Michelle Friends is the Executive Director at Denver-based law firm Fairfield and Woods, P.C. where she oversees all aspects of the firm’s administrative functions. She is also very active in the Legal Marketing Association and is currently the Treasurer Elect of the International Board. Learn more about her in this Women Who Wow profile.
I’ve had a few one and two-year stints at various jobs and have found myself explaining why when I applied for other roles in the past.
I’ve often felt like
If you look at this photo, you would think I was the picture of confidence and happiness.
But neither was true.
I was about to go on stage for one
These are my puppies and my nephew and niece.
Why am I posting photos of them here? (I also posted a version of this post on LinkedIn.)
Well because what
I am so excited to feature the next woman who wows – Purvi Sanghvi – because I have worked with her directly and know she is truly a trailblazer, an advocate for other women, a leader in her field and all-around awesome person.
Purvi is the Director of Strategic Pricing at global law firm Paul Hastings. She is responsible for creating the platform upon which pricing strategies are implemented across the firm globally. Her team oversees pricing management, develops and analyzes alternative fee arrangements, and creates budgets for complex client matters.
She is responsible for pricing strategies for the firm’s top clients, often interacting with them directly as another face of the relationship. In all of these responsibilities, she works closely with firm clients and partners to develop innovative, efficient and results-oriented solutions.
Purvi has been involved in the creation of law firm pricing strategies since 2007 and has been on the forefront of shaping how they service the legal industry.
She is a founder and board member of the Legal Value Network and a board member and fellow of the College of Law Practice Management.
Learn more about Purvi .
For a long time I tried to dim my light in hopes it would make another woman at work feel more comfortable. She always questioned me and marginalized me. One
As the Director of Marketing for the largest CPA firm in Albany, Teal, Becker and Chiaramonte CPAs, Ali Anechiarico oversees and implements all marketing initiatives designed to grow the TBC brand and expand the reach of the firm’s portfolio of accounting, tax and advisory services.
Prior to joining TBC, Ali oversaw all marketing initiatives for a leading intellectual property law firm in Albany. She has extensive experience with professional services marketing including event planning, email marketing, advertising, branding and business development.
Ali has volunteered for many organizations and is currently President-Elect for the American Marketing Association Capital Region and on the Advisory Committee for CPAmerica.
Ali and I met several years ago through the Legal Marketing Association. She was part of the Upstate NY chapter and let’s just say there weren’t many people in it so she was looking for more people to engage with and more people to bounce ideas off of especially since she was a solo marketer. We immediately hit it off, and I was so happy to be a mentor of sorts to her. We were able to finally meet in person at a local event in New York City and then spent more time together at an LMA National Conference. I’m so glad our paths crossed.
Karen Gamba is the Co-Founder and CMO of the ExV Agency, a minority woman and LGBTQIA+ owned digital production company that focuses on short-term marketing strategies, online fundraising and socially impactful visibility initiatives for non-profits, Fortune 500 companies and small businesses.
Karen is also the co-founder and executive director of Women Building Women, a nonprofit organization that supports transgender women of color, women of color who have been previously incarcerated (returning citizens) and women professionals who work with at-risk male youth through professional mentorship, entrepreneurial leadership and educational programs, that allow these individuals access to promising career and business opportunities with built in networks of senior women executives.
She was nominated to be a woman who wows by Nina McCann – learn more about her.
I may seem confident but it is hard for me to take a compliment – I only focus on the negative things about me. Or I wonder if the person
It’s so easy to put off business development and marketing – especially now when we are still social distancing. But it’s actually never been more important to invest in your