OCEAN PRIME (DTC) 8000 E Belleview Ave C10, Greenwood Village, CO
Overview (Program Summary)
A program hosted by:
ACC Colorado
DINNER WITH CHIEF LEGAL OFFICERS
ANNUAL DINNER
The Evolving Role of CLO:
From General Legal Counsel to Corporate Officer in a Time of
Fiscal Uncertainty, Increased Regulatory Oversight and Smaller Corporate Budgets
Thursday, August 21, 2025
OCEAN PRIME
8000 E Belleview Ave C10, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Belleview Promenade
Registration & Reception 5:30 pm | Dinner & Discussion 6:00 pm | Conclusion 7:30pm
REGISTRATION: $40.00 | MEMBERS ONLY
One (1) CLE Credit Approved.
MEMBERS* ONLY
The role of the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) is evolving from traditional legal advisor to a strategic corporate officer with broad organizational influence. In these times of fiscal uncertainty, CLOs are increasingly expected to contribute to cost management and risk mitigation well beyond legal matters. With heightened regulatory oversight, CLOs must proactively guide corporate compliance and governance to protect the organization’s integrity. Shrinking corporate budgets are pushing CLOs to find innovative ways to deliver legal services more efficiently, and this transformation underscores the CLO’s growing importance as a key decision-maker in shaping business strategy and ensuring long-term resilience.
Join your ACC colleagues for this annual dinner program as select Colorado CLOs offer individual table discussions and valuable insight on the following:
- How has the role or the expectations for CLO shifted in the past 5 years (with a larger focus to be a business lead as opposed to an evaluator and mitigator of risk?
- With the current macro economic climate, many companies are tightening their budgets, implementing cost cutting measures or streamlining workloads. Are such changes happening for companies represented at the dinner and how are CLOs involved in managing these?
- How is the CLO involved in navigating the changes in DEI and ensuring culture and hiring is still achieving the company’s goals?
- Are CLOs seeing an increase in regulatory oversight and how are companies responding?
- How are hiring pipelines for in-house counsel faring?
What may more junior in-house attorneys be cautious of in their growth or what should they be doing to position themselves in the best way inside a company?
TABLE SPEAKERS
Marc Bonora, Chief Legal Officer, AccentCare
Ben Carver, General Counsel, Ambrosia Biosciences
Mary Gritzmacher, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, CoorsTekJyll Lottner, Vice President, Head of Legal Services, CorePower Yoga
Quincy Stott, General Counsel, Maxar Space SystemsElizabeth Vonne, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Advanced Energy
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* ACC Colorado reserves to the right to confirm active ACC membership and
qualified in-house counsel status of all event registrants.
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