LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSITY Gala MAY , Presenting Honors for Leadership in the Promotion of Diversity to Anne T. Madden Senior Vice President & General Counsel Honeywell NJLEEP_GalaJournal 2018_Cover_g.indd 1 5/17/18 8:37 AM NJLEEP_GalaJournal 2018_Cover_g.indd 2 5/17/18 8:37 AM We ensure that nearly community members have access to the services they deserve. High School Alumni Family Students Members NJ LEEP is a college access and success program serving students and families in the greater Newark area. Our College Bound Program empowers high school students with both the academic and social-emotional skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond. Our curriculum, implemented over four years of programming, uses law to teach transferable skills. Our goal is to help students gain admission to, enroll in, and graduate from four-year colleges and universities. Program graduates have attended top schools across the country including Amherst, Georgetown, Princeton, Rutgers, Smith, Williams and University of Chicago. The new College Student Support Program helps our college students stay on track for four-year college graduation. % Free % of program for all of alumni graduates students are presently have enrolled enrolled in or in college have graduated from college NJLEEP_GalaJournal 2018_text_final_gr1.indd 1 5/18/18 8:39 AM NJLEEP_GalaJournal 2018_text_final_g.indd 2 5/17/18 8:52 AM Over the next four years, NJ LEEP will grow the number of students served in the College Bound Program and the College Student Support Program by 135%. 2018 2022 NJ LEEP NJ LEEP 140 College Bound Students 275 College Bound Students College Bound Program College COLLEGE COLLEGE 31 College Freshmen 125 College Students College Student Support College 3 NJLEEP_GalaJournal 2018_text_final_g.indd 3 5/17/18 8:52 AM LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSITY Gala MAY , Opening Remarks Abdurrahman Ajeigbe NJ LEEP, Class of | Georgetown University, Class of Welcome Paula Sanchez & AbdulBasit Ajeigbe, Masters of Ceremonies NJ LEEP, Class of | Boston College & Pomona College, Class of Introduction of Honoree Dora Calva NJ LEEP, Class of | College of the Holy Cross, Class of Leadership in Diversity Award Presentation Anne T. Madden Senior Vice President & General Counsel | Honeywell Introduction of Student Speaker Elizabeth Abitanto Managing Director of Programs | NJ LEEP Student Keynote Address Shanté Hamilton-John NJ LEEP, Class of | Wesleyan University, Class of Congratulations Class of Asa Coleman NJ LEEP, Class of | Harvard University, Class of College Student Update Amanda Santiago NJ LEEP, Class of | Bryn Mawr College, Class of Take the LEEP Matthew Feinstein Executive Director | NJ LEEP NJLEEP_GalaJournal 2018_text_final_gr1.indd 4 5/18/18 8:39 AM Sponsors GENERAL COUNSEL $, Reed Smith LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Waters, McPherson, McNeill, P.C. MANAGING DIRECTOR $ , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Honeywell ASSOCIATE $, MANAGING PARTNER $ , Adams and Reese LLP Barclays Advanced Discovery Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Barnes & Thornburg LLP Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP BNY Mellon Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Bortstein Legal Group Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP The Claro Group Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Connell Foley LLP Goldman, Sachs & Co. d’Arcambal Ousley & Cuyler Burk, LLP Greenberg Traurig, LLP Day Pitney LLP Jones Day Deutsche Bank Kirkland & Ellis LLP Epstein Becker Green Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Faegre Baker Daniels LLP O’Melveny & Myers LLP Fidelity Investments Panasonic Corporation of North America Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Prudential Financial, Inc. Genova Burns LLC Ropes & Gray LLP Greene Espel PLLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP Groom Law Group Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Guggenheim Partners Verizon Harry Jho LLC Susan & Jerry Webman Inventus Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP JPMorgan Chase & Co. K&L Gates LLP PARTNER $, Kean Miller LLP Arnold & Porter Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP King & Spalding LLP Ernst & Young LLP KLDiscovery Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey McCarter & English, LLP KPMG LLP McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli, P.C. Kutak Rock LLP McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP Lowenstein Sandler Mitratech Scanlon Rabinowitz & Davis Legal Group, PLLC Morae Global (SRD Legal Group) Morgan Stanley WilmerHale Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP NJM Insurance Group COUNSEL $, OppenheimerFunds Allen & Overy LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Alston & Bird LLP PSEG Becker LLC Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP Covington & Burling LLP Janet & Daniel Schiff Deloitte Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Gibbons P.C. Steptoe & Johnson LLP Meserve, Mumper & Hughes LLP Stinson Leonard Street LLP Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Tower Legal Solutions Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP White & Williams LLP Paul Hastings LLP Wiley Rein LLP Christina Paxson & Ari Gabinet Wong Fleming Polsinelli PC Wyndham Worldwide Rawle & Henderson LLP / Thompson & Knight LLP / Willcox & Savage, P.C. NJLEEP_GalaJournal 2018_text_final_gr2.indd 5 5/18/18 10:06 AM Class of College Acceptances Allegheny College Morgan State University Amherst College Mount Holyoke College Babson College Muhlenberg College Bard College New Jersey City University Barnard College New Jersey Institute of Technology Bloomfield College New York University Boston College Norfolk State University Boston University Pace University Bowdoin College Pomona College Brandeis University Providence College Bryn Mawr College Purdue University Bucknell University Ramapo College Caldwell University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Clark University Rider University Colgate University Rowan University College of Saint Elizabeth Rutgers University-Camden College of the Holy Cross Rutgers University-New Brunswick Dickinson College Rutgers University-Newark Drew University Sacred Heart University Drexel University Saint Anselm College Fairfield University Saint John’s University Fairleigh Dickinson University Saint Peter’s University Felician University Seton Hall University Fordham University Shaw University Franklin & Marshall College Siena College Georgetown University Simmons College Goucher College Smith College Hamilton College Swarthmore College Hampton University Texas Southern University Harvard University The College of New Jersey Hobart and William Smith Colleges The George Washington University Howard University Trinity College Johnson & Wales University Tufts University Kean University Tuskegee University Kenyon College University of California, San Diego Lafayette College University of California, Santa Barbara Le Moyne College University of Pennsylvania Lincoln University University of Richmond Livingston University Ursinus College Loyola University Maryland Washington and Lee University Manhattan College Wellesley College Middlebury College Wesleyan University Monmouth University William Paterson University Montclair State University Williams College Morehouse College NJLEEP_GalaJournal 2018_text_final_g.indd 6 5/17/18 8:52 AM NJ LEEP Thanks Our Major Partners and Supporters Benjamin Levine Foundation New Jersey Department of State Office of The Elizabeth and Barets O. Benjamin Faith-Based Initiatives Charitable Foundation New Jersey State Bar Foundation Deyo Family Charitable Fund New Jersey Women Lawyers Association The William Randolph Hearst Foundations The Nicholas Martini Foundation Hyde and Watson Foundation Novartis Investors Bank Foundation Pascale Sykes Foundation The Amanda Rose Laura Foundation Prudential Foundation MCJ Amelior Foundation Seton Hall Law School Victoria Foundation Special thanks to our Attorney Mentors who supported our students this year! Your service is truly making a difference in the life of your mentee and has an enormous impact. NJLEEP_GalaJournal 2018_text_final_g.indd 7 5/17/18 8:52 AM Board of Trustees LEADERSHIP COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Timothy P. Harris Jerry Webman Lynne Anne Anderson Prudential Financial, Inc. Chair Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP OppenheimerFunds (ret.) Gregory K. Palm Kathleen Boozang The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Zenola Harper Seton Hall Law School Vice-Chair for Strategic Jeffrey S. Isaacs Craig Silliman Development Goldman Sachs Verizon Horizon Blue Cross Nyron Latif Blue Shield of NJ Goldman Sachs Timothy P. Harris Vice-Chair Virginia Lazala Prudential Financial, Inc. Novartis David W. Pollak Solangel Maldonado Treasurer Seton Hall Law School Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Maria G. Master Marcelo Riffaud Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Secretary Suzie Scanlon Rabinowitz SRD Legal Group Philip R. Sellinger Greenberg Traurig, LLP Zachary Surak McKinsey & Company Elana Wilf Rutgers Law School Sta Matthew Feinstein Onaje Crawford Yi Kang Executive Director College Access Coordinator College Access Coordinator & Writing Instructor Elizabeth Abitanto Razeya Rahman Managing Director of Programs Glorianne Dorce Operations & Program Manager Legal Education Coordinator Claire Dragon Sergio Seijas Director of Development Victoria Finn Dean of Family Engagement Development Coordinator Catherine Ventura Marissa Geraghty Program Coordinator Director of College Access Brian Giardina Director of Legal Education NJLEEP_GalaJournal 2018_text_final_gr1.indd 8 5/18/18 8:39