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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.
Chair:Sarah Hooson, Merck & Co Inc.
Chair:Janet Diane Hood, Siemens Energy, Inc.
Vice Chair:Rory Pheiffer, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Vice Chair:Susi J. Fish, Boult Wade Tennant LLP
Vice Chair:Sandra Wunderlich, Tucker Ellis LLP
Secretary:Meredith Struby, Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
Board Liaison:Ceyda Maisami, HP Inc.
Staff Liaison:Hannah Denny, Intellectual Property Owners Association
Members
- Eric ArnellLeydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Juliana ArroyaveOlarteMoure & Asociados
- Michelle Bugbee
- Ying CaoEaton Corporation
- Michelle P. CiotolaCantor Colburn LLP
- Michael ColbyNorthwest EcoSolutions
- David CrostonWithers & Rogers LLP
- Tina DorrBarnes & Thornburg LLP
- Jessica HannahDLA Piper LLP
- Heather A. HedeenMicrosoft Corporation
- Richard KurzHaug Partners LLP
- Francesca I. LaMontagneTucker Ellis LLP
- Sarah L Le MesurierBoult Wade Tennant LLP
- Wan Chieh (Jenny) LeeHaug Partners LLP
- Jameson MaBookoff McAndrews PLLC
- Chris T. MetaPPG Industries, Inc.
- Eric D. MisfeldtCaterpillar Inc.
- Kamaram MuniraBanner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Nick NobleKilburn & Strode LLP
- Maria Alejandra PavaOlarteMoure & Asociados
- Camille SauerBanner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Maggie E. SimonsHoward & Howard Attorneys
- Scott SmithSolventum
- Stephany SotoMertz Peru
- Michael TempletonDority & Manning, P.A.
- Amrish TiwariK & S Partners
- Paula TostadoAdeia
- Sherry ZhangOcean Tomo, LLC
- Non-Voting Member:Phil Harris, Holland & Hart LLP
- Non-Voting Member:John Louis Lyon, Thomas|Horstemeyer, LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Toby Mak, Tee & Howe Intellectual Property Attorneys
- Non-Voting Member:Kaveh Rashidi-Yazd, Eaton Corporation
- Non-Voting Member:Brenno Sarmet De Mattos De Goes Telles, RNA Law