Planning Committee

Executive Committee Members

Chair
Brian Fahrney
Sidley Austin LLP

Vice Chair
Jodi Simala
Mayer Brown LLP

Patrick Belville
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, ANSYS, Inc., Dublin, OH

C. Stephen Bigler
Richards Layton & Finger, PA, Wilmington, DE

Cathy Birkeland
Latham & Watkins LLP

Juliann Cecchi
Assistant Dean, External Partnerships, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Jessica Garascia
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, AAR Corp., Wood Dale, IL

Robert Goedert
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Alexander May
Jenner & Block LLP

Trevor Norwitz
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York City

Eric Orsic
McDermott Will & Emery

Pravin Rao
Perkins Coie LLP

Christina Trotta Roupas
Cooley LLP

Brian Schafer
Winston & Strawn LLP

Brandon Smith
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, CHS Inc., St. Paul, MN

Thuy Vo
Chief Counsel, Corporate, Securities and M&A, and Assistant Secretary, Archer Daniels Midland Company

Andrew Weil
DLA Piper LLP (US)

Richard Witzel Jr.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Mark Wood
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Steering Committee Members (Former Institute Chairs)

Claudia Allen
Senior Advisor, KPMG Board Leadership Center, KPMG

Andrew Brownstein
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

Keith Crow
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Thomas Desmond
Vedder Price

Bradley Faris
Latham & Watkins LLP

Joseph Gromacki
Jenner & Block LLP

Robert Hayward
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

John Kelsh
Sidley Austin LLP

D. Mark McMillan
K&L Gates LLP

Timothy Melton
Jones Day, Chicago

Charles Mulaney Jr.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Amy Seidel
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Minneapolis

Frederick Thomas
Mayer Brown LLP

Planning Committee Members

Ismail Alsheik
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Vantage Data Centers, Denver

Peter Barack
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP

Patrick Daugherty
Foley & Lardner LLP

Michael DeFranco
Baker McKenzie

Walter Draney
Chapman and Cutler LLP

Jessica Fairchild
Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC

Hannah Fregolle
Jones Day

Michael Froy
Dentons

Karl Groskaufmanis
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, DC

David Kaufman
Thompson Coburn LLP

William Kucera
Mayer Brown LLP

Christine Long
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Indianapolis

David McHugh
ArentFox Schiff LLP

Ryan Morrison
Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee

Dotun Obadina
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York City

Andrea Reed
Sidley Austin LLP

Jeffrey Shuman
Winston & Strawn LLP

Lisa Stark

David Stone
Crowell & Moring LLP

Kristofer Swanson
Vice President and Practice Leader, Forensic Services, Charles River Associates

Kevin Vold
Polsinelli PC, Washington, DC

Carol Ward
Corporate Governance Partners, Inc., Deerfield, IL

Michael Wilson
Sheppard Mullin

Jeffery Wolters
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE

Planning Director

Shilpa Gokhale
Director, Professional & Continuing Legal Education, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Unless otherwise indicated, all members are located in Chicago.