In this installment of Women Who Wow, get to know Vivian Hood, the owner and CEO of Jaffe.
As one of the owners of Jaffe, Vivian balances her responsibilities between managing the agency’s relationships with clients and staff, and providing clients with high-level and strategic PR account leadership, directing teams that execute and implement successful media relations programs.
Frank Ramos, LinkedIn lawyer extraordinaire recently posted the below LinkedIn post that I thought was so insightful and wanted to share with my readers on how to develop good
For many of us, it is easier to notice things we screw up rather than acknowledging all the things we do right. And you know what? “Where attention goes, energy
Get to know Elena Cutri, the Director of Education Services at Lexis Nexis in this Women Who Wow profile.
Elena is a lifelong learner at heart and an educator by trade who partners with clients around the world to guide their software adoption strategy. She leads a team of professional trainers who create effective and engaging learning for today’s Modern Learner.
Elena is an adjunct professor at a Chicago college where she teaches public speaking and group communication skills. She volunteers as chair of a 3,000-parent network for a Special Education Resource Group in her community and leads a Girl Scout troop and teaches work-readiness classes for adults with special needs. She learns the most though from her husband and three children. Elena holds her MA in Corporate Communications from Northern Illinois University and a MBA in Marketing Management from Loyola University.
In this Women Who Wow profile, get to know Alexis Robertson, the Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Foley & Lardner LLP.
A former lawyer and legal recruiter, Alexis became a D&I professional after realizing that practicing law and serving as a legal recruiter wasn’t her true passion. She was able to take valuable skills from those positions and pivot to a diversity and inclusion career first at Baker & McKenzie and now at Foley & Lardner.
As Alexis noted in one of her terrific LinkedIn posts (you should follow her on LinkedIn!), if not for the pandemic, she would not have launched what she often refers to as her “pandemic podcast.” She says it was the need to introduce herself and check-in on attorneys that led to her personally calling 100 attorneys within her first few months at Foley.
She says that need created the space for the most amazing one-on-one conversations, which inspired a podcast unique to Big Law focused on showcasing human stories, highlighting the unique professional paths of Foley attorneys. The podcast is called The Path and the Practice and you should check it out.
Learn more about Alexis and her career path in this Women Who Wow profile.
Molly Pease is the Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer at Curiam Capital LLC where she leads the day-to-day operations of this private investment firm that provides financing for high-value commercial litigation.
Molly is responsible for sourcing, underwriting and monitoring the firm’s single-case and portfolio litigation funding investments and oversees Curiam’s compliance program.
Molly started her career as a litigator with a focus on large-scale reinsurance, insurance, antitrust and securities disputes on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. Molly later worked as Executive Director and General Counsel at two boutique litigation firms, where she developed and implemented long-term business strategies in all aspects of firm management, including financial analysis and reporting, business development and marketing, human resource recruitment and management, legal project management, information technology systems, and office operations.
Molly received her law degree from New York University School of Law and her undergraduate degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. She is a member of the faculty of the High Performance Counsel #thinktank sessions, is on Law360’s Legal Industry Editorial Advisory Board, and has been named one of Lawdragon’s Global Leaders in Legal Finance. Molly has also spoken and written extensively about legal finance.
Learn more about Molly in this Women Who Wow profile. (Note, I even used the Oxford comma for her!)
Learn more about Jennifer Schaller, the co-founder and managing director of the National Law Review in this Women Who Wow profile.
The next Women Who Wows is Eva Wisnik, the founder of Wisnik Career Enterprises. I’ve known Eva for nearly 20 years now – almost as long as I’ve been
The next woman who wows is Dallas-based Deborah McMurray, the founder and CEO of strategy, design, content and technology agency Content Pilot.
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Melanie Lippman is a New York-based image consultant and personal stylist. She works with attorneys to stop the stress and overwhelm of getting dressed that holds women back from achieving next-level visibility. She defines their personal brand style in a way that makes clients instantly recognizable, memorable and seen as a leader. Melanie feels that when you are confident about how you present yourself, you can show up and conquer anything the day brings.
I found Melanie on LinkedIn and thought her posts were terrific. I highly recommend that you connect with her there. Also check out her web site. Learn more about Melanie and her career path.