, chief human resources officer;
• Torey Phillips, assistant director attorney recruiting & development.