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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:Karen Cochran, Shell USA, Inc.
Members
- Eric ArnellLeydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Michelle Bugbee
- Ying CaoEaton Corporation
- Michelle P. CiotolaCantor Colburn LLP
- Tina DorrBarnes & Thornburg LLP
- Jessica HannahDLA Piper LLP
- Richard KurzHaug Partners LLP
- Francesca I. LaMontagneTucker Ellis LLP
- Sarah L Le MesurierBoult Wade Tennant LLP
- Nick NobleKilburn & Strode LLP
- Camille SauerBanner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Maggie E. SimonsHoward & Howard Attorneys
- Michael TempletonDority & Manning, P.A.
- Non-Voting Member:Louis Diep, Nokia of Americas Corp
- Non-Voting Member:Toby Mak, Tee & Howe Intellectual Property Attorneys
- Non-Voting Member:Kaveh Rashidi-Yazd, Eaton Corporation