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Leadership Development Committee
The Committee will seek to promote, foster, and engage the next generation of leaders in IP law and enhance the generational diversity of IPO’s membership. The Committee will develop programming and initiatives on topics relevant to these goals and will collaborate with other committees on items of interest to the membership. The Committee will engage and interface across the IP community, including those working in corporations, law firms, universities, and government, to achieve these goals.
Vice Chair:Rory Pheiffer, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Vice Chair:Susi J. Fish, Boult Wade Tennant LLP
Vice Chair:Meredith Struby, Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
Vice Chair:Sandra Wunderlich, Tucker Ellis LLP
Secretary:Jade Watt, Boult Wade Tennant LLP
Board Liaison:Kaveh Rashidi-Yazd, Eaton Corporation
Staff Liaison:Hannah Denny, Intellectual Property Owners Association
Members
- Eric ArnellLeydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Juliana ArroyaveOlarteMoure & Asociados
- Michelle P. CiotolaCantor Colburn LLP
- David CrostonWithers & Rogers LLP
- Mehak DhingraObhan & Associates
- Jacob GrahamDow Chemical Co.
- Heather A. HedeenMicrosoft Corporation
- Karen KellerShaw Keller LLP
- Richard KurzHaug Partners LLP
- Francesca I. LaMontagneTucker Ellis LLP
- Wan Chieh (Jenny) LeeHaug Partners LLP
- Jameson MaBookoff McAndrews PLLC
- Matthew MarroneDennemeyer & Associates S.A.
- Steph A. MelnychukSteph Melnychuk Coaching
- Mercedes K. MeyerBanner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Shantanu PathakPPG Industries, Inc.
- David PerryBlank Rome LLP
- Jessica Anne SchulzeHarrity & Harrity, LLP
- Scott SmithSolventum
- Sherry ZhangOcean Tomo, LLC
- Non-Voting Member:Richard Kurz, Haug Partners LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Toby Mak, Tee & Howe Intellectual Property Attorneys
