NELC 2023 Annual Conference
Meet Our Speakers

Jennifer A. Abruzzo
General Counsel
The National Labor Relations Board

Eniola Akinrinade
Senior Labor & Employment Counsel
Genesys

Inya Baiye
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Human Resources Law
JPMorgan Chase

Johnine P. Barnes
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Alice Brathwaite
Senior Director, Litigation, Product Risk and IP/Brand Management
Upwork

Anthony J. Bejarano
Associate General Counsel
Los Angeles Unified School District

Mia Belk
Associate General Counsel -
HR and Strategy
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

Carolina Bravo-Karimi
Office Managing Shareholder
Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP

Kalisha Chorba
Assistant General Counsel, L&E & Director, Global Employee Relations Center of Excellence
Jacobs

Michael Chropowicz
Senior Associate
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Kristen Clarke
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Justice

Dennis Duffy
Director - Labor & Employment
Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC

Kimberly Duplechain
Shareholder, eDiscovery Counsel
Littler Mendelson P.C.

Shareef Farag
Labor & Employment Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

Tiffany S. Fordyce
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Fred Gaona
Partner
Frost Brown Todd LLP

Darrell Gay
Partner, Labor and Employment Group
ArentFox Schiff LLP

Leslie Hines
Executive Consultant
Ivy Planning Group

Nina Huerta
Partner
Locke Lord LLP

Vik Jaitly
Legal Counsel, Employment & Litigation
Wawa, Inc.

Kristen Jones
Director of Legal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Senior Counsel
McDonald’s Corporation

Daveante Jones
Associate
Wright Lindsey & Jennings LLP

Robert Jones
Vice President, Labor Relations
Spirit Airlines, Inc.

Nasim Khansari
Associate
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Jason C. Kim
Partner
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Jenna Kim
Assistant General Counsel - Human Resources Law
JPMorgan Chase

Gary Lafayette
Owner
Lafayette & Kumagai LLP

Theodora Lee
Shareholder
Littler Mendelson P.C.

Eric Mackie
Labor & Employment Associate
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Rebeca M. Lopez
Partner
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

Hisham Masri
Employment Counsel
Flowserve Corporation

Seema Nanda
Solicitor of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor

William Ng
Shareholder
Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Alyson Palmer
Corporate Counsel
Google

Delonie Plummer
Assistant General Counsel
New York University

Asad Rizvi
Senior Counsel – Labor & Employment
Panasonic North America

Jimmy Robinson, Jr.
Managing Shareholder
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Jocelyn Samuels
Vice Chair
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Grissel Seijo
Senior Director, Counsel, Employment Law
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Diana Sen
Northeast Region Director
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

Marjorie Clara Soto Garcia
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Janice Sued Agresti
Associate Attorney
Cozen O'Connor P.C.

Eric Tate
Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Moses Tincher
Associate
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Michelle Pretlow Thomas
Senior Counsel – Employee Benefits
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

Pedro Jaime Torres-Diaz
Partner
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Quang Trang
Associate General Counsel, Employment Counsel
Allina Health

Jacquesline Walker
Founder | CEO
The Well Firm

Tracey R. Wallace
Partner
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Iman Wells
Counsel
Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C.

Ruthie White
Partner/ Labor & Employment Co-Chair
Spencer Fane LLP

Charles Wilson
Partner
Jackson Lewis P.C.