1. Membership Committee

Chairperson:  Michael A. Duff, SVP, General Counsel, PEnske Truck Leasing Co., l.p.

• Increase number of members
• Monitor current membership satisfaction
• Solicit membership suggestions for improvement
• Create incentives for new member drives
• Strengthen Membership Committee role and numbers
• Follow-up with new, potential and lapsed members
• Monitor members' changes and updating information
• Increase membership involvement in committees and working groups
• Pursue collaborative activities with and support from local CLOs
• Seek creative methods of membership growth
• Plan social/networking activities

2. Communications and Publicity Committee

Chairperson — Thomas s. kim, vice president & assistant general counsel, inovio pharmaceuticals inc.

• Ensure communication of chapter activities with the membership
• Create and send out the quarterly chapter newsletter
• Continue active communication to members via e-mail
• Keep membership informed of programs and survey results
• Handle publicity and exposure for the organization and events
• Establish liaisons with relevant publications
• Monitor and update the chapter web page
• Create all chapter press releases

3. Programming Committee

Chairman — grace p. manno, attorney

• Continue strong program planning, implementation and ensure that CLE credits are available
• Design programs and initiatives for greatest membership approval
• Use survey results to guage chapter programing needs
• Research and explore creative new methods, venues, approaches and partnerships
• Work closely with Sponsorship Committee
• Serve as Chairman of the Council of Practice Committees

4. Pro-Bono/Community Service Committee

co-chair - Kevin Stepanuk, associate general counsel, exelon corporation

• Increase membership involvement and awareness
• Create incentives
• Recognize and reward service

Click here for Pro Bono opportunities and resources in the Tri-State area.

5. Nominations Committee

Chairman — eric a. tilles - associate general counsel, manager ethics and compliance, arkema inc.

• Foster new board member and officer development
• Facilitate new leadership identification, development and involvement

6. Law School Initiative Committee

Chairman — jannie K. lau, deputy general counsel, interdigital communications, llc

• Explore creative connections and liaisons with local law schools
• Sponsor presentations through law school career offices
• Maintain open lines of communication

7. Sponsorship Committee

Co-chair — eric tilles, associate general counsel/manager ethics and compliance, arkema inc.
co-chair -  grace p. manno, attorney

• Promote chapter activities to potential sponsors
• Increase opportunities for vendors and law firms to sponsor
• Explore new and creative ways to gain sponsorships
• Create and increase database of sponsors
• Improve communication with sponsors
• Improve the financial health of the chapter
• Draft sponsor guidelines

8. Diversity Committee

C0-chair - jannie k. lau, deputy geneal counsel, interdigital communications, llc
co-chair - pamella raison, senior corporate counsel, 21st century insurance & financial services

• Increase the diversity of DELVACCA‘s leadership and membership
• Encourage diversity in program participation
• Promote diversity in corporate law departments

9. Council of Practice Groups

chair- grace p. manno, attorney

• Employment and Labor Group
• Litigation Group
• Ethics and Compliance Group
• Corporate and Securities Group
• Intellectual Property Group
• Contract and Commercial Law Group
• Health, BioTech and Pharma Group

10. Regional Planning Committees

• Lehigh Valley - chair - Scott C. heckman, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network
  

• Wilmington, DE - chair - michael crane, counsel, ing direct

• Southern New Jersey - chair - aileen schwartz, vice president & assistant general counsel, hill international

• Reading, PA - chair - james d. dee, vice president, general counsel & secretary, carpenter technology corporation

• Western PA Suburbs - chair - robin seifert, counsel, amerisourcebergen corporation
  

The goal of the regional committees is to provide outreach to the areas of our chapter that are geographically more distant from Philadelphia.  Each region has a coordinator who will help coordinate networking events in the region, will assist in finding member company locations for CLE events, will conduct outreach to new members and membership prospects in the region and will be a local liaison in regards to pro bono opportunities.

11.  Spring Fling

co-Chair - ashley a. miller, associate counsel, quaker chemical corporation

co-chair - eric a. tilles, associate general counsel/manager ethics and compliance, arkema inc.

• Oversees and coordinates one of the Chapter's premier events, the annual Spring Fling
• Advices the leadership on the venue for the Spring Fling
• Works with the sponsors to towards a successful social and networking event
  

12.  In-House Counsel Conference

Co-chair - eric a. tilles, associate general counsel/manager ethics and compliance, arkema inc.
co-chair - grace p. manno, attorney

• This annual event is the best attended program for the Chapter
• Consists of all-day CLE programming, 16 to 20 programs for in-house counsel
• A track of 4 programs for chief legal officers only
• Breakfast and lunch is served, and a post-event cocktail party

13.  New to In-House Symposium

Co-chair - Todd Mayover, senior attorney, pfizer, inc.
co-chair - kevin m. chu, assistant general counsel, sap

(Sponsored by the Young In-House Lawyer's Committee)

• Coordinate three or four CLE programs with a focus and relevance for those new to in-house practice
• Ensure that the programs provide a career management component

14.  Paralegal Forum

chair - jackie meredith-batchelor, attorney

• Coordinate this popular and unique program for corporate paralegals
• Ensure a good balance of presentations and networking opportunities for this annual event

15.  General Counsel Lunch Club

Co-chair - thomas m. molchan, svp & associate general counsel, aramark corporation
Co-Chair - jim cashel, general counsel & corporate secretary, environmental tectonics coproration

• This series is designed for chief legal officers to discuss best practices and administration of legal departments
• The Lunch Clubs are not sponsored events, intended to be an open forum for discussion, lead by CLO Chapter members.

16.  Past President's Club

chairman - thomas m. molchan, svp & associate general counsel, aramark coporatio (past president)

• The immediate Past President is appointed to coordinate events including the past presidents of the Chapter
  
• Ensures continued involvement of the past presidents of the Chapter, a recognized important resource of advice and wisdom for the current leadership

17.  Advocacy Committee

Chair - eric a. tilles, associate general counsel manager/ethics & compliance, arkema inc.

• Provides advocacy efforts for in-house counsel, including preparation of comment letters, amicus briefs, testimony and other advocacy.
• Assists the ACC in furtherance of its advocacy endeavors.

18.  In-house Women Lawyer's Committee

co-chair - andrea tinianow, assistant general counsel, corporation service company
co-chair - aileen schwartz, vice presient & assistant general counsel, hill international

• Focus on career development issues of special interest to women lawyers
• Promote gender diversity in the legal profession
• Provide networking opportunities with other women lawyers and professionals

19.  ACC Value Challenge Committee 

Co-Chair - n. alexander erlam, general counsel, the vertical screen group of companies
Co-Chair - thomas m. molchan, senior vice president & associate general counsel, aramark corporation

ACC believes that many traditional law firm business models and many of the approaches to lawyer training and cost management are not aligned with what corporate clients want and need: value-driven, high-quality legal services that deliver solutions for a reasonable cost and develop lawyers as counselors (not just content-providers), advocates (not just process-doers) and professional partners.  

ACC has launched an initiative to reconnect value and costs for legal services and which will:  

• Promote dialog among corporate counsel, law firms, law schools, and others who are interested in driving an alignment and focus on value;
  
• Develop methodologies and metrics that corporate counsel can use to assess the strengths and weaknesses of law firm vendors;
• Create tools that in-house counsel and firms can share to drive change in the performance of value-based legal services; and  
• Enhance awareness and communicate success stories in achieving value and alignment.

DELVACCA is strongly committeed to the ACC Value Challenge and this Committee will coordinate its resources towards getting the word out to members and to law firms about the Challenge and the Value Index (a forum for ACC members to share assessments of the firms they engage.  It provides an efficient and robust way for ACC Members to pool their wisdom about the value law firms provide.)

20.  DELVACCA Diversity

Chairman - michael a. duff, senior vice president & general counsel, penske truck leasing co., l.p.

21. Bar Association Liaison's from Board of Directors

Delaware Bar Association - Andrea tinianow, assistant general counsel, corporation service company

• Pursue possible joint programming with the local bar associations
• Ensure compliance with ACC's policies for joint programming
• Report opportunities to the Officers and Board of Directors

22. Young In-House Lawyer's Committee

co-Chair: ashley a. miller, associate counsel, quaker chemical corporation
co-chair: debbie anne carlos, senior attorney, sunoco, inc.

• The mission of the Young In-house Lawyers Committee (YILC) is to serve the needs of DELVACCA members who are under 40 years of age or who have been in-house practitioners for less than 5 years by providing opportunities to network with other young in-house lawyers, hosting events and programs on work-life balance and in-house career management and development, sponsoring the New to In-house Symposium, and addressing other topics of interest to our demographic. 

23.  Career Management/In-transition Committee

co-chair, todd Borow, CORPORATE COUNSEL, escalon medical corp.

CO-CHAIR, ROY HIBBERD, sENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL, DOLLAR FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

• Career Management Focus

One mission of this committee is to help our members manage their careers with a goal in running events that help our members develop their careers as in-house counsels.  Another goal of the committee is to provide a resource for General Counsels in developing the lawyers in their departments, such as how to identify future leaders and how to further develop these department members.

• In-transition Focus

The other mission of the committee is to provide a forum and resources for attorneys who are in-transition.  We host quarterly "Active Job Seeker" meetings in order to facilitate an interactive discussion about: job search strategies, resources, job leads, interviewing tips, resume reviews and to share contacts.  In-transition members can connect with each other at this series of events and can provide each other with a support network as they seek new career opportunities.  In September 2011, we are also rolling out a five week Career Coaching program for our in-transition members which will be led by two established legal career coaches.

24.  Street Law Committee

co-chair - Alex Erlam, General Counsel, The Vertical Screen Group of Companies

co-chair - eric a. tilles, associate general counsel/manager ethics and compliance, arkema inc.

This committee will organize and direct DELVACCA's participation in the highly successful Street Law Program with Overbrook High School in 2011.

25.  Team DELVACCA Committee

Co-chair - Debbie Carlos, Senior Attorney, Sunoco, Inc.
co-chair - aileen schwartz, vice president & assistant general counsel, hill international, inc.

This committee will organize DELVACCA's participation in athletic and other charitable events throughout the region.