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Fortune 500 Women General Counsel prominently. Rather, the list reflects a range of busi- continued from page 30 nesses spanning health care, computers, chemicals, insurance, building materials, securities and more. No specific industries dominated this year’s list, Of the four publishers who appeared on the 2007 although gas and electric utility companies, food and list, one—R.R. Donnelly & Sons—broke through to food services companies, and specialty retailers figure the Fortune 500 in 2008, while three remain in the MCCA® List of WomeN GENeraL COUNSEL at FortUNE 500 CompaNies Grouped 2008 2007 by Company General Counsel Rank Rank Industry Industry Abbott Laboratories Laura J Schumacher 96 102 Pharmaceuticals I AGCO Debra E Kuper 1 359 421 Industrial and Farm Equipment L Allstate Michele Coleman Mayes 64 61 Insurance: Property and Casualty (stock) B Altria Group Denise F Keane 61 23 Tobacco Z Amazon.Com Michelle Wilson 171 237 Internet Services and Retailing E American Express Louise Parent 75 79 Diversified Financials F American International Group Anastasia D Kelly 13 10 Insurance: Property and Casualty (stock) B Asbury Automotive Group Lynne A Burgess 421 391 Automotive Retailing, Services K Avery Dennison Susan Miller 1 382 412 Chemicals O Avis Budget Group Karen Sclafani 411 405 Automotive Retailing, Services K Avon Products Kim Rucker 265 283 Household and Personal Products E Barnes & Noble Jennifer M Daniels 1 446 430 Specialty Retailers E Baxter International Susan R Lichtenstein 236 245 Medical Products and Equipment I BB&T Corp. Frances Jones 1, 2 250 265 Commercial Banks F BJ Services Margaret B Shannon 482 495 Oil and Gas Equipment, Services C Bristol-Myers Squibb Sandra Leung 125 129 Pharmaceuticals I C.H. Robinson Worldwide Linda U Feuss 341 349 Transportation and Logistics G Campbell Soup Ellen Oran Kaden 320 311 Food Consumer Products J Charles Schwab Carrie E Dwyer 402 389 Securities F Chubb Maureen Brundage 180 176 Insurance: Property and Casualty (stock) B Cigna Carol Ann Petren 141 139 Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care I Clorox Laura Stein 474 475 Household and Personal Products E Community Health Systems Rachel A Seifert 330 494 Health Care: Medical Facilities I ConAgra Foods Colleen Batcheler 1 210 173 Food Consumer Products J ConocoPhillips Janet Langford Kelly 1 5 5 Petroleum Refining C Continental Airlines Jennifer Vogel 178 186 Airlines M Countrywide Financial Susan E Bow 104 91 Diversified Financials F CSX Ellen M Fitzsimmons 261 261 Railroads S Cummins Marya M Rose 206 221 Industrial and Farm Equipment L Darden Restaurants Paula J Shives 415 404 Food Services J Dollar General Susan Lanigan 274 273 General Merchandisers E Eastman Chemical Theresa Lee 337 321 Chemicals O Eastman Kodak Joyce P Haag 238 182 Scientific, Photographic and Control Equipment R Electronic Data Systems Storrow M Gordon 115 111 Information Technology Services A Embarq Claudia S Toussaint 1 381 Telecommunications H Notes 1. New to List 2. Replaced woman on last year’s list 32 DIVERSITY & tHE BAR® JULY • AUgUst 2008 Fortune 500 Women General Counsel Fortune lists five additional companies led by continued from page 33 women general counsel on its “Top Companies: Most Profitable” list: ConocoPhillips, Goldman Sachs Group, Jorgenson rose with Hexion Specialty Chemicals from Altria Group, American Insurance Group, and Valero 433 to 422, and Denise McWatters saw Holly go from Energy.6 As the role of the corporate general counsel 518 to 484. is multifaceted and includes work as the company’s continued on page 36 MCCA® List of WomeN GENeraL COUNSEL at FortUNE 500 CompaNies Grouped 2008 2007 by Company General Counsel Rank Rank Industry Industry Estee Lauder Sara Moss 349 352 Household and Personal Products E Expeditors International of Amy Jo Tangeman 458 477 Transportation and Logistics G Washington Family Dollar Stores Janet G Kelley 358 359 General Merchandisers E Fannie Mae Beth A Wilkinson 1 53 Diversified Financials E FedEx Christine P Richards 68 68 Mail, Package and Freight Delivery T FirstEnergy Leila L Vespoli 209 212 Utilities: Gas and Electric C Gap Michelle Banks 162 144 Specialty Retailers E Goldman Sachs Group Esta E Stecher 3 20 24 Securities F Harley-Davidson Gail A Lione 397 369 Motor Vehicles K Health Net Linda V Tiano 179 189 Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care I Hexion Specialty Chemicals Mary Ann Jorgenson 1 420 433 Chemicals O Holly Denise McWatters 1 484 518 Petroleum Refining C Host Hotels & Resorts Elizabeth Abdoo 440 452 Real Estate N Humana Kathleen Pellegrino 1 98 110 Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care I International Paper Maura Abeln Smith 114 93 Forest and Paper Products P J.C. Penney Mary Tacher 2 126 116 General Merchandisers E KB Home Wendy Shiba, J.D. 340 228 Real Estate, Hotels, & Casinos/Homebuilders N L-3 Communications Kathleen E Karelis 182 197 Aerospace and Defense Z Liberty Global Elizabeth M Markowski 292 340 Telecommunications H Liz Claiborne Roberta Schuhalter Karp 479 451 Apparel E McDonald’s Gloria Santona 106 108 Food Services J McKesson Laureen E Seeger 18 18 Wholesalers: Health Care I Merrill Lynch Rosemary Berkery 30 22 Securities F Nationwide Patricia Hatler 108 104 Insurance: Property and Casualty (stock) B New York Life Insurance Sheila K Davidson 82 78 Insurance: Life, Health (mutual) B NiSource Carrie J Hightman 1 319 320 Utilities: Gas and Electric C Nordstrom Lisa Iglesias 4 299 286 General Merchandisers E Office Depot Elisa D Garcia C 1 164 156 Specialty Retailers E Oracle Dorian Daley 1 137 167 Computer Software A Owens & Minor Grace R den Hartog 360 418 Wholesalers: Health Care I Pacific Life Sharon A Cheever 1 452 437 Insurance: Life, Health (stock) B Pfizer Amy W Schulman 1 47 39 Pharmaceuticals I Pitney Bowes Vicki O’Meara 1, 2 399 395 Computers, Office Equipment A Notes 1. New to List 2. Replaced woman on last year’s list 3. Ms. Stecher is co-general counsel with Gregory Palm. 4. As we went to press, MCCA learned that Ms. Iglesias was no longer associated with Nordstrom as of mid-June 2008. 34 DIVERSITY & tHE BAR® JULY • AUgUst 2008 Fortune 500 Women General Counsel expertly combined their legal and business acumens— continued from page 34 and the year’s work they have faced. Janet Langford Kelly of ConocoPhillips is new legal adviser, advocate, media liaison and director, this year to the Fortune 500 Women General Counsel one might conclude that outstanding performance by List. In June, ConocoPhillips was forced to pull out these women lawyers played a decisive role in these of Venezuela after an impasse with President Hugo companies’ successes and profitability. As Deborah Chavez; the pullout cost an estimated $4.5 billion. Siegel, general counsel for Guess Inc. and a newcomer But in the same year, ConocoPhillips went on to to this year’s Fortune 1000 Women General Counsel become the first U.S. oil producer to support manda- list, has noted about the transition from a law firm to a tory national regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, company, “You’re much more business[-]oriented. There and it recently announced plans to join forces with are a lot of decisions that are made not just on legal British Petroleum to construct a $30 billion natural gas ramifications, but also business ramifications that are pipeline in Alaska.8 just as important—you have to be more practical.”7 Esta E. Stecher has been general counsel and Here is a brief look at a few of the companies where co-head of the legal department of Goldman Sachs since the very top corporate women general counsel have December 2000. This company certainly seems to have continued on page 38 MCCA® List of WomeN GENeraL COUNSEL at FortUNE 500 CompaNies Grouped 2008 2007 by Company General Counsel Rank Rank Industry Industry PNC Financial Services Group Helen P Pudlin 264 231 Commercial Banks F Principal Financial Karen E Shaff 242 250 Insurance: Life, Health (stock) B Prudential Financial Susan L Blount 74 66 Insurance: Life, Health (stock) B R.R. Donnelley & Sons Suzanne S Bettman 229 271 Publishing, Printing Q Realogy Marilyn Wasser 414 354 Real Estate N Reliance Steel & Aluminum Kay Rustand 345 402 Wholesalers: Diversified E Reynolds American E. Julia (Judy) Lambeth 290 288 Tobacco Z Sara Lee Margaret (Peggy) Foran 1 203 125 Food Consumer Products J Sealed Air H. Katherine White 494 499 Packaging, Containers T Southwest Airlines Madeleine Johnson 1, 2 267 276 Airlines M Staples Kristin A Campbell 1 128 126 Specialty Retailers E Starbucks Paula Boggs 277 310 Food Services J SunGard Data Systems Victoria Silbey 472 500 Financial Data Services F Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Teresa J Rasmussen 398 370 Insurance: Life, Health (mutual) B TJX Ann McCauley 132 133 Specialty Retailers E Trane Mary Beth Gustafsson 241 223 Industrial and Farm Equipment L Unisys Nancy Sundheim 429 400 Information Technology Services A United Parcel Service Teri Plummer McClure 46 43 Mail, Package and Freight Delivery T US Airways Group Janet Dhillon 228 216 Airlines M Valero Energy Kim Bowers 16 16 Petroleum Refining C VF Candace Cummings 335 332 Apparel E Walgreen Dana I Green 40 44 Food and Drug Stores D Wesco International Marcy Smorey-Giger 408 425 Wholesalers: Diversified E Whole Foods Market Roberta Lang 369 411 Food and Drug Stores D Notes 1. New to List 2. Replaced woman on last year’s list 36 DIVERSITY & tHE BAR® JULY • AUgUst 2008.