Success Stories
  • Maria C. GreenMaria C. Green

    Maria Green retired as senior vice president and general counsel of Ingersoll Rand plc (IR) on June 28, 2019. She joined IR in November 2015, and was responsible for all legal and compliance activities worldwide. She joined Ingersoll Rand from Illinois Tool Works (ITW), where she was senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.

    During her 18 years with ITW, Maria guided the company’s expansion through both acquisitions and organic growth. As GC, she led the Environmental, Health and Safety Group as well as Government Affairs and Risk Management.

    At Ingersoll Rand, Maria was a member of the Executive Leadership Team and a trusted advisor to the CEO on legal, compliance and strategy issues and led a team of 75 lawyers based in the U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. She co-chaired the Global Business Integrity Council and served as executive sponsor for an employee resource group.

    Maria joined the board of Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC) as an independent director in March 2019 (Chair: Nominating and Governance Committee; Audit Committee) and was elected to the boards of Wisconsin Energy Group (NYSE: WEC) in July 2019 (Audit and Finance Committees) and Littelfuse (NYSE: LFUS) in February 2020 (Audit and Governance Committees). Most recently, Maria joined the board of directors of Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation (NYSE: FATH) in January 2022 (Compensation Committee).

    Maria holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and JD from Boston University Law School.

  • Pamela F. CravenPamela F. Craven
    Pamela Craven is the former Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer of Avaya Inc., a leading global provider of collaboration and communications networks and services for businesses. She previously served as vice president of law and corporate secretary for Lucent Technologies, Inc. She recently retired from service as a Director, Chair of the Compensation Committee and member of the Audit Committee of Amber Road, Inc., a NYSE-traded company involved in the development of global trade compliance and logistics software. Currently Ms. Craven serves on the board of the Island Housing Trust Corp., a non-profit developer of affordable housing, and chairs the Audit and Governance Committees.  She recently joined the Advisory Board of the Metropolitan Opera and is a member of the American Law Institute. She has served in the past on the boards of the New Jersey chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors, the New Jersey Networks Foundation, and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Ms. Craven earned her bachelor’s degree and JD from the University of Pennsylvania and an LLM in Taxation from New York University.
  • Marcy S. CohenMarcy S. Cohen
    Marcy S. Cohen is Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer for the Americas for ING Group’s structured finance, commercial banking and financial markets businesses in the U.S., Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. ING Group is a global financial institution based in the Netherlands with shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange and as of December 31, 2012, had total consolidated assets of approximately EUR 1.2 trillion. Ms. Cohen serves as a member of the ING Americas Regional Management Team responsible for ING Bank’s strategic direction and management throughout North and South America. She also serves as a member of the Americas Operational Risk and Compliance Committees. She regularly conducts risk assessments for each of the firm’s major business lines and develops mitigation measures to best manage the identified risks. Internal audit reports to her in connection with special investigations and audits. She currently leads ING’s global efforts to achieve compliance with the complex new regulatory structure imposed on large global financial institutions by Dodd Frank, FATCA and Basel III. She was instrumental in moving all of ING’s swap and derivatives activities with U.S. persons from the firm’s European and Asian branches to the New York office enhancing revenues and profitability. She is also responsible for various ongoing strategic initiatives and is currently managing a think tank charged with creating new entities, business lines and revenue streams in the U.S. Earlier in her career, Ms. Cohen honed her business and legal skills working in similar senior roles for various other major global financial institutions such as BNP Paribas, WestLB and Republic N.Y. Corporation. In each of these positions she was deeply involved in major business and strategic initiatives and has become well versed in the business and legal aspects of complex financial products such as derivatives, structured finance, corporate finance and investment management. She successfully navigated through complex high profile cross-border matters involving new and existing businesses such as the establishment of a private banking subsidiary in Switzerland, the acquisition of an English gold bouillon bank, the acquisition of a private equity firm in Japan, the resolution of regulatory investigations and third party claims related to the alleged window dressing of financial statements by several major Japanese insurance companies through the use of derivatives, cross border money laundering and sanctioned countries matters and the restructure of several major manufacturing companies as well as Greek shipping companies. Working proactivity and calmly under pressure in high stakes matters she has created and successfully managed crisis management teams consisting of public relations firms, executive management and attorneys. Ms. Cohen has held leadership roles in various professional organizations and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. She has been active in a variety of civic and charitable activities serving on a number of not-for-profit boards and providing support to organizations involved in the arts as well as those providing educational and medical support to disadvantaged children. What sets Ms. Cohen apart from many of her peers is her business and global focus and ability to build consensus. She has experience working on transactional and regulatory matters in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Her strong business focus and high cultural fluency enable her to function at a high level of effectiveness on a global level.