Planning Committee

Executive Committee Members

Chair
Amy Seidel
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Minneapolis

Vice Chair
Gregory Vogelsperger
Chief Counsel, Securities, Finance & Governance, The Boeing Company, Chicago

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, Chicago

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

Brian Fahrney
Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago

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

Robert Goedert
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago

Alexander May
Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago

Trevor Norwitz
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York City

Eric Orsic
McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago

Pravin Rao
Perkins Coie LLP, Chicago

Christina Trotta Roupas
Cooley LLP, Chicago

Brian Schafer
Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago

Jodi Simala
Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago

Brandon Smith
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, CHS Inc., Inver Grove Heights, MN

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

Andrew Weil
DLA Piper LLP (US), Chicago

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

Mark Wood
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago

Steering Committee Members (Former Institute Chairs)

Claudia Allen
Senior Advisor, KPMG Board Leadership Center, KPMG, Chicago

Andrew Brownstein
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Chicago

Keith Crow
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago

Thomas Desmond
Vedder Price P.C., Chicago

Bradley Faris
Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago

Mark Gerstein
Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago

Joseph Gromacki
Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago

Robert Hayward
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago

John Kelsh
Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago

D. Mark McMillan
K&L Gates LLP, Chicago

Timothy Melton
Jones Day, Chicago

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

Frederick Thomas
Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago

Planning Committee Members

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

Peter Barack
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, Chicago

Patrick Daugherty
Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago

Michael DeFranco
Baker McKenzie, Chicago

Walter Draney
Chapman and Cutler LLP, Chicago

Jessica Fairchild
Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC, Chicago

Michael Froy
Dentons, Chicago

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

David Kaufman
Thompson Coburn LLP, Chicago

William Libit
Chapman and Cutler LLP, Chicago

David McHugh
ArentFox Schiff LLP, Chicago

Ryan Morrison
Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee

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

Jeffrey Shuman
Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago

Lisa Stark
K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE

David Stone
Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago

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

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

Michael Wilson
Locke Lord LLP, Chicago

Jeffery Wolters
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE

Planning Director

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