Harvard Law School Leaders for Change SEPTEMBER 27-29, 2013 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS OL • LEA CHO DE S RS F AW O L R D ra C b t H R e io A l n A V e N R c G A E H 60 WOMEN TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES & THE WORLD September 27–29, 2013 Program of Events and Speaker Biographies WOMEN TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES & THE WORLD Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is proud to sponsor OL • LEA CHO DE S RS F AW O L R D ra C b t H R e io A l n A V e N R c G A E H 60 WOMEN TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES & THE WORLD September 27–29, 2013 and Recognizes our Women Harvard Law Graduates Stephanie J. Seligman Stephanie I. Gabor Deborah L. Paul Erica Mitnick Klein Rachelle Silverberg Kendall Y. Fox Laura Heller Kim B. Goldberg Carrie M. Reilly S. Iliana Ongun Tijana J. Dvornic Rachel B. Reisberg Caitlin A. Donovan Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 212-403-1000 www.wlrk.com OL • LEA CHO DE S RS F AW O L R D ra C b t H R e io A l n A V e N R c G A E H 60 WOMEN TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES & THE WORLD September 27–29, 2013 Table of Contents Welcome Letters ......................................................................................................... 4-5 Sponsors ..........................................................................................................................6 Committee Members ......................................................................................................7 Program of Events ................................................................................................... 10-21 Speaker Biographies ................................................................................................ 22-75 General Information......................................................................................................76 Women Transforming Our Communities & The World | 3 OL • LEA CHO DE S RS F AW O L R D ra C b t H R e io A l n A V e N R c G A E H 60 WOMEN TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES & THE WORLD September 27–29, 2013 Dear HLS Alumnae and Friends, Welcome to Celebration 60 as we honor 60 years of women graduates here at Harvard Law School! It is a personal thrill for me to welcome you as we pay tribute to those who have changed the face and legacy of this School, and in your honor, focus on the vital theme, “Leaders for Change; Women Transforming Our Communities & the World.” The first class of women graduates entered the School in 1950. Three years later, female students joined male students in receiving law degrees and recognition of their work. The pathfinders in 1953 were eleven women who received their J.D. degrees and two who received LL.M. degrees. No women were on the faculty. Today, just about half of our J.D. students are women—and more than half of the LL.M. students are women. As one of the first women to join the faculty, I am delighted to serve as dean—and to be the SECOND woman dean! I enter my 33rd year on the faculty excited about Celebration 60 in no small part because the whole idea of celebrating women at HLS started with the vision and energy of students. Twenty-one student leaders of the Women’s Law Association in 1978 launched Celebration 25 and started a grand tradition, marked by Celebrations 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 and now 60! Each of these superb events reflects outstanding leadership of alumnae volunteers and I hope you will join me in thanking them for their inspiring work. Pioneers from the Class of 1953 serve as our Honorary Co-Chairs of this celebration. Women graduates and current students have significantly shaped and transformed our HLS community and our world. This work has been hard yet rewarding, and especially meaningful is the chance to recognize the role models and advocates who came before us. No better recognition could come than at these special alumnae gatherings where, in dozens of superb panel discussions and events and hundreds of conversations women share experiences, acknowledge debts, gather memories, express gratitude, and charge new pathways for women, law, and leadership at HLS and beyond. I am excited to see so many opportunities for alumnae across different generations to connect during Celebration 60’s well-crafted panel sessions and a reception featuring speed networking. We will hear from three terrific keynote speakers: Susan Cain ’93, bestselling author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking; David Wilkins ’80, Lester Kissel Professor of Law and Director of the Program on the Legal Profession, who will share with us his findings on the HLS Career Study, with a focus on the role of gender in the legal profession; and my former colleague on the HLS faculty, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. I want to give special thanks to our Programming Co-Chairs Brande Stellings ’93 and Marissa Wesely ’79/’80 for their thoughtfulness in designing an amazing and robust program; the dynamic Sponsorship Co-Chairs Lori E. Lesser ’93 and Lynn Savarese ’81, who fundraised tirelessly to finance this conference; Visual Arts Chair Karen Suber ’06 for her creativity and imagination in bringing visual images to this reunion; Outreach Co-Chairs Eva Herbst Davis ’90, Reese Fogle ’12, and Kristin Sostowski ’01 for their promotional skills; and our behind the scenes Logistics Co-Chairs Sharon Vinick ’87 and Elizabeth Potter ’66. Thanks, too, to all of you who have served on the Program, Outreach, Visual Arts and Logistics Committees—as well as to our distinguished Honorary Committee—and to all of you serving as speakers and panelists. Finally, heartfelt thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, over 20 law firms, individual alumnae donors, and other organizations that have given so generously to make this event possible. The women who first came to HLS have inspired me and so many others ever since. With joy, I welcome you all and also have this request: Please bring ideas about how to build on progress to address the challenges that remain. How wonderful to have the chance to brainstorm and be together! With warm regards, Martha Minow Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor 4 | Celebration 60 OL • LEA CHO DE S RS F AW O L R D ra C b t H R e io A l n A V e N R c G A E H 60 WOMEN TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES & THE WORLD September 27–29, 2013 Dear HLS Alumnae and Friends, We are honored to welcome you to the seventh Celebration of Women Alumnae at Harvard Law School! Celebration 60 marks the 60th anniversary of the first women graduates of Harvard Law School. This gathering of a diverse, global and multi-generational community of over 500 HLS alumnae for panel discussions, meals and networking is always inspiring and energizing. We have much to celebrate and to learn from each other. Celebration 60 is also a time to reflect on both the journey of alumnae and our hopes for the future. The first Celebration, Celebration 25, was held in 1978 and designed and executed by the Law School’s women students to celebrate the graduation of the first class (of 13 women!) in 1953. Today, HLS alumnae are over 10,000 strong and growing. We are honored to be joined by some of our amazing pioneers as well as new, emerging leaders. Please be sure to meet Justice Ruth Abrams ’56, the first woman to join the oldest continually operating court in the Western Hemisphere, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; and Charlotte P. Armstrong ’53, Ann Pfohl Kirby ’53, and Judge Sondra M. Miller ’53, graduates of that inaugural class of women. A lot has changed for women over the past sixty years, while some things have not. We have celebrated many “firsts”, including having three women simultaneously on the Supreme Court of the United States, while lamenting the intransigence of the 15-16% proportion that women make up of the equity partnership in large law firms and in Fortune 500 boardrooms. For that reason, we chose as the theme for C60, Leaders for Change: Women Transforming Our Communities & the World, recognizing that we all – whether in legal or non-legal fields, in or out of the workforce – are contributing to our communities in myriad ways. As graduates of one of the best law schools in the world, we have much power and influence to wield, and the question we hope we will ask ourselves continually throughout the weekend is for what purpose will we wield it? We will be joined by women leading the way in politics, academia and technology, and those on the front lines of law reform and human rights, to name just a few. We also have alumnae who are changing the conversation of what it means to be a leader: author Susan Cain ’93 will share her perspective on the Quiet Revolution, and the power of introverts. We also intend to have a lot of fun too, renewing old acquaintances and forging new connections! For making this possible, a heartfelt thanks to our enthusiastic and energetic 110 member-strong Sponsorship, Outreach, Visual Arts, Logistics and Program planning committees, and to the wonderful members of the Harvard Alumni Office, Karen Chance, Ute Lutjens, Patricia Woodward, Hasmik Sargsyan, and Pete Mumma. We also want to extend a special thank you to Dean Minow for her leadership, support, and key participation in this exciting Celebration. Welcome back to Cambridge. We hope you have an amazing Celebration. Brande Stellings ’93 Marissa Wesely ’79/’80 C60 Programming Co-Chair C60 Programming Co-Chair Women Transforming Our Communities & The World | 5 OL • LEA CHO DE S RS F AW O L R D ra C b t H R e io A l n A V e N R c G A E H 60 WOMEN TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES & THE WORLD September 27–29, 2013 We would like to thank our Celebration 60 sponsors for their generous support.