ACC NCR 2020 Corporate Counsel Awards Online Reception

The ACC NCR Board of Directors and the Corporate Counsel Awards Co-Chairs and Judges are excited to announce the finalists for the 2020 Corporate Counsel Awards and invite you to our first (and hopefully only) online Corporate Counsel Awards Reception! This is the 16^th year of these prestigious awards and ACC NCR’s 40^th anniversary.

Please join us on Wednesday, July 15, 7 – 8 pm, when we will announce the winners in the following categories:

Outstanding Chief Legal Officer

Angela Ciccolo, Special Olympics International 

Caroline Davidson-Hood, Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute  

Jeffrey Francer, Association for Accessible Medicines

Outstanding In-House Counsel

Margaret Chase, Fannie Mae 

Crista Cole, Nestlé USA, Inc. 

Patrick McCarthy, Fluor Government Group 

Karen Vossler, Nestlé USA, Inc.

Outstanding Paraprofessional

Chanel Bradden, Lockheed Martin Corporation  

Farah Elherazy and Karl Johnson, Fannie Mae 

Outstanding Law Department

ICF  

Special Olympics International 

 
In addition, ACC NCR will present the following awards:

Outstanding Pro Bono Service (Individual)

Kathi Westcott, The Pew Charitable Trusts 

 Outstanding Commitment to the Community (Department)

Verizon Media Inc.

Career Achievement Award

Leslie T. Thornton, former Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of WGL Holdings Inc. and Washington Gas

Chapter Service Award    

The co-founders of the ACC NCR Leadership Academy:

Co-Chairs Constantine Athanas and Mona Mahoney

Cynthia Boyle, Margaret Hackbarth, Kenneth Pollack, Zachary Stewart, Maria Votsch, Luise Welby, and Nichole Williams-Miller 

We will also mark the chapter’s 40^th anniversary and toast to our 2020 Annual Relationship Sponsors and to our Reception Sponsors: FH&H and Thompson Coburn.

Additional details, including directions for logging into the Reception, will be provided in a reminder email to all who are registered for the event.

Registration is free for members and sponsors. The fee for non-member in-house counsel and their colleagues is $30. Personal guests are welcome. Please do not invite representatives of law firms or vendors that compete with current sponsors.