2021 Planning Committee
Steering Committee
Chair
Thomas J. Kim
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC
Vice Chair
Dixie L. Johnson
King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC
Members
Steven E. Bochner*
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA
Juliann Cecchi
Assistant Dean, External Partnerships, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago
James H. Cheek III*
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville
Richard E. Climan*
Hogan Lovells US LLP, Silicon Valley, CA
Meredith B. Cross*
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC
Edward F. Greene*
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York City
Robert H. Mundheim*
Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York City
Harvey L. Pitt*
Founder, CEO and Managing Director, Kalorama Partners, LLC, Washington, DC
Larry W. Sonsini*
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA
John W. White*
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York City
Planning Committee
Richard C. Blake
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA
Andre G. Bouchard
Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery, Wilmington, DE
Brian V. Breheny
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC
Lillian Brown
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC
Andrew J. Ceresney
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York City
Alexander F. Cohen
Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC
Dorian Daley
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA
Gordon K. Davidson
Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View, CA
Christine Q. Davine
Deputy Managing Partner, Deloitte, Washington, DC
Catherine T. Dixon
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Washington, DC
Martin P. Dunn
Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC
Margaret M. Foran
Chief Governance Officer, SVP and Corporate Secretary, Prudential Financial, Inc., Newark, NJ
Dennis O. Garris
Alston & Bird, Washington, DC
Keir D. Gumbs
Associate General Counsel, Corporate Transactions and Deputy Corporate Secretary, Uber Technologies Inc., San Francisco
Keith F. Higgins
Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston
Elizabeth A. Ising
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC
Jeffrey D. Karpf
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York City
David A. Katz
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City
Stanley Keller
Locke Lord LLP, Boston
Mark Kronforst
Partner, Professional Practice, EY, Washington, DC
Alex Lee
Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago
Simon M. Lorne
Vice Chairman & Chief Legal Officer, Millennium Partners LLP, New York City
David M. Lynn
Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC
Colleen P. Mahoney
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC
Brian J. McCarthy
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles
Scott Morgan
General Counsel and Secretary, Splunk Inc., San Francisco, CA
Lona Nallengara
Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York City
Giovanni P. Prezioso
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC
Lorin Reisner
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York City
Anne Sheehan
(Retired) Director of Corporate Governance, California State Teachers' Retirement System, West Sacramento, CA
Scott Siamas
Vice President & Associate General Counsel-Corporate, Securities & Global Governance, Salesforce, San Francisco
Rebecca J. Simmons
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York City
Allison Berry Spinner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA
Myron T. Steele
Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE
Leo E. Strine Jr.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City
Linda Chatman Thomsen
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Washington, DC
Kellye Walker
EVP, Chief Legal Officer, Eastman Chemical, Kingsport, TN
Richard H. Walker
King & Spalding LLP, New York City
Christopher Walther
Chief Legal Officer, Activision Blizzard, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
Mary Jo White
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York City
Gregory P. Williams
Richards, Layton & Finger PA, Wilmington, DE
Emeritus Advisory Board
Lydia I. Beebe
Alan L. Beller
John C. Coffee Jr.
Thomas A. Cole
J. Michael Cook
James D. Cox
Meyer Eisenberg
Arthur Fleischer Jr.
Richard A. Freling
Stephen J. Friedman
Daniel L. Goelzer
Linda L. Griggs
Linda Wertheimer Hart
Richard G. Ketchum
Donald C. Langevoort
Bruce Alan Mann
John F. Olson
Louise M. Parent
Mary Schapiro
A. Gilchrist Sparks III
E. Norman Veasey
Patricia A. Vlahakis
Herbert S. Wander
Planning Director
Juliann Cecchi
Assistant Dean, External Partnerships, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago
*indicates past Institute Chair and current Steering Committee member