DirectWomen is incredibly grateful for the support of its alumnae and other individual donors. The generosity of DirectWomen’s individual donors makes it possible for DirectWomen to continue to grow and find new ways to support women lawyers with board service aspirations.
Thank you to DirectWomen’s 2023 individual donors:
Contributed $25,000
Contributed $5,000 - $24,999
Alston & Bird LLP
Catharine Biggs Arrowood
Michelle Banks
Diversity Lab
Sarah C. Dodds-Brown
Maria C. Green
Jenny Hochenberg
Lily Yan Hughes
Susan S. Lanigan
Maynard Nexsen PC
Trevor S. Norwitz
Perkins Coie Foundation
Contributed $1,000 - $4,999
American Express Company
L. Scott Askins
Megan M. Belcher
Rosemary T. Berkery
Lora D. Blum
Cynthia J. Cole
Michele L. Connell
Mary B. Cranston
Deneen L. Donnley
Sheri H. Edison
Elisa D. Garcia
Mark J. Gentile
Patricia K. Gillette
Peggy A. Heeg
Eve N. Howard
The ING Group
Stacy J. Kanter
Denise F. Keane
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Lori A. Schechter
Brande Stellings
Rachel R. Stern
Vanessa Allen Sutherland
Andrea E. Utecht
Michelle M. Warner
Kim Yapchai
Andrea L. Zopp
Contributed up to $999
Christine M. Castellano
Yen D. Chu
Kelly McNamara Corley
Jeffrey Rice Dutson
John H. Fontham
Katherine Hatton
Maryellen Herringer
John Hillyer Jennings
Justin King
Jennifer W. Pileggi
Helen Pudlin
Russell B. Richards
Patricia A. Seith
J. Michael Taylor
Elisse Walter
SUCCESS STORIES
Susan L. Blount
From 2005 to 2015, Susan Blount served as General Counsel of Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential), a leading provider of insurance, retirement and asset management products and services. In that role,
Maria 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
Mary B. Cranston
Mary B. Cranston is the Retired Senior Partner and immediate past Chair of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Pillsbury is an international law firm with over 800 attorneys in 15