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January 18, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Westwood Country Club
800 Maple Ave. East
Vienna, VA, USA 22180

Overview (Program Summary)

A program hosted by:

ACC National Capital Region

Kick-off the New Year at ACC NCR’s 2024 Annual Meeting!  

Join members, in-house counsel, annual relationship sponsors*, and select guests** to hear about the successes of 2023 and plans for 2024, as well as celebrate the election of new officers and directors (see below).  

This year’s meeting will launch a year of celebrating our volunteer leaders with a moderated conversation among some of our greatest on why they initially became involved with ACC NCR, how they started their leadership journey within the organization, and what volunteering with the chapter has meant to them.  

The meeting will conclude with ample time for networking.  

On the Ballot:

Officers:

· President Elect: Kathi Westcott, Deputy General Counsel, The Pew Charitable Trusts

· Vice President (Member Engagement): Ilona Levine, Senior VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Internet Society 

· Vice President (Professional Advancement & Community Engagement, f/k/a Community Engagement & Professional Development): Anjanette “Anji” Stinson, Associate General Counsel, National Student Clearinghouse

· Vice President (Programming): Andrew Sakallaris, General Counsel, LMI 

· Vice President (Sponsor Relations): Patrick Samsel, General Counsel, Fors Marsh  

Directors:  

For terms expiring in 2027:

· Charlotte Bernard, Commercial Counsel, Google Cloud, Google (second term)

· Mary Chapin, VP, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary, National Student Clearinghouse (second term)*

· Ilona Levine, Senior VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Internet Society (first term)

· Amit Patel, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Senior      Counsel, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (second term)

· Patrick Samsel, General Counsel, Fors Marsh (first term)

· Anjanette “Anji” Stinson, Associate General Counsel, National Student Clearinghouse (first term)

They will join:

Officers Elected in 2023 to Continue to Serve in 2024:

President: Laura M. Murray, General Counsel, Virginia REALTORS®

Treasurer: Matthew Dost, General Counsel, Allied Associates International

Secretary: Amit Patel, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Senior Counsel, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

VP (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion):  Véronique Staco, Assistant General Counsel, WTW 

Directors Elected in 2022 and 2023 (serving in either the first or second of two three-year terms):

· Matthew (“Matt”) Dost, General Counsel, Allied Associates International

· Courtney Edmonds, SVP, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Deputy General Counsel, Leidos

· Stephanie Gilliard, Philanthropy Legal Counsel, Intuitive Foundation

· Denise Gold, Corporate and Labor Senior Counsel, Associated General Contractors of America 

· Audrey Jean, General Counsel, 3E

· Elizabeth Roman Jones, Compliance Director, Cambridge International Systems, Inc.

· Laura M. Murray, General Counsel, Virginia REALTORS®

· Sandy Paik, General Counsel, The Tower Companies

· Andrew Sakallaris, General Counsel, LMI Consulting, LLC

· Véronique Staco, Assistant General Counsel, WTW

· Zachary “Zack” Stewart, VP, Associate General Counsel, Serco Inc.

· Kathi Westcott, Deputy General Counsel, The Pew Charitable Trusts 

*Sponsors may send two representatives, except Diamond, which may send three.
**Guests may include business colleagues and significant others but may not include law firm or vendor representatives that compete with our sponsors.