Annual2020 Attorney Meeting MARCH 10-11, 2020 • SAN DIEGO HOTEL DEL CORONADO www.wwcda.org ALIXPARTNERS IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN’S WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE ASSOCIATION OUR TEAM Our Investigations, Disputes & Risk group Stephanie Anderson consists of forensic accountants, former Managing Director regulators, certified fraud examiners, [email protected] industry experts, and forensic technology specialists with substantive experience within the white collar legal landscape. Brooke Hopkins Managing Director [email protected] We bring transparency to the facts and manage risks in connection with investigations, regulatory and enforcement Regina Lee matters, litigation, and compliance. Managing Director [email protected] WHEN IT REALLY MATTERS. Susan Markel alixpartners.com Managing Director [email protected] Meaghan Schmidt Managing Director [email protected] ALIXPARTNERS IS PROUD TO A NOTE FROM THE GLOBAL CHAIR Our social media platforms – LinkedIn, Twitter, Welcome to the 2020 Facebook and YouTube – have had a huge impact SUPPORT THE Annual Attorney Meeting in promoting our members and the activities of the chapters and WWCDA. of the Women’s White WOMEN’S I want to thank all of the people who work hard to Collar Defense Association make these and other WWCDA activities a success. We have dozens of chapter members serving on the and our 21st Anniversary various WWCDA committees and in other roles that WHITE COLLAR lead these efforts. Their pictures, firms and chapters as an organization! are listed in this booklet so that you can know who they are and thank them too. DEFENSE ASSOCIATION We are pleased to provide you with this program booklet that also serves as the Annual WWCDA Reference I hope you will also join me in thanking our 2020 Manuel. As you will read, we are now 41 chapters with Sponsors. Without them, WWCDA could not more than 1700 members throughout North America, accomplish so much. You will find the list of our 2020 OUR TEAM Our Investigations, Disputes & Risk group Europe, Brazil and Asia Pacific. This tremendous growth Sponsors in this booklet and at wwcda.org. Thanks consists of forensic accountants, former is the result of our women and our mission. also to the many sponsors who provide administrative Stephanie Anderson assistance to WWCDA and our committees. Managing Director regulators, certified fraud examiners, WWCDA has many exciting and important initiatives [email protected] industry experts, and forensic technology – the Monitor/Receiver Initiative, Speakers Initiative, The 2020 Corporate Sponsor Directory will soon be Rankings Initiative, and Small Firm Initiative. We are sent to each WWCDA chapter member. We hope you specialists with substantive experience launching a new web site and new listserve in the will use the Directory throughout the year when your within the white collar legal landscape. coming weeks. All of you should have received a link to cases and other matters require assistance from the Brooke Hopkins set up your Profile that will interface publicly and with types of firms listed in the Directory. The Directory will Managing Director our members and give you access to the new listserve. identify the women that you can contact directly for [email protected] We bring transparency to the facts Send an email to [email protected] if you need help help or if you have another type of referral. setting up your Profile. and manage risks in connection with Finally, your engagement is critical in moving WWCDA investigations, regulatory and enforcement In 2019, we held a fantastic Inaugural Awards Dinner forward. If you want to become more involved by serving on a WWCDA committee or becoming a leader Regina Lee matters, litigation, and compliance. Gala. Plans are already under way for the December Managing Director 1, 2020 Awards Dinner Gala in Washington, D.C. Mark in your chapter, please contact me or one of the [email protected] your calendars and please send your nominations to leaders listed in this booklet. The pages that follow [email protected]. also contain descriptions and the organizational chart of the WWCDA committees that lead the various WHEN IT REALLY MATTERS. We are planning to hold a reception in London on activities outlined above. Susan Markel May 19 for members, guests and in-house counsel. alixpartners.com Many thanks and have a great 2020! Managing Director The following day (May 20) will be the GIR Women in Investigations conference that WWCDA helped to [email protected] launch three years ago. Hope to see you in London! Karen A. Popp Global Chair and Founder We are also partnering with the ABA and GIR on white WWCDA collar conferences scheduled for September in Japan Meaghan Schmidt and Lisbon, respectively. Details to follow. Managing Director [email protected] We hope you are enjoying the WWCDA quarterly newsletter, In Brief, launched in 2019. It is great to read the interesting chapter and member news and other features. WOMEN’S WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE ASSOCIATION 3 COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS Advisory Board Development Committee The Advisory Board of the WWCDA is made up of The Development Committee is responsible for the Chapter Leaders -- each chapter has a seat on expanding awareness of WWCDA, chapters and the Board. The Advisory Board has created an members by promoting who we are and what we Executive Committee and four global committees: do. The committee is comprised of women from Administrative, Development, Program and Young various chapters of the WWCDA. The committee Professionals. operates through seven subcommittees: Branding & Marketing, Chapters, Monitor/Receiver, Rankings, Social Media, Sponsors, and Thought Leadership. The Executive Committee Branding & Marketing and Chapter subcommittees The Executive Committee consists of the Global operate through teams. Chair, Global Vice Chairs, Global Secretary, the Vice Chair of the Executive Committee, and Regional Vice Branding & Marketing Subcommittee Chairs (East Coast, Midwest, West Coast, Europe The Branding & Marketing Subcommittee has & Latin America, and Asia Pacific). The Executive established the following teams to develop and Committee meets monthly by telephone to address implement steps to increase awareness of WWCDA, various issues about WWCDA and to enhance the its initiatives, chapters and members. communications amongst WWCDA, the chapters and members. The committee may function as the Branding at Events Team: This team looks for Advisory Board between meetings of the Advisory opportunities to promote WWCDA through Board and may otherwise inform and advise the sponsorships and hosted tables at events and Advisory Board. conferences organized by other groups (e.g., NADCL, ABA, GIR), and organizes our presence at such events, including by coordinating table staffing and making Administrative Committee available WWCDA marketing materials and branded The Administrative Committee addresses a wide- giveaways. range of issues for WWCDA in dealing with the day-to- day operations of the organization. The committee Marketing & Communications Strategy Team: This team is made up of teams of chapter members that deal creates and executes the strategy on marketing and with issues relating to membership, alumni, the communications about WWCDA’s initiatives/activities WWCDA website, WWCDA Connect, historian/archives, and to increase the profiles of WWCDA, the chapters compliance (Privacy and OFAC) and WWCDA financial and members. This team is also responsible for matters. AlixPartners, Alvarez & Marsal and KPMG creating, procuring and updating WWCDA marketing provide support for the activities related to financial materials, such as the brochure, other informational matters, historian/archives and OFAC compliance, materials and branded giveaways/swag. BDO, Deloitte respectively. and StoneTurn support the activities of this team. PR Team: This team works in coordination with an external PR consultant to collect and disseminate WWCDA news into main stream and social media, draft and issue press releases, and develop and execute on a PR strategy to bring more visibility to WWCDA, its initiatives, the chapters, and members. 4 ANNUAL ATTORNEY MEETING • MARCH 10-11, 2020 COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS Chapters Subcommittee receivers. WWCDA members are qualified for these The Chapters Subcommittee has established the roles and indeed many have previously served as following teams to help chapters and their activities, monitors or receivers, or have acted in supporting to launch chapters and to administer the WWCDA roles to monitors or receivers (such as counsel, newsletter, In Brief. investigators or accountants). The subcommittee helps identify and provide the names of WWCDA Chapter Activities Team: The objective of the Chapter members for monitor and receiver opportunities at Activities Team is to assist chapters to thrive with various government agencies. StoneTurn provides activities and other initiatives. The team helps in administrative support to this subcommittee. various ways, including gathering and disseminating chapter information amongst the chapters and Rankings Initiative Subcommittee the Association via the WWCDA website, WWCDA The goal of this subcommittee is to increase the Connect, newsletter, and social media platforms. number of and ranking levels for women in rankings The team promotes collaboration among the publications (e.g., Who’s Who, Chambers, etc.). chapters, encourages members to attend events With help from information received